by Julie Kelly at Declassified with Julie Kelly
Confirmation last week by the Department of Homeland Security that Vice President Kamala Harris came within several yards of an explosive device on the afternoon of January 6, 2021 should be one of the hottest stories right now.
The fact that the installed Democratic candidate for president barely escaped an attempt on her life by an alleged MAGA terrorist during what she compares to 9/11 and Pearl Harbor makes for ripe clickbait. Further, her stoicism in the face of such a grave threat—she has never discussed the matter publicly—not just to herself but to her staff and police officers protecting her that day at the DNC is the stuff heroes are made of.
Just imagine a campaign video for Team Harris: grainy footage of a hoodie-wearing Trump goon placing explosives outside the DNC on January 5 followed by clips of the arrival of Harris’ motorcade the next morning and her swift evacuation almost two hours later when the bomb was discovered by police.
Then her triumphant return to the Capitol in the wee hours of January 7 as Harris defeated both Trump and the MAGA bomber in one fell swoop!
Harris also could easily leverage her own attempted assassination to contrast what happened to Donald Trump on July 13, creating a political version of “Survivor.”
“I was a victim of an assassination attempt way before Donald Trump!” Harris could indignantly claim. Adding to the mystery is that the so-called MAGA bomber to date has not been caught.
But oddly,…
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