A New York Magazine cover featuring Vice President Kamala Harris titled “Welcome to the Camalot” became the butt of numerous jokes on social media on Monday.
“Welcome to Camalot! Our new issue tackles the two weeks that changed the shape of the 2024 election and the risk-taking thrill of making Kamala Harris the Democratic nominee,” X’s post read, with a link to the article.
“Coming on the heels of President Joe Biden’s historic withdrawal from his reelection campaign, our new issue captures Kamala Harris’ buoyant, infectious and potentially risky presidential campaign,” the post continued.
Liberal media and the Democratic Party defend VP Harris, who continues to support the nomination.
Social media users criticised both the image and the message.
“The wordplay is about a fictional monarch who nobody voted for during his rule,” said The Spectator’s Stephen Miller.
“It’s fun wordplay, but it’s a bit blatant for the magazine to reference a media-created myth about a previous Democratic president,” Joe Gabriel Simonson of the Washington Free Beacon wrote.
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the presidential campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, July 22, 2024. (Erin Shaff/Pool via Reuters)
Media outlets such as Not the Bee also mocked the cover, referencing it to Monty Python.
The New York Times editorial board urged Kamala Harris to “answer” questions from reporters “better than Biden.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shared the photo, accusing the media of trying to “frame” Harris as someone she is not.
“It’s flashy and dystopian,” said Townhall.com reporter Sarah Lee. Several others called it “bizarre” and “horrifying.”
But some Harris supporters were impressed by the photo.
“We love you, ‘Camalot!'” the Democratic Coalition wrote. “In the space of a week, Kamala Harris has energized the Democratic Party like no one has ever seen.”
“Since we sent our last issue to the printer, Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt, J.D. Vance joined his nominee, Republicans touted their impending victory all week in Milwaukee, Joe Biden got COVID-19, his closest Democratic colleagues withdrew him from the race, and Kamala Harris ended the race to succeed him with astonishing speed,” said Editor in Chief David Haskell. New Issues.
“We tackled all of this, plus a glimpse into what may be the biggest political-financial scandal of Trump’s second term, sent a lookbook to nudist beach at Sandy Hook, and produced an issue that features a whole lot more (including a very long, relatively risk-free, timeless literary beach read),” he added.
Senator Kamala Harris, Democrat of California, speaks at the George Washington University in Washington on January 9, 2019, to kick off her book tour. (Sait Serkan Gurbuz/Associated Press)
President Biden endorsed Harris as his running mate after she announced she was withdrawing from the presidential race due to her poor performance in last Sunday’s debate and concerns about her health and stamina. Since the move, several media outlets have backed Harris, seemingly defending her from past controversies, including claims that she was once appointed Biden’s “border official.”
Harris has been widely referred to as the “border czar” since Biden tasked her with addressing the root causes of mass migration from Central and South America in March 2021. Though the Biden administration has rejected the title, the phrase has been used widely by her critics and some media outlets up until now, when Harris appears poised to replace Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket.
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A photo of US Vice President Kamala Harris standing next to former President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, former President Trump’s running mate, was among the Republicans who suggested choosing Harris as the next presidential candidate would ignore voters and be undemocratic.
“This is a threat to our democracy, not just a threat to the Republican Party that fights for our democracy every day,” Vance said at a campaign rally in Ohio.
The Trump campaign announced on Monday that Trump would debate Ms Harris if she wins the Democratic nomination. The Democratic National Convention runs from Aug. 19-22.
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Fox News’ Jeffrey Clark and Joey A. Wolforshun contributed to this report.
