Vice President Harris drops the F bomb about breaking down barriers

Vice President Kamala Harris dropped the F-bomb on Monday about breaking barriers as the “first” to take her position in the White House.

Harris, the first Black American, first Asian American and first woman to function vp of the United States, used the expletive during a moderated conversation at a leadership summit organized by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS).

The vp was asked by actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang about what it was wish to be “the first” and the way her heritage as a black South Asian American influenced her “views and role as a leader.”

The vp didn’t hold back from giving advice to the mostly young people in the room on the way to break down doors which have not been open to them in the past.

“Never carry as a personal burden your ability to do everything you dream and strive for based on other people’s limited ability to see who can do what,” Harris said. “We must know that sometimes the individuals who open the door for you… sometimes they do not. And then you’ve to interrupt down the rattling door.

Harris Attention she drew immediate applause and laughter before saying, “Sorry about my language!”

In her remarks, the vp spoke about being a barrier-breaker and understanding that should you manage to interrupt such a barrier in politics or anywhere else, you do not all the time emerge unscathed – apparently referring to her own profession in breaking barriers and the public ridicule and attendant him control.

“Breaking barriers does not imply you begin on one side of the barrier and end on the other. It involves breaking something, and while you break something, you chop yourself and you would possibly bleed,” Harris said, adding, “And it’s price it each time.”

She advised young people’s rooms: “You walk into these rooms with your head up, shoulders back, whether it’s a conference room, a boardroom, a courtroom, an interrogation room.”

The vp’s candid moment comes after significant travel and interactions with young and young voters of color this election cycle. Harris is currently embarking on her “Economic Opportunity Tour,” through which she visited cities with large Black populations in battleground states – Atlanta, Detroit and, on Thursday, Milwaukee – to focus on how the Biden-Harris administration’s economic policies are delivering jobs and investment to minority communities.

Following the initial roadshows, Vice President Harris announced a $5.5 billion investment through the Department of Housing and Urban Development to extend reasonably priced housing, address homelessness and construct wealth.

Last fall, Harris led a “Fight for Our Freedoms” college tour through which she visited campuses to interact with students about freedoms that Democrats and their supporters say are under threat, including abortion rights, affirmative motion and history education Black people.

“I think he’s very comfortable in front of crowds, talking about issues that are really important to people,” Colbert said. “Her focus was more on a long-term strategy of keeping her feet on the ground rather than winning the news cycles. I think these trips will help achieve that long-term goal.”

Colbert saw Harris’ Monday F-bomb as “leaning in more authentically than she may have been comfortable with in the past.” She believes doing so will serve the vp and the administration well as they battle presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

“Vice President Kamala Harris could be the most effective anti-Trump messenger in the country,” said Colbert, who noted that he was present during Harris’ remarks at the national Emily’s List gala, during which the vp condemned “Trump’s abortion bans.”

“Her position gives her a unique opportunity to speak out on some of the most controversial issues in the country today: reproductive rights, DEI and many other issues,” Colbert said.

She added that as the first Black vp of South America and South Asia, Harris “can’t mess it up like other people,” but when she will be able to “give herself permission to separate her identity from being the right person,” the hand to President Biden … will resonate more.

Colbert concluded: “It’s good for her and more for the administration that she’s giving herself more freedom, perhaps beyond what President Biden would say.”

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