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31/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 31/07/2024 21:22

“SO MUCH FOR UNITY”: Mike Garcia Openly Mocks Vice President’s Intellect… Days After Empty Plea to “Respect One Another”

Just five days after waxing poetic about the need to "respect one another " and "de-escalate the political rhetoric," hollow-worded Mike Garcia has come under fire for making disrespectful and disparaging comments about Vice President Kamala Harris - calling her "not very intelligent" and "not very well-spoken."

As a reminder, Garcia has continued to shill for the famously-intellectual Donald Trump - who told Americans to drink bleach to fight COVID-19 and frequently goes on tangents about Hannibal Lecter during campaign rallies - for president.

DCCC Spokesperson Dan Gottlieb:
"Mike Garcia's newfound pleas for 'unity,' much like his congressional record, couldn't be more hollow and hypocritical. Garcia's rhetoric and record only perpetuates the extreme partisanship that's taken over Congress. Californians deserve better than a representative who cares more about enabling the worst impulses of his far-right party than working across the aisle to fight for their needs."

POLITICO California Playbook: SO MUCH FOR UNITY
Lara Korte and Dustin Gardiner | July 30, 2024

  • Rep. Mike Garcia has harsh words to describe Harris: "She's not very intelligent, she's not very well-spoken." Garcia made the statement during an interview on The Morning Answer, a conservative radio show, last week. It was his first public commentary on Harris since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.

  • Just days before the interview, Garcia wrote a column calling for bipartisan unity in the wake of the assassination attempt on Trump. But the Republican lawmaker struck a different tone during his interview - playing along when host Grant Stinchfield asked if he believed the conspiracy theory that Biden used a body double to deliver a recent speech. "I don't know, to be honest," Garcia said with a laugh.

  • But Garcia, who faces a tough reelection race for his House seat in the Santa Clarita area, said Republicans shouldn't write off Harris as an opponent. "The reality is they're raising a lot of money, and she is more coherent and probably a more viable candidate than Biden," he said.