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Kamala Harris Mocked For Messing Up The Pledge Of Allegiance While Presiding Over The US Senate: “Her Political Career In A Nutshell”

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Kamala Harris Mocked For Messing Up The Pledge Of Allegiance While Presiding Over The US Senate: “Her Political Career In A Nutshell”

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Already checked out? Kamala Harris will be out of a job in just 17 days after losing the 2024 presidential election to former President Donald Trump. But until then, she still has to carry out her duties as Vice President, which include presiding over the United States Senate. The new Congress was seated today, with Harris making a rare appearance on Capitol Hill to preside over the swearing in of new US Senators. (While the Vice President is the President of the Senate, it's rare for any VP to actually preside over the upper chamber, usually only appearing for tie-breakers or important votes). But as Harris took to the lectern to open the Senate for the first time in 2025 with the Pledge of Allegiance, it appears that she messed up the words. It was a little hard to hear with all of the Senators speaking at the same time, but based on the audio it appears that Harris said: "I pledge allegiance to the United States, and the United States of America." https://twitter.com/RedsRepair95/status/1875242047566967233 And social media quickly jumped on the Vice President for the flub: https://twitter.com/bonchieredstate/status/1875242858787274816 https://twitter.com/NotKennyRogers/status/1875254984469856741 https://twitter.com/PGATUOR/status/1875255921573818639 https://twitter.com/TheAlexStrenger/status/1875259073110966648 https://twitter.com/TheTonus/status/1875265270002102349 https://twitter.com/CieloBonit/status/1875253950901006810 https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1875248958706274656 https://twitter.com/RBPundit/status/1875249978651898070 Guess she won't have to worry about having it memorized after the next two weeks anyway. There were 10 new Senators being sworn in today on the first day of the 119th Congress: Four Democrats and six Republicans. Two Democrats had previously been sworn in after being elected to fill vacant seats. The 2024 election flipped control of the Senate from Democrat to Republican, with the GOP taking a narrow 52-45 majority, with three Senators identifying as Independent (though they all caucus with the Democrats). But there are still going to be a few changes to the Senate membership over the coming days and weeks. Republican West Virginia Senator-elect Jim Justice has decided not to be sworn in until January 13, when he will finish his term as governor of his home state. If Justice were to resign as governor and be sworn in immediately, it would have set up a scenario that left the state with four governors over the next 10 days - so he decided to just stay on until his successor is sworn in. And of course Ohio Senator JD Vance will be resigning sometime before January 20 when he will become Vice President (and, ironically, President of the Senate). At that point, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine will appoint someone to fill his Senate seat until a special election is held in 2026. Florida Senator Marco Rubio will also be resigning at some point soon, after being appointed as Secretary of State by incoming President Donald Trump. Of course Rubio still has to be confirmed by the Senate, but he's not expected to face any serious opposition from his soon-to-be-former colleagues. That will leave his seat to be filled by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who will appoint a successor to take Rubio's place until a special election is held in 2026. Meanwhile over in the House of Representatives, the GOP has a narrow four-seat majority, and just re-elected Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson to serve as Speaker of the House in the 119th Congress. Now that they're back to work (I use that term loosely), let's see if they can actually get anything done. I'm not holding my breath...

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