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Video of Kamala Harris LAUGHING at question about Americans in Afghanistan goes viral

Harris was called a 'sociopath,' among others things, after she was caught on camera laughing before answering a reporter's question about Americans trapped in Afghanistan

Vice President Kamala Harris has once again managed to get in the bad books of social media users, thanks to what many say is her "nervous laughter". Harris was recently on an overseas trip to Singapore to discuss regional security as the Taliban execute their hostile takeover and siege to control Afghanistan. Americans are already livid about US citizens still being evacuated out of Afghanistan. Harris has added fuel to fire by laughing at a reporter's question about Americans in Afghanistan. Whether Harris laughed at the question or for some other reason is uncertain as she cut off the reporter before they could finish their question and did call the Afghanistan crisis their biggest priority at the moment. But social media is far from convinced. Calling her names, the Internet is accusing Harris of hypocrisy and incompetence.

Flak against Harris arrives as Twitter continues to be furious at president Joe Biden. From vacationing at a weekend getaway to blaming the crisis in Kabul on Donald Trump, Biden has left social media users enraged ever since the Afghan crisis began, right after the withdrawal of US troops. The latest complaints against the POTUS are about only 2,500 Americans being evacuated from Kabul while some 10 to 15 thousands of them still remain trapped in the country.

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Former interpreters working with US companies have also publicly pleaded Biden to rescue them safely, fearing violence from Taliban who are already reportedly unleashing massacre on the locals. Amidst all of this, Harris's laughter as a first response to the topic is clearly the last straw.

Harris has been accused of laughing and dismissing a reporter's enquiry about Americans trapped in Afghanistan while she was on her trip to Singapore. The veep had initially claimed she had a key role in the Afghanistan crisis talks. But she has now also proclaimed she was "the last person in the room" when the POTUS chose to keep to the May 1 'deadline' for US troops to retreat from Afghanistan that Trump had signed as an official order when he was president. It's also worth noticing that Harris has been strikingly absent and has had zero communication with the media and the American public as the Taliban took over Kabul. 

So when she chose to depart for Singapore in the late hours of Friday, August 20, reporters flocked around the vice president, with one of them eagerly asking her: "What's your response to reports of Americans-" The background is filled with whirring noises from the jet engine nearby, but before the reporter can finish their question, Harris cuts them off. "Hold on, hold on, hold on," says Harris, following it up with a big laugh that resembled her social media infamous 'nervous' laughters from the past. "Slow down, everybody," Harris told the media, before continuing: "I want to talk about two things. First, Afghanistan, we couldn't have a higher priority right now."

Harris continued: "And in particular, high priority is making sure that we safely evacuate American citizens, Afghans who worked with us, Afghans at risk, including women and children, and that is one of our highest if not the highest priority right now. And it's a big area of focus for me in the past days and weeks, and will continue to be." The entire incident was caught on camera and shared in a TikTok video that has since also gone viral on Twitter. The timing of the video is also quite inopportune as it was shared just hours after Biden was seen laughing when asked about his poor performance, during a White House press conference about the Afghan crisis and Hurricane Henri. 

And this has left Twitter furious. "Kamala laughs when insecure and incompetent. She did so relative to visiting the border - “Not today”. Problem is that none of us are laughing. She is as bad as Biden and Pelosi," tweeted one user. "@KamalaHarris on video laughing about getting people out of Afghanistan.... Unbelievable... she is a self absorbed do nothing," wrote another. Others called out her signature laugh, writing: "VP Kamala #Harris is always laughing, so she doesn't have to answer."

One went on a full-on, all caps rant, tweeting: "STOP MOCKING,CACKLING, LAUGHING,DISRESPECTING USA,AMERICAN HOSTAGES & AFGHANS LEFT BHIND BY TRAITOR @JoeBiden ! U BRING SHAME 2 ALL WOMEN,OUR NATION & THE FREE WORLD.GET LOST,U HYPOCRITE DISGUSTING COMMUNIST JERK!" Others slammed Harris saying, "Shame on you laughing cow! Y are a disgrace to your office and to the united states"

Many accused Harris of leaving Americans stranded in Afghanistan to die, as news reports are alleging that the Taliban is confiscating US passports from citizens. "This goofy b**ch right here. @KamalaHarris @VP laughing like she’s having a good time. Hey VP, YOU LEFT AMERICANS TO DIE! It ain’t fucking funny. Get your ass back to DC AND FO YOUR JOB! signed every fucking veteran. Since we’re doing MORE THAN YOU AND @POTUS LOSER!," wrote a user.  One even dubbed the veep a sociopath, as they wrote: "Please stop looking like a sociopath! Laughing about what you and @potus have done in #Afghanistan is no laughing matter!"