Former ESPN personality and podcaster Jemele Hill, after remaining silent about the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, has finally decided to weigh in on the race, and it’s pretty much what you would expect from a professional race hustler.
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During a recent podcast episode, Hill delivered a scathing critique of the election, noting that she had predicted President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. “So clearly, I did see this coming, but I still don’t think that makes it any more difficult to accept,” she told her viewers.
Hill suggested that Harris’ treatment in the media and by voters somehow reflects deep-seated societal biases that disadvantage women of color in leadership. She compared Harris’ experience to her own professional journey.
“Yes, I take the reelection of Donald Trump quite personally because of the person themselves, but also as a Black woman,” she explained. “And that is because I think for a lot of Black women, we can relate to Kamala Harris just in the sense of some of us have been in that position before where we felt qualified, if not overqualified in many respects.”
That’s right, folks. Hill believes that she and Harris were “overqualified” for the positions they wanted. More on that later.
Hill went on to argue that Harris’ loss shows that Americans are unwilling to embrace female leaders — especially Black, female leaders who wash their collard greens in a bathtub.
“For a lot of Black women, even though we should not internalize it this way, it felt like a particular rejection of some of the things that we’ve been fighting for,” she said.
Predictably, the podcaster went on to trot out one of the left’s favorite narratives: The role misinformation allegedly played in influencing voters’ perceptions on the campaign trail. “I think it was particularly evident how racism and misogyny were driving a lot of the coverage, the opinions, and even how the electorate saw Kamala Harris,” Hill said.
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So, let’s get back to this crack about Harris being “overqualified” to be the President of These-Here United States of America.
For starters, Harris is anything but qualified for that position, a reality that was on full display before and after she became the Democratic nominee. In fact, we already knew this after seeing her dismal performance in the Democratic primaries in 2019.
As RedState’s Ward Clark pointed out, Harris lacks core principles and policies. He rightly described her as “a creature of pure expedience,” who shifts her positions when it is convenient. This is reflected in her “no comment” strategy on policy matters. “She cannot articulate any position on demand because she doesn’t know for sure what it is,” Clark noted.
Indeed, even former Obama strategist David Axelrod had to admit Harris was about as qualified for the presidency as a ham sandwich. “There’s zero enthusiasm on the ground for Kamala Harris in the demographics that [she] most needs.”
A 2019 opinion piece written by Terry McAteer resurfaced that highlighted the toxic workplace Harris created while serving as California’s Attorney General. The author noted that Harris constantly criticized her staff while using profanity, noting that she “vocally throws around ‘F-bombs’ and other profanity constantly in her berating of staff and others.”
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The vice president allegedly required members of her staff to greet her daily with “Good Morning, General,” and prohibited interns from making eye contact with her. Does anyone believe a horrible manager like that belongs in the Oval Office?
Of course not, which is partly why voters could not support her. It had nothing to do with racism or sexism, as Hill suggests. It has everything to do with the fact that she was a lousy candidate, which is why she lost. Unfortunately for Hill and her comrades, they can only view things through the lens of progressive ideology which suggests that every negative thing that happens to a member of a “marginalized” group is the result of bigotry and misogyny, which is why they will continue losing.