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| Fox News is barking over Vice President Kamala Harris not saluting. |
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It appears we're going through another Coffeegate "scandal."
The loyal opposition to President Joe Biden is coming at the Vice President, Kamala Harris with some of the most asinine topics. They're worked up over the vice president not saluting the military.
Harris is a civilian and public servant who works under the Biden administration. Her role is to be the ambassador on behalf of the president. She is the President of the Senate, who cast deciding votes for either the Democrats or Republicans when there's a tie.
When she is acting on behalf of the president, she does not (I repeat) does not have to salute the military.
But Fox News made such a stink about it. It led to a brief controversy and also Fox News not being questioned by the president on Thursday.
DISGRACEFUL: @VP Kamala Harris refuses to salute the honor guard at the steps of the aircraft. It is a clear demonstration of her dislike for those in uniform, both law-enforcement and military. pic.twitter.com/7QFHzamnt7
— Bernard B. Kerik (@BernardKerik) March 23, 2021
Fox published on Tuesday, attacking the vice president for "appearing to break with precedent and failing to salute the honor guard when boarding Air Force Two."
Fox made a point that former Vice President Mike Pence and President Joe Biden, regularly saluted the honor guard.
However, military experts were quick to fact-check the far-right network, pointing out that Harris is not in the chain of command and is therefore not required to salute.
The Commander in Chief returns salutes as a matter of courtesy (a practice started by Reagan), but the VP is a civilian who is not in the chain of command. It would be incorrect for her to salute anyone, and @FoxNews knows this.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 24, 2021
If other VPs did it, it was incorrect. https://t.co/62tcIOK5c3
Tom Nichols, a professor at the U.S. Naval War College corrected the report, saying it would be "incorrect" for her to salute and saying Fox "knows this."
Sean "Softball" Hannity also picked up the exaggerated angle for his own platform, writing an article titled: "Kamala Harris does not salute members of the military when boarding Air Force Two."
"The VP is not in the chain of command and even the president saluting isn't technically a thing and something adopted relatively recently," Military.com congressional reporter Steve Beynon insisted.
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