Conservatives are having a five-alarm meltdown after Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris committed what they saw as a truly diabolical act.
While flying on Air Force Two to Guatemala as part of her effort to tackle the migrant issues at the U.S.-Mexican border, she gave members of the press cookies.
Even more heinous to the Republicans among us? The cookies—donated by a local bakery—were decorated to look like Harris.
Truly, this ranks up there with the most egregious of political scandals!
The kerfuffle all started when a member of the press shared a photo of one of the cookies on Twitter.
@vp made an OTR visit to the back of the plane and delivered cookies decorated with the shape of her likeness as well as AF2.pic.twitter.com/TQrUR47Vgc— Courtney Subramanian (@Courtney Subramanian) 1623026634
The conservative outrage was fiery and immediate and their bones of contention were myriad and based on misinformation.
Several right-wing commenters raked Harris over the coals for disrespecting veterans and members of the military by sharing the supposedly narcissistic cookies on the anniversary of D-Day.
Good optics on D-Day. Men died for taxpayer funded frosted cookies to be given to the press. The Founders would be so proud of our Republic.— Mark In Akron (@Mark In Akron) 1623032782
The cookies were donated by a Black owned small business, so no tax payer dollars were harmed in the making of this friendly gesture.
People are missing the context. These cookies were given by a black owned business and VP gave them to the press. A little bit context provided by the author of the tweet would\u2019ve been nice.— lotus (@lotus) 1623028913
Translation: VP Harris shared her personalized gifts from a Black bakery to the press that has vehemently treated her unkindly. Sounds like selfless, caring Auntie Momala to me.— Madam Vice President Harris is GOAT! (@Madam Vice President Harris is GOAT!) 1623069313
Meanwhile, in a very on-brand flourish of conspiracy theory, far-right media personality Jack Posobiec seemed to suggest VP Harris was using the cookies to bribe the press in advance of her somehow taking over the Presidency.
The Heiress prepares— AntifaBook.com (@AntifaBook.com) 1623033332
Others attempted to draw a parallel between Harris and Marie Antoinette for giving out cookies while supposedly doing nothing about the migrant issues at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Handing out cookies with her face on them as the border crisis rages\u2026\n \nThe modern-day equivalent of \u201clet them eat cake.\u201dhttps://twitter.com/cmsub/status/1401701417715486734\u00a0\u2026— Ronna McDaniel (@Ronna McDaniel) 1623089268
Not exactly an apt criticism given the cookies were handed out during a flight to Guatemala to... deal with the causes of the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
In slightly less bonkers but nonetheless melodramatic territory came complaints like those of California Republican congressional candidate Buzz Patterson, who cried foul about narcissism and misappropriation of taxpayer funds.
Patterson tweeted:
"As a former Military Aide during the Clinton administration, I never even imagined this level of narcissism. And, all on YOUR tax dollars America! Democrats, even you can't be cool with this."
As a former Military Aide during the Clinton administration, I never even imagined this level of narcissism. And, all on YOUR tax dollars America!\n\nDemocrats, even you can\u2019t be cool with this.\n\n@KamalaHarris— Buzz Patterson (@Buzz Patterson) 1623041403
As several of the less conservatively inclined on Twitter pointed out, Harris did not pay for the cookies at all.
They were given to Harris's team by a Black-owned D.C. bakery, Cupcake Dreams, as a gift which Harris then chose to share with the press gaggle on the flight.
FIFY: @vp made an OTR visit to the back of the plane and delivered cookies decorated with the shape of her likeness as well as AF2. *The cookies were provided by Cupcake Dreams, a black-owned business in Washington, DC. The bakery owner\u2019s name is Aleatra Dimitrijevski.* #KHivehttps://twitter.com/cmsub/status/1401701417715486734\u00a0\u2026— Tommy moderna-vaX-Topher (@Tommy moderna-vaX-Topher) 1623098635
Regardless of whatever the truth of these diabolical cookies is, right-wingers on Twitter went absolutely ballistic about the sweet treats.
Kamala Harris went around Air Force 2 on D-Day to hand journalists frosted cookies in her image.\n\n81,000,000 votes.— Errol Webber (@Errol Webber) 1623068329
Fixed that faceless Kamala Harris cookie.pic.twitter.com/vHpZwmGBxz— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) 1623072341
Instead of trying to fix the Democrat-made #BidenBorderCrisis that's wreaking havoc on our southern border, Kamala Harris is commissioning cookies in her likeness.\n\nDems don't take the border crisis seriously & refuse to fix it.https://www.nrcc.org/2021/06/07/bidenbordercrisis-vol-45/\u00a0\u2026— NRCC (@NRCC) 1623080101
They do stuff like this in North Korea. They think the leadership is a deity.— John T (@John T) 1623070584
But President Trump was egotistical and a narcissist, right? Riiiiight......https://twitter.com/cmsub/status/1401701417715486734\u00a0\u2026— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1623118530
There was no shortage of liberal-minded people rolling their eyes in response to conservatives ignoring a violent insurrection but whining about cookies.
Republicans are mad about Kamala Harris giving cookies to reporters.\n\nLet that sink in.— Santiago Mayer (@Santiago Mayer) 1623029870
The number of supremacists triggered by this cookie is amazing. No wonder their life expectancy is going down.— BlackWomenViews Media (@BlackWomenViews Media) 1623037586
Liberals: Trump incited an insurrection to overturn an election he lost fairly. This is a crisis of our democracy.\n\nMAGA: VP Kamala Harris gave cookies to the press.on AF2. This is a crisis of our democracy.— Daryl Sturgis\u270a\ud83c\udffd (@Daryl Sturgis\u270a\ud83c\udffd) 1623061624
My stocks are up, I\u2019m vaccinated, and my employer raised my salary and Big Ronna wants me to be upset about cookies? Okay.— MJG \u26f3\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@MJG \u26f3\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1623089454
Hopefully once this all calms down we can focus on the real problem I have with these cookies—the ghostly vision of cookie-Kamala's featureless face.
Yikes!
But at least it wasn't a tan suit.
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