Hours before President Donald Trump was set to give his speech at the final night of the Republican National Convention, Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris gave a speech decrying Trump's pandemic response, racial justice response, and his overall incompetence.
Watch below.
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Harris said in one moment of the speech:
"The Republican convention is designed for one purpose: To soothe Donald Trump's ego, to make him feel good, but here's the thing: He's the President of the United States, and it's not supposed to be about him. It's supposed to be about the health and the safety and the well-being of the American people."
As one can likely imagine, the speech was poorly received by supporters of the President, including Trump campaign advisor Mercedes Schlapp.
Schlapp wanted to know why the Vice Presidential nominee was making a speech if she wasn't the Presidential nominee.
Did I miss something? Is @KamalaHarris the New Democrat presidential nominee? #WheresJoe pic.twitter.com/bpjq5O2jm5
— Mercedes Schlapp (@mercedesschlapp) August 27, 2020
As Schlapp and virtually any American who's seen a presidential election play out knows, it's completely commonplace for the Vice Presidential nominee to address the American people alone.
Twitter users didn't hesitate to remind Schlapp of this.
Sarah Palin literally held her own mega rallies in 2008 without John McCain.
She even wrote and tried to give her own concession speech (but McCain's team shot that down).
Vice presidential candidates give speeches.
Did you expect Joe Biden to keep Kamala Harris in a box? https://t.co/Cx6oeg4gAF pic.twitter.com/plUeoRcDUE
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) August 27, 2020
This is such a stupid tweet @mercedesschlapp. And you know better. Who led the COVID-19 task force? Pence. Y'all just say dumb stuff that's easy to blow off. https://t.co/0kU1RfYokF
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) August 27, 2020
Imagine being this stupid about how campaigns work. https://t.co/9FiSeKJLtR
— Stephen Robinson (@SER1897) August 27, 2020
Did I miss something?
This was a candidate VP rebuttal to the VP speech last night.
Why does every Trump cultist have a form of self-imposed mental disorder? https://t.co/v1p8xqncnn
— RufusKings1776 (@RufusKings1776) August 27, 2020
If you dont see the significance of having her address this issue, then that's says more about you than anything. We're showing we actually care and have the right people in place to start to fix the injustices. Unlike the current leaders, we have a great TEAM to achieve anything https://t.co/JFHmqbG7RW
— Russell Foster for Texas (@RussellFosterTX) August 27, 2020
Uh, it's pretty normal for Vice Presidential candidates to give stand-alone speeches. The current VP gave one last night!
They do know this, right? https://t.co/25QcgUZMel
— Ben Harris (@btharris93) August 27, 2020
Did you also “miss something" during @VP's speech last night?? Vice Presidents, and Vice Presidential nominees, give speeches. Your tweets makes no actual sense... https://t.co/kvSXNnDLzO
— Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) August 27, 2020
Some sense that Schlapp's tweet was sent out of fear for what November holds.
Mercedes is a lying hack who is clearly worried that the Democrats' message is going to work. Biden gave an interview this AM. Harris gave a speech this afternoon. Mercedes is stuck watching white supremacist propaganda on Fox News so she's missing it. https://t.co/egIKFvx83r
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) August 27, 2020
Awe. Snowflake is scared of Kamala. https://t.co/nUc52pnJKE pic.twitter.com/hAsIfgvVTk
— Vincent Frank (@VincentFrankNFL) August 27, 2020
Conservatives are very scared of the Biden campaign putting Harris front and center bc it makes it harder to paint her as scary socialist cop hater. They know she's potentially quite popular with suburban voters. https://t.co/9FiSeKJLtR
— Stephen Robinson (@SER1897) August 27, 2020
This is Schlapp's most recent social media gaffe after she levied false accusations against the husband of CNN anchor Briana Keilar.
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