Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Kamala Harris Fundraises off Senate Interruptions



Kamala Harris Fundraises off Senate Interruptions
by Joel B. Pollak 19 Jun 2017
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) has become notorious over the past several weeks for interrupting witnesses testifying on Capitol Hill — or, to her liberal fans, for being “silenced” by her white male Republican colleagues. Now she is turning those confrontation into campaign dollars.

Harris’s campaign Twitter account, @KamalaHarris, has pinned a tweet to the top of her profile that refers to her being “silenced,” and links to a donations page:

The women of the United States Senate will not be silenced when seeking the truth. Fight back: https://t.co/5KpQ4wBykN

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 13, 2017

At the donation page, Harris claims: “t’s happened to me, Elizabeth Warren, and countless others. Too often women are silenced in society and in the Senate. Make a contribution to defend the women of the Senate and fight back.”

While she claims she was “silenced,” in each case Harris was actually the silencer, talking over witnesses such as Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. In each case, the witnesses protested that she was not letting them answer her questions. Sessions in particular complained that by cutting him off, she was exposing him to legal risk of not telling the whole truth.

Harris’s campaign account has also re-tweeted a link to a petition by the far-left Color of Change organization, which is evidently collecting email addresses and contact information using Harris’s interruption episodes.

It is not unusual for members of Congress on both sides to use confrontations on Capitol Hill to raise money, though in Harris’s case she is using an example that is at odds with what actually happened in the Senate.

Color of Change organization
Van Jones was a co-founder of the ColorOfChange.org, and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Note: Center for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun Safety, Gun Control” for guns.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the American Constitution Society.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was a contributor for MoveOn.org, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Sundance Institute.
James Rucker was a director of grassroots mobilization for MoveOn.org, and is a co-founder of the ColorOfChange.org.
Van Jones was a co-founder of the ColorOfChange.org, and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Madeleine K. Albright is a director at the Center for American Progress, an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy, and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.
Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy, a U.S. Senate senator, and was an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.
Gabrielle Giffords is an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and a co-founder for the Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Americans for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Michael R. Bloomberg was a contributor for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Covington & Burling LLP was the lobby firm for the Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Eric H. Holder Jr. is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, was an attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice, and a board member for the American Constitution Society.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and a Government Bureau for “Gun Safety, Gun Control” for guns.
Mario M. Cuomo was a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society, and Maria Cuomo Cole’s father.
Maria Cuomo Cole is Mario M. Cuomo’s daughter, a trustee at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, and married to Kenneth D. Cole.
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Kenneth D. Cole is married to Maria Cuomo Cole, and a trustee at the Sundance Institute.
Robert Redford is the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, and was a director at the Apollo Alliance.
Van Jones was a director at the Apollo Alliance, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a co-founder of the ColorOfChange.org.
Center for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun Safety, Gun Control” for guns.
James Rucker is a co-founder of the ColorOfChange.org, and was a director of grassroots mobilization for MoveOn.org.

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