Kamala's Breathtaking Arrogance

For anyone who watches politics closely it was hardly a surprise that the nation rejected the candidacy of one Kamala Harris. Being the ultimate diversity hire, she was in no way qualified to occupy the office of the presidency.

If America had chosen a subliterate former courtesan as its leader it would have suffered four years of embarrassment. Between the giggles and the cackles, the nation would have felt serially mortified.

The president represents the nation. A great country does not allow itself to be led by Kamala Harris. A backwater, perhaps, but a great country, certainly not.

Among the leadership skills that Kamala did not possess lay her inability to articulate a coherent sentence in the English language. You cannot lead if you cannot articulate your policy. You cannot lead if you cannot explain why you have formulated this or that policy. 

Leaders should commend respect. They should show a clear command of the information at hand. They should show that they are in charge. Such was the case of Gov. Ron DeSantis when his state was threatened by hurricanes. You would never imagine Kamala organizing a hurricane response effort, or much of anything else.

Perhaps more telling was the fact that nearly every staff member who worked for Kamala quit on her. When more than ninety percent of your staff walks away from the job, you are a bad manager. Or better, you do not know how to manage. 

And yet, the issue rarely arose during the presidential campaign. Staffers of the vice president were wise enough to maintain their silence. They wanted to have a future in the Democratic party and speaking out against Kamala would have ended any chances they might have had one.

So, we are especially interested in Sean O’Brien’s views on Kamala. O’Brien heads the Teamsters Union and for the first time in many years it did not support the Democratic candidate.

O’Brien was explaining his interactions with Kamala to Tucker Carlson:

He spoke about a meeting his lieutenant Joan Corey had with Harris in June, before Biden dropped out of the race.

After she introduced herself and said she was with the Teamsters, Harris became demanding.

'Teamsters? You better get on board. You better get on board. Better get on board soon,' the candidate had told the union.

Seriously, she is not asking for his support. She is not showing him any respect. She is treating him like a lackey. And she is showing a colossal confidence in winning. Doubtless, she considered it her birthright.

After she became the nominee Harris refused to answer the questions that the Teamsters had asked of every candidate:

Later on O'Brien discussed a meeting his union leadership had with then-nominee Harris where she was refusing to answer certain questions they asked of every candidate.

'Her declaration on the way out was: I'm gonna win, with you or without you.'

He said his union gave 16 questions to each candidate and Biden would only answer five, whereas Trump and even the likes of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West would answer all 16. 

O'Brien said that Harris only answered four before making her shocking and eventually incorrect declaration that she would win.

You have an instance of colossal arrogance, a willingness to insult and offend potential supporters, and a confidence based on nothing but her sense that the job was hers for the taking.

Kamala failed to understand that you cannot lead if you cannot cooperate with your underlings. She did not see that being in charge did not mean telling people what to do and expecting them to do it automatically.

Doubtless, her gross insecurity made it impossible for her to speak respectfully to people who did not respect her.

Considering that the Democrats were constantly attacking Donald Trump for being a wanna-be dictator, the campaign showed us a more humble side of Trump.

Trump reached out, in particular, to minority voters who had never supported Republicans. Whether in a bodega in the Bronx or a Chick-fil-a in Atlanta, or a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, or at a McDonald’s or even in a garbage truck, Trump presented himself as someone who was relatable, and who did not believe that he was lowering himself by reaching out and asking people to vote for him.

When journalist Stephanie Ruhle wanted to interview Donald Trump she called him on the phone. He picked it up and spoke with her. He also rejected the offer of an interview.

And yet, when Ruhle wanted to invite Kamala for a similar interview, she had no chance of talking with the candidate. She stated that she had to go through “fifty” handlers and never got to speak with Kamala.

The one candidate was an arrogant, incompetent, unqualified fool. The other understood that no executive can function effectively if he does not sustain cordial relationships with his employees.

If you disrespect your staff, and use every interaction as an occasion to put people down, they will not do their best for you. If it happens too often they will pick up and leave.

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