The issue Twitter seems to have with Vice President Kamala Harris’ response is her cracking jokes during such a serious time. They believe this is no laughing matter because lives are at stake in Ukraine. While she didn’t say whether or not the United States will be accepting more refugees, she did say that Ukrainian citizens in the United States on a visa will not have to worry about leaving if it expires (via New York Post).
“Only Kamala Harris would find it appropriate to laugh when talking about the topic of Ukrainian Refugees,” Benny Johnson said on Twitter. Meghan McCain echoed the sentiment, saying, “…she’s had ample time and resources to media train herself out of reacting to every SINGLE crisis situation like she’s walking onto a late night show.”
It’s not just political correspondents who are irked by the vice president’s response. One Twitter user asked, “I don’t get it. Why doesn’t anyone ever just ask what’s so funny? What are you laughing about?” Fingers crossed that statements are taken seriously by Harris from here on out.
