Vice President Kamala Harris recently met with some backlash. She witnessed her alma mater, Howard University, lose to the defending NCAA men’s basketball national champion Kansas on Thursday, 96-68.
Howard and Kansas played at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, and when Harris appeared on the video board, she received an icy reception. According to multiple reports, the boos outweighed the cheers from the fans.
After the game, the vice president got a chance to give downtrodden Bison players a pep talk in their locker room after their loss.
“You played hard. You played to the very last second. You made all us Bisons proud,” she said. “You are smart. You are disciplined. You put everything you had into the game. You guys did not stop, and that is so inspiring. So you keep playing with chin up and shoulders back because you showed the world who Bison are.
“So I know you may not be feeling great right now, OK, but know who you are. You are excellence. You are hard work. You are powerful, and you are winners.”
Harris’ speech, however, did not really resonate with the rest of social media.
One said: “There is something very wrong with this woman”
Another said: “Truly feel bad for these guys. They lost the game and then had to be subjected to this speech.”
Apparently, Vice President Kamala Harris is here in Wells Fargo Arena to support her alma mater, Howard.
They just put her up on the big screen and the a good portion of the arena started to boo lmao Iowa at its finest
— Eliot Clough (@EliotClough) March 16, 2023
Every team that loses should have to listen to this as punishment.
— California Wager (@CaliforniaWager) March 16, 2023
