US VP Kamala Harris slammed for layman explanation of Russia-Ukraine crisis

US Vice President Kamala Harris was slammed for explaining the Ukraine-Russia crisis in a child-like manner on the syndicated ‘Morning Hustle’ radio program.

The former California Senator was asked to explain the conflict in ‘layman’s terms for people who don’t understand what’s going on and how can this directly affect the people of the United States?’ She presented a dumbed down version of the crisis, which recieved heavy criticism on social media. 

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Explaining the crisis, Harris began slowly. “So, Ukraine is a country in Europe,” she said. 

“It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So, basically, that’s wrong, and it goes against everything that we stand for,” the Vice President continued. 

As soon as the program was on air, people, especially conservatives, slammed Harris. 

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“I’m proud to announce that my 9-year-old daughter was hired last week as VP Harris’ speechwriter,” Manhattan Institute senior fellow Brian Riedl tweeted. 

Seth Mandel, the executive editor of the Washington Examiner,  described Harris’ statement as terrifying.

“She just has a real inability to talk normally to [people]. Layman’s terms doesn’t mean ‘assume the audience has never heard of Russia. ‘Layman’s terms just means don’t answer ‘the parallel trends of NATO enlargement and post-Soviet de-nuclearization in the 90s really set us on the path to the failed Minsk Agreement,’” Mandel said on Twitter.

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“You may use, without defining, words such as ‘Russia,” he added. 

“Sounds like me reading off notecards in 5th grade,” GOP campaign consultant Nathan Wurtzel said. 

“This gives me so much anxiety. This is like how my 16 year old niece would answer this question,” Meghan McCain said.

“‘When two countries love each other very much, they sometimes make littler countries’. ‘And sometimes as they get older they drift apart and then split up. This is not the fault of the countries really’,” Spectator USA contributing editor Stephen Miller mocked Harris.