What strikes me is how this is really just the smallest example of how deeply weird US politics is.
It's been going around for as long as I can remember it at this point.
I remember when I was a kid the news was trying to mock Obama over "mom jeans" of all things. I still don't get it.
It's not actually the color of the suit they're having issues with.
There's a really bad birthday suit joke/pun here somewhere. Best to back away and avoid it.
so you think you will next time or nah?
Didn't even notice, and I hope she did it on purpose
You betcha.
Conservatives: This bothers me. Better use AI to make fake images of Sexy Kamala doing something to make me even angrier.
horngry
Also conservatives: go away I'm 'bating!
This is some pro level trolling. She's gonna give some of them aneurisms.
I know Obama was unjustly ostracized for wearing a tan suit, but I honestly (I'm European) don't know why a tan suit is a bad thing? Is it frowned upon for some reason? Do tan suits have a backstory (before the Obama thing) that I should know about?
Honest question.
Look up “terrorist fist jab” and then subsequently realize that racists don’t use thoughts or logic, only hatred and idiocy.
Obama knew from a young age he wanted to be in politics, so he lived his life as neatly as possible towards that objective, including graduating with honors from top American schools and leaving a manicured political track record of his path.
Republicans wanted so hard to hate on him but they couldn't find anything. He ran an excellent presidency, he spoke very carefully with great charisma, and his background was pristine.
That's why any controversies about Obama had to be fabricated. Republicans attacked him for the mustard, the color of one of his suits, how he rode a bike, how he was physically fit and very good at basketball (an urban sport). They fabricated claims on his birth certificate. They blamed him for stuff that happened on someone else's watch (why didn't Obama keep us safe on 9/11? Why didn't he prevent the economic crash of 2008?)
They attacked him with that nonsense because they couldn't find anything else to attack him on.
A tan suit is frowned upon by regressives if the occupant is black. Same as using mustard. And greeting anyone too casually.
They did the same thing when he rode a bike with... A bike helmet on.
It was absurd nonsense; yet one of many examples of how the far-right in our country will manufacture outrage just to justify their existence.
There was another incident wherein the far-right went after Obama used Dijon mustard on something.
Because I guess to be presidential you have to wear dark colors when talking about serious topics? It was very stupid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_tan_suit_controversy
I hope she posts herself putting Dijon on a burger as a follow-up
It’s fantastic and I’m loving this 🍿
Americans will legit find any reason to complain. She by far isn't the first* and she sure as hell won't be the last. Also wanted to point out how fucking sad it is, that the one time Americans pretend to care about the world's perception of the US, it's a politician's ever so slightly less boring wardrobe. We don't care, the color even looks good on her. What we care about is the senile old man ranting about random companies for an hour, instead of holding a god damn speech.
I can never understand the kind of slime that finds it in them to not just begrudge someone for how they express their own joy and laughter, but to feel confident in voicing that begrudgement like it's indicative of anything but their own complete defectiveness as a morally sound human being.
It’s simple psychology really. When someone is so angry or sad or hates themselves so much, seeing other people being happy and/or succeeding reminds them of their own pitiful existence.
I’m no psychologist, but I believe they call it envy.
I don’t know. When I see throngs of joyful MAGA cultists, and that smug grin of their dear leader, I feel a certain level of disgust myself. It’s certainly not envy.
They’re happy because they adore him and what he symbolizes (white supremacy, misogyny, Christian nationalism, homophobia, etc.) - he’s happy because they adore him, and he’s a raging narcissist.
Those things disgust me, and so their happiness disgusts me.
So conversely, their hatred of Kamala & the DNC’s joy could be because they hate what the left symbolizes, in their view.
Not just envy imo. There are plenty of people in my own circle that I'm envious of, but am nothing but thrilled for them over their well deserved success.
We're seeing the bastard child of envy and hatred... they want what she has, but more than that, they want her to suffer.
Hope that smile fries all those evil repuglican souls to ash
The tan suit controversy reminds me of that one guy who got canceled for going "Gyahh" during a rally.
Howard Dean. Guy was on track to make a serious run for the White House before he let emotions get the best of him. Fucking wild how naive we were back then.
The famous Dean scream!
im way out of the loop here, what's up with tan suits?
I DDG'd "Harris memes" hoping to find a harissa (yes, the hot chili paste) themed one. Instead I mostly found memes that looked like Republicans attempting to be funny and failing miserably. The memes had no punch line, made no sense, and were mostly based on pure disgust and hate for her as a person with no real criticism of her political actions.
I don't like Harris and would probably just leave the US if I was born there and take my vote elsewhere to a system that maybe remotely makes sense. But those memes were sad. If anything they tell of a human condition that has affected some diehard Republicans online. I think some of them need help.
It takes a certain level of intelligence and insight to be funny. Unfortunately for the far right, anyone above that threshold of intelligence & insight is too smart to be far right.
The boy is so cute
Ew, no he’s not
