Kamala Harris delivered one of her infamous “word salad” messages to the victims of the Los Angeles fires in the final days of the Biden administration.
The vice president tried to appeal for patience as emergency crews tried to sort through the toxic rubble, ash and rubble left behind in the aftermath of the wildfires.
But the precise message was lost in her lengthy video, as she said: ‘The work that remains to be done to ensure safety around utility lines, this work is still very much underway and therefore it is critical that, for as far as you You can find everything that gives you the opportunity to be patient in this extremely dangerous and unprecedented crisis, um, you do that.’
Harris was holding a conference call with reporters from President Joe Biden’s office when she made the comments.
“A lot of people who still have homes and were under evacuation orders, I know you want to get back home, but this is a time to be patient,” she said.
“There’s still so much work that firefighters, police officers, FEMA and others are doing in search and rescue.”
Authorities have told residents they plan to lift evacuation orders as soon as Thursday morning, after the red flag weather warning for the region is lifted.
In the meantime, the fire threat is still too great.
Kamala Harris delivered one of her infamous ‘word salad’ messages to the victims of the Los Angeles fires in the final days of her administration
Beach houses along the Pacific Palisades were completely wiped out by the inferno
Authorities have also warned that the scorched communities are now full of asbestos-filled ash and dangerous debris amid the carnage.
Harris was holding a conference call with reporters from President Joe Biden’s office when she made the comments
Pictured: An Altadena homeowner clutches her cat after the fire ripped through her neighborhood
Authorities have also warned that the scorched communities are now full of asbestos-filled ash and dangerous debris amid the carnage.
Officials warned that the ash could contain lead, arsenic, asbestos and other harmful materials.
Anish Mahajan of the LA County Public Health Department said Tuesday, “Ashes aren’t just dirt.”
‘It is dangerous particulate matter that can irritate or damage your airways and other parts of your body where it ends up.’
Anyone accessing fire-ravaged communities is urged to wear masks to avoid inhaling the ash.
As access to these communities becomes easier, authorities are also deploying cadaver dogs to search for human remains in the rubble.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna reminded impatient residents, “There are people literally looking for the remains of your neighbors.”
Harris’ efforts to get the message across were widely mocked on social media.
“Classic Kamala,” said one critic.
The vice president tried to appeal for patience as emergency crews tried to sort through the toxic rubble, ash and rubble left behind in the aftermath of the wildfires.
In some areas, homeowners have been able to return to their properties to assess damage, but vast swaths of land are still under mandatory evacuation orders.
Firefighters have been set up to defend homes threatened by the Palisades Fire
“Being patient means the same thing, but listen to this word salad instead,” another person added.
The outgoing vice president was repeatedly criticized during her presidential campaign for diluting her intended message by overcomplicating her speeches.
Over the Christmas period, she hosted a Christmas reception for her supporters and urged them not to lose hope despite her devastating loss in 2024.
During a speech to mark the event, Harris urged her supporters not to succumb to defeat, disappointment and depression.
But it quickly derailed into her signature “word salad” gibberish as she droned on about food and the importance of rest.
“Our work continues and so please everyone, look, I know this election wasn’t what we planned, especially now what we wanted, I know there’s a lot of emotion that we’re all feeling right now. I see,” she said with a knowing chuckle video clips published on social media.
“Please, I just have to insist that please don’t let your spirit or your purpose be defeated,” she added.
Possibly her most famous ‘word salad’ is: ‘We have dreams. We can see what is possible, unencumbered by what has been.”
Authorities have told residents they plan to lift evacuation orders as soon as Thursday morning, after the red flag weather warning for the region is lifted.
The outgoing vice president was repeatedly criticized during her presidential campaign for diluting her intended message by overcomplicating her speeches.
The death toll is expected to continue to rise as authorities gain access to smoldering sites destroyed by the fires
About 12,300 structures were wiped out in the carnage
Harris initially made an odd statement when speaking about what the word innovation meant to her during a March 2023 speech during a trip to Ghana.
She explained at the time that innovation is “the ability not just to see things differently, but to do them differently” and to “challenge the premise, question the status quo and think boldly” and “the pursuit of what can be unburdened by what has been.”
One of Harris’s most confusing outbursts was when he burst out laughing after saying the phrase “Do you think you just fell out of a coconut tree?” had said while giving a speech about equality and progress for Latin American people.