Kamala Harris does a 'Joe Biden' in interview about "Fweedom"

In an interview with Elle magazine Monday, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (D) fabricated a story about her tough days as a California toddler of color. Her story may have been inspired by the tales told by her running mate, Joseph Robinette Biden, when he spoke of Cornpop and the hair on his legs.

Harris' story was basically the same one told in an interview by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that he gave to Playboy magazine in 1965.

“Senator Kamala Harris started her life’s work young,” Elle's suck-up, fawning profile began.“She laughs from her gut, the way you would with family, as she remembers being wheeled through an Oakland, California, civil rights march in a stroller with no straps with her parents and her uncle. At some point, she fell from the stroller (few safety regulations existed for children’s equipment back then), and the adults, caught up in the rapture of protest, just kept on marching. By the time they noticed little Kamala was gone and doubled back, she was understandably upset. ‘My mother tells the story about how I’m fussing’ Harris says, ‘and she’s like, ‘Baby, what do you want? What do you need?’ And I just looked at her and I said, ‘Fweedom.””

And if you believe that balderdash, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

After the interview became public on Twitter, Andray Domise, a contributing editor to Maclean's, revealed the stark similarity of Harris' tale to a story told by Rev. King in the Playboy interview.

In that interview with Alex Haley, King responded to a question regarding the difficulties of leading the Civil Rights movement. He spoke about the suffering for the cause and how he was inspired by a story he heard about a little girl.

During an interview with Alex Haley, King answered a question about the burdens of being the leader of the Civil Rights movement. Describing his suffering for the cause, he referenced the inspiration he received from a story he had heard about a little girl:

I never will forget a moment in Birmingham when a white policeman accosted a little Negro girl, seven or eight years old, who was walking in a demonstration with her mother. “What do you want?” the policeman asked her gruffly, and the little girl looked him straight in the eye and answered, “Fee-dom.” She couldn’t even pronounce it, but she knew. It was beautiful! Many times when I have been in sorely trying situations, the memory of that little one has come into my mind, and has buoyed me.

Do you see a similarity between Rev. King's story and the irreverent Harris' story? If not, I can get you a really good deal on that bridge I mentioned.

So it turns out Kamala Harris lifted her "Fweedom" story from a 1965 Playboy interview with Martin Luther King, by Alex Haley. Much thanks to @EngelsFreddie for spotting the similarityhttps://t.co/zDONW4Ueqs pic.twitter.com/yQuWZHYEMz

— Q. Anthony (ɔpɛ asem) (@andraydomise)

Harris is shameless when it comes to telling tales about her and her struggles in the Civil Rights movement, even going so far as to attack her now running mate, Joe Biden, during the Democratic primary race. 

Referencing Biden’s willingness to work with notoriously segregationist former Sens. James O. Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia, Harris said, “It was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose busing. There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bused to school every day.”

“That little girl was me,” Harris added.

No, she wasn't that little girl forced on the school bus--that was a lie. And when she was asked about that statement in subsequent interview, Harris laughed from her gut, the way you would with family, or when you're nervous, and simply said, "It was a debate . . . it was a debate."

If you don't believe the media helped Biden and Harris win this election, the price just went down on that bridge in Brooklyn. It's a great opportunity.

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