Vice President Kamala Harris was caught with another plate of salad, this time during an interview with CBS News. Following the Supreme Court’s historic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, CBS News correspondent Robert Costa asked Harris on Friday whether Democrats in both the White House and Congress had “failed” to codify federal abortion protections in the nearly 50 years from the previous one. was established. “I think, to be very honest with you, I think we should have believed correctly, but we certainly believe that some issues have just been settled. Some issues have just been settled,” Harris responded. HIGHLAND PARK DETAILS: KAMALA HARRIS GETS ‘SERIOUS’ WORD SALAD ON VISIT TO CHICAGO SUBURBS “Of course it wasn’t,” Costa replied. “No, it is,” said Harris. “And that’s why I think we live, unfortunately, in real unsettled times.” U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks while meeting with state legislative leaders at the Vice President’s Funeral Home in Washington, DC, U.S., Friday, July 8, 2022. Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/ Bloomberg via Getty Images) Critics panned her comments, some calling them incoherent “word salad”. “This is incoherent. Is everything okay…?” Emma Vigeland of the progressive YouTube show “Majority Report”. “Captions need a bouncy ball to follow along with the words,” tweeted Ring magazine reporter Ryan Songalia. KAMALA HARRIS ON ‘WORD SALAD’ OFFER AT WHICH EVENT WITH JAMAICA’S PRIME MINISTER: ‘IS HE PANKING US?’ “What is with this administration and an aversion to basic speaking skills and understanding of the English language?” asked NewsBusters director Curtis Houck. “Um that’s not what was asked,” shot back reporter Dan Moritz-Rabson. “Somewhere at a vacation home in Montana someone just put their fist in the air,” joked reporter David Friedlander, referring to the much-speculated 2024 prospects of California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Others slammed the vice president for the substance of her response, specifically suggesting that Democrats thought Roe v. Wade was “settled.” “How absurdly naive,” New Yorker staffer Laina Fader countered. KAMALA HARRIS ROSE TO ASK POLISH PRESIDENT FOR HELP IN QUESTION OF UKRAINIAN REFUGEES “Holy cow what a bad response. This is going to cause a Democratic revolt. The GOP has been chasing this for decades. But the Democrats thought it was settled and did nothing?” exclaimed conservative radio host Eric Erickson. “Anyone. Who has paid. The tiniest bit. The tiniest. Bit of attention. To women’s health issues. In past DECADES. I knew. It. Wasn’t. Neat,” wrote film critic Jason Bailey. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a surprise visit to the scene of a shooting that left seven dead in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 5, 2022. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images) (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty pictures) This is not the first time this week that Harris has been accused of “word salad”. On Tuesday, the vice president raised eyebrows during her visit to Highland Park, Illinois, following a mass shooting at an Independence Day parade that left seven dead. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “We have to take these things seriously, just as you have to take them seriously,” Harris told the press and Highland Park residents. “The whole nation needs to understand and have a level of empathy to understand that this can happen anywhere [to] any people in any community. And we need to stand together and talk about why it needs to stop,” Harris added before walking away. Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
