Kamala Harris, portrait in hyperbole

VP Kamala Harris just delivered the most hyperbole-filled speech in vice-presidential history. Early in the Vice President's speech, she spoke about dates that live in infamy throughout history. It's time to fisk this speech just on that basis alone. In her speech, VP Harris said this:
Certain dates echo throughout history, including dates that instantly remind all who have lived through them where they were, and what they were doing, when our democracy came under assault. Dates that occupy not only a place on our calendars, but a place in our collective memory: December 7th, 1941, September 11th, 2001, and January 6th, 2021.
What about November 22, 1963? That's the day JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. I remember where I was that morning. Our school principal came into our room with tears in her eyes, then told us that the president had been assassinated in Dallas, TX. What about June 6, 1968, the night JFK's younger brother Bobby was assassinated in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan? Rosie Grier, then a defensive lineman for the LA Rams, tackled Sirhan Sirhan. What about April 4, 1968, the night Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, TN?

Here is video of VP Harris' speech:

What's especially odd is that the transcript of Vice President Harris' speech isn't posted on the White House website. Neither is President Biden's speech, for that matter.

VP Harris' speech will be remembered more by political activists than by the people. The people have moved on. Compared to the violence in Chicago or New York, 1/6 isn't that big of a deal to most people. Compared to the Chicago Teachers Union's illegal strike, Jan. 6 isn't a big deal.

UPDATE: The transcript of Vice President Harris's speech is now posted here.

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