Yes, Kamala Harris Really Is That Stupid

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There’s a popular conception that politicians at the federal level, especially the leaders of the major parties, must possess a high degree of cunning and intellect. After all, only the most Machiavellian schemers could navigate the cutthroat labyrinth of party politics to the highest offices in the Capitol or the White House, right?

Oftentimes, people strain, sometimes desperately, to attribute complex machinations and ulterior motives to the current chaos of the American political landscape. It’s part of a senseless hope that there is some deeper meaning to be found in the inane ramblings or narcissistic posturing of our political class.

National Review’s Jim Geraghty displayed this sentiment Monday, seemingly struggling to make sense of Kamala Harris’ rise to power and the very real possibility that she could be the next president despite the mountain of evidence that she is, indeed, a simpleton.

“There’s this nagging complication — if Kamala Harris is as stupid as her critics claim, why does she have the Democratic presidential nomination and a roughly 50–50 shot of being the first female president in U.S. history?” Geraghty posted on X.

“Do you know how many ruthlessly ambitious Democratic men and women have desperately yearned to get where she is? How many smart, tough, shrewd, often underhanded and cold-blooded pols have tried to claw their way up the greasy pole and fallen short? And somehow this supposed dunce managed to do it?” he continued.

Geraghty is overthinking it. In reality, the vast majority of Washington denizens are merely average, and more than a few are complete buffoons.

Case in point: Kamala Harris. She might actually be one of the most intellectually feeble people to seek the presidency. When she tried to claim the nomination on her own, in 2020, she ran one of the most amateurish campaigns in a primary already chocked full of imbeciles. She was so hopelessly inept as the “border czar” that the propaganda press tried to memory-hole the fact that she held the position.

On the campaign trail in 2024, she has become the queen of word salads and non-answers, only capable of parroting the most vapid talking points. None of her nonsensical words of “wisdom” ring more hollow than the oft-repeated “What can be, unburdened by what has been.” Truly the mantra of mental midgets everywhere.

Most recently, she’s now accused of multiple instances of plagiarism, including in congressional testimony — truly a signifier of a sharp and adept mind.