Updated August 14
Vice President Kamala Harris touched down on the Vineyard Saturday for two fundraisers, including one at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
The fundraiser was for the Biden Victory Fund, and the vice president’s arrival comes a little more than a year away from the 2024 presidential election.
When Harris arrived on the Vineyard, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) chairwoman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais was present to formally greet the vice president at the airport.
“I had an opportunity to briefly speak with her, and as is our tradition, present her with a modest welcome gift offering,” Andrews-Maltais said in an email. “It was such an honor to welcome a dignitary as important as the vice president of the U.S. to our tribal homelands.”
Andrews-Maltais expressed hope for further engagement with the vice president in an official capacity.
“We hope to have her return to the Island for a formal government-to-government meeting, at which time the vice president can visit our tribal lands and meet additional members of the Tribal Council and community,” Andrews-Maltais said. “I’d like to acknowledge and sincerely thank Vice President Harris’ Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs for acknowledging and following diplomatic protocols for her visit to Noepe, our homelands.”
The event at the high school was titled “A Grassroots Reception with Vice President Kamala Harris,” and was to benefit the Biden VIctory Fund. According to organizers and attendees, over 400 people attended the event.
Carla Cooper, chair of the Edgartown Democratic Town Committee, said the fundraiser event at the high school was “well orchestrated and executed.” Additionally, she said those present at the event were “overjoyed” to have been recognized by the vice president.
“Her message was of gratitude for the work at the grassroots level,” Cooper said, adding that Harris expressed appreciation for volunteers’ efforts, and said there was still a big job going into 2024 with the upcoming election. According to Cooper, Harris said she hopes people will be motivated to keep up the work to keep Democrats elected.
Cooper said Harris’ husband, Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, and Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison were also at the event.
Harris also attended a fundraiser at a private residence on the Vineyard. She spent the night on the Island before flying out on Sunday.
It’s not the vice president’s first trip to the Vineyard. Harris’ sister, Maya Lakshmi Harris, and husband Tony West held fundraising events at their home in Katama before Harris was elected.
The vice president has since visited the area for both fundraising and family events.
Most recently, last August Harris made a brief stop, appearing at private Democratic National Committee events in Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury.
A visit slated for Memorial Day Weekend last May was canceled following the Uvalde school shooting.
Eunki Seonwoo contributed to this story.
So the worst vp in modern history jets over to the island for a few hours to shake her tin cup before some rich liberals to help fund her re-election? The Biden Administration has been a disaster from the first day: the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, opening our Southern border to millions of illegals, to Bidenflation, to a struggling economy, a growing fentanyl crisis, rising crime that is killing our cities, Biden’s family crimes led by son Hunter….The country is crying out for good governance but we aren’t getting it. Please don’t reward this president and vp with your hard earned money. Just say no! We deserve better!
Enjoy your Trump delusions, I’m no fan of Biden/Harris but they are a heck of a lot better than the previous two and it isn’t even close.
Who cares who you support? You’re in Ma so your vote means nothing. You also don’t seem to comprehend what you read since I didn’t mention Obama(correctly spelled) in any way. Do you realize there is zero chance Tim Scott wins the primary?
“Obummer” – You are so clever, the island is so lucky to have you.
Well said! Wonder what her visit to the island cost us taxpayers as well
Probably not where near as much as Trumps weekly jaunts to one of his privately owned golf courses.
Less than the cost of retrieving stolen classified documents.
About half of what it would have cost to have Trump pass his tin cup.
Is she worse than that traitor Pence?
How many US troops did Trump withdraw?
Everyone’s net worth/income in my extended family is up under Biden. Yours?
Did our cities get better under under Trump?
The consumption of fentanyl go down?
Trump’s family crimes led his His Majesty.
The country is crying out for good governance, Trump is not it.
KENNEDY IS THE REMEDY
KENNEDY 2024⭐️??⭐️
RFK Jr. is no JFK.
A bit of a fool actually.
Do you mean the guy that just said he would sign a nationwide 6 week abortion ban in an interview?
Maybe you aren’t old enough to remember Dan Quayle or Spiro Agnew or even Gerald Ford. Trust me, all three would be very difficult to beat for the dubious distinction you make.
But after the disaster of Trump it seems great. Lying spoiled seditionist
Ummm. Not really. Biden Administration has been one disaster after another. And now we know it’s a crime family. Hunter will drag his dad down. Impeachment looming. How is that good for the country?
Impeachment is good for the country. It made Trump stronger.
His 76 inditements make him the most powerful man in the world.
The Trump Administration was one disaster after another.
Covid.
Employment collapse.
Tax cut for the rich.
Did not bring any of our troops home.
Not just one but two impeachments.
Trump showed the world just how popular Trump is.
Your point of view. Better than the last Prez and VP. The Trump Administration was a disaster right up to his attempt to deny that he lost and did everything he could to negate the will of the voters. Just a reminder, his Administration negotiated with the Taliban (actually invited them to Camp David) and set the unrealistic timeline for withdrawal, failed to build the wall (but was nice enough to pardon his supporters who took money from donors to build the wall and pocketed it for themselves), denied COVID was a thing until it was too late, gave trillions in tax breaks to the ultra rich, and somehow his family made 100’s of millions while working in the government, not including the $2billion dollar “investment” from the Saudis months after Trump left office. And don’t forget about his “better than Obamacare” healthplan he was going to announce “next month”. Oh yeah, he was great lol. I say donate now to the current Prez and vp to save our democracy from the narcissist authoritarian who is soon to be the convicted felon former prez from ever practicing his vile brand of bad governance again.
No fan of Trump or Biden. We deserve better! I’m voting for Tim Scott.
No fan of Trump or Biden. We deserve better! I’m voting for the person who I think can beat Trump!!!!
If this is satire, you’re not very good at it
But perhaps you’re serious. Worst economy?
Lowest unemployment rate in history; lowest inflation rate among western industrialized nations; stock market near record highs; most environmental progress in history, and increased success with reducing dependency on China
Border crossings? Now I know you are kidding. The current rate is lower than in years
Did you think the withdrawal from Afghanistan would be easy? We are out, aren’t we?
Hunter Biden? Quit trying to blame the President for the failures of his son.
Your comment about Kamala Harris is ridiculous. Are you a citizen of the United States? Such a slander is shameful. If you are a citizen, you’re certainly not demonstrating any sense of patriotism.
Mr Norton you are incorrect on all of those comments about Biden successes.
Source?
Wishful thinking?
Donald Trump?
Hunter Biden is just the most visible member of the Biden crime family and may well drag down the whole clan. Impeachment isn’t far off. Kamala Harris is a joke. Even Democrats can’t stand her and she continues to poll poorly. She’s the “Border Czar” right? How’s that going? Patriotism? I’m not loyal to any politician, only the nation, the flag. How about getting mad at Biden for allowing Chinese fentanyl, distributed by the Mexican drug lords, to flood our country over out porous Southern border? Where’s Democrat rage at losing 70,000 Americans to the drug in 2022?
Afghanistan? Please share your opinion with the families of the 13 US soldiers that died in the final days. Please read up on Biden ignoring advice from the military about giving up Baghram air base. Please tell the taxpayers about the millions of dollars of equipment that the Taliban are now using. This continues to go down as the darkest chapter in our foreign policy since Vietnam, a war designed, funded and run by Democrats.
Read up on our border crisis. Border agents are overrun daily. Texas has bused tens of thousands to liberal sanctuary cities in the North to help share the burden. Recently NYC and Boston mayors declared states of emergency. Have you not seen the news about these people sleeping on the streets, costing the cities millions every month? Anarchy at the border is the DIRECT responsibility of the president. Close the border now until order is returned. To do less is impeachable.
You failed to mention Bidenflation, crime, drugs and anarchy in the streets of our (blue) cities. Does Biden even know about this? He doesn’t know what day it is. Democrats ignore his age/health at their peril.
The Democrats got rid of Trump. That loser has never won a general election.
Peter– Concerning Afghanistan —
63 us military personnel died from hostile
forces during the trump administration.
A war that he promised to end, but didn’t.
During those 4 years, the Taliban, that
Obama severely diminished regained
territory and power.
13 Americans were killed by a suicide
bomber while trying to evacuate Afghan
citizens at a chaotic airport. The war that
trump couldn’t end is over.
You also make it sound like no one died of
fentanyl overdoses until Biden came along.
The Mexican drug lords set up their operation
under the trump administration. That wall that
Mexico was supposed to pay for doesn’t seem
to be doing very much.
And just what do you mean when you say
“close the border” ? If it’s so easy, why didn’t
trump do it ? This border crisis has been going
on for years, and the president of the U.S does
not rule by fiat.
Republicans would scream about the crashing
economy if the border were actually closed and
cut off 1.8 BILLION dollars worth of trade every day. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/us-exports
-more-mexico-all-eu-countries-combined
Since border agencies stopped focusing on an
ineffective wall, and invested in technology and
personnel to actually detect drugs, drug seizures are
up sharply at the southern border. Sorry to bore you
with the facts, but the Biden administration is
outperforming the trump administration on that one
by a huge margin.
This link has charts that are very easy to read and
understand. You can plainly see the actual reality
about drugs in less than a minute.
It also has detailed statists about other issues at
the border, and it is frequently updated.
https://www.wola.org/2023/03/weekly-u-s-mexico-
lkhborder-update-fentanyl-cbp-one-friendship-park/
The picture of the woman wearing the mask says it all! They are so out of touch with reality it’s a bit scary.
John. I know that you can’t comprehend why someone
might wear a mask, but let me try to explain.
Some people have medical conditions that make them
vulnerable to any infection.
You might remember “the bubble boy” — but if not ;
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/bubble-boy-40-years-later-look-back-at-heartbreaking-case/
So would you say that the “bubble boy” was out of
touch with reality ? You know, people wear masks for
different reasons. If you were undergoing surgery
would you request that all the “out of touch” people
in the operating room remove their masks ?
Give it a break, axel– you know nothing about
the medical condition of the person you so gleefully
criticize. You comment only enhances my perception of
you that you are not only rude, ignorant, uncaring and so
hung up on your own agenda that you are the one who
“is out of touch with reality” .
So, you’re ridiculing a woman you don’t know for wearing a mask. And you think SHE’S the one out of touch?
Mr Robb and Mr Axel. These posts and others just show how looney MV people can be. To suggest that a demented old President is responsible for all the ”good things” Happening in the economy is complete nonsense. He is a puppet and others are holding the marionette. The country is a disaster on s many levels but these people cocooned up here in la la land dont get it and never will.
While our “Border Czar” is flying around raising money in toney locations like MV, our Southern border is undergoing an invasion that nobody in Washington seems to care about. Texas has bused tens of thousands of them north to liberal sanctuary cities to share the burdern. The Biden Administration is asleep at the wheel. Meanwhile, Chinese fentanyl is being imported to the US via the Mexican drug lords. What is Biden doing about that? Meanwhile, 70,000 Americans died of fentanyl overdoses last year. Wanna bet that number is up this year? Mayorkas should be removed immediately!
The number of opioid deaths continued to rise under Trump.
Mexican drug lords became stronger under Trump.
American doctors prescribe fentanyl at least 100,000 times a year.
I have had at least four doses.
Albert, please stop covering for this failing administration. The facts prove team biden are losing the country…and we can’t afford another 4 years of this.
peter– could you show us some actual
facts about your claims ?
Unemployment rates, perhaps ?
GDP rate ?
Foreign trade ?
U.S dollar strength ?
Immigration statistics.
Violent crime — There , I gave you one–
But violent crime is well below historical
averages— but you can try—
The uptick in violent crimes is driven
by hate crimes against Latino’s black’s
and Asian people by white supremacist.
Gun violence ? == There, another one
for you– but who is advocating for lax
gun laws ?
And which party’s front runner and his
associates are facing over 100 felony
indictments ?
I don’t really care if the charges are politically
motivated. If you do the crime, do the time.
Don’t conservatives want to be tough on crime ?
Peter, please stop covering for our twice impeached Xpresident.
You know who I am talking about, the guy who can not win a general election.
We the people clearly chose Biden, the lesser of two evils.
andy– to suggest that a demented old
president is responsible for all the bad
things that are happening around the world
is complete nonsense.
How can you say say that Mr. Norton is
incorrect on all of Biden’s successes ?
Just the other day I pointed out your
own words after telling me that you never
said something.
Where are you getting these delusional
ideas from ? Sorry to say it, but whether
you like it or not, the reality is that the
unemployment rate is at or near it’s lowest
point in history. We do have the lowest inflation
rate among western industrialized nations,
the stock market is at near record highs
The Biden administration is the most environmentally
progressive in history and it is debatable as to
whether or not we are reducing our dependency on
China, but that is a function of the invisible hand of the
free market. What would you have Biden do about that?
Given that the economy has grown by an average
4.83 % since Biden took office and is currently growing
at 2.4 %, while Chinese imports have not risen,
I would argue that Mr. Nelson is indeed correct on every
issue.
Border crossings ? Just look at the chart —
https://www.wechoosewelcome.com/accurate_information_on_border_crossings?gclid=Cj0KCQjwoeemBhCfARIsADR2QCt8OmjL6YFHKqGvkrzAlXktFZ4_7mZaW9qdQ5CT7NzeF8LsvMzIQ1AaAjtBEALw_wcB
Trump had 4 years to end the war in Afghanistan.
Why didn’t he do it ?
63 military personnel died from hostile attacks
in Afghanistan during his presidency.
Your numbers are boring. They do not bash Biden.
The editor doesn`t approve of my previous comments so I will just say about the looney MV people using a old Chesty Puller saying, “We`re surrounded — that simplifies our problem.
It is just totally sickning sitting around all watching this!
“using a old Chesty Puller saying, “We`re surrounded — that simplifies our problem.”
Who should be killed, people who steal classified documents?
Woody, a lot of people do not approve of your comments.
The clear majority MVT subscribers.
They are just totally sickning (sic).
The booming economy right now is a direct result of the Biden administration’s policies. The Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law have created millions of jobs and are doing everything TFG promised, but never delivered. Every lead pipe in the country is being replaced, broadband is being extended to rural areas, the PACT Act is helping veterans who suffered from the effects of burn pits. I could go on and on, but the cult will never actually listen to anything that contradicts what the Faux News propaganda machine feeds them. Illegal border crossings are actually lower than they’ve been in years. The Trump criminal enterprise is well documented, for anyone who can read. The guy actually stole money from his own charity. He cheated on all his wives, stole millions from contractors and doesn’t pay taxes. Then he launches a violent coup against our own government. Some messiah you got there.
C.Cooper, if you know that the cult will never actually listen to anything that contradicts what the Faux News propaganda machine feeds them, why bother sprewing your hate for them?
Maybe you should do some homework after your morning tea watching “The View” then “MSNBC” for the rest of the day and concentrate on the “Biden Crime Family”! Some of us think that is more important than all the rest which is old news.
Plus we all know exactly what you are going to say as soon as we see your name!
Woody, plus we all know exactly what you are going to say as soon as we see your name!
You equate listing a set of facts with “spewing hate”. You cant separate delusion from reality. That’s your problem. You seem to think you know how I spend my day. Interesting. I suspect you spend your time in a right wing media bubble where you learned the fine art of projection. Oh, and What crime has Joe Biden committed precisely? I’ll wait.
“Biden Crime Family”
What crimes has Hunter been indited for?
His Dad?
Trump?
“What are the charges? Though the investigation did delve into Hunter’s foreign work, no charges have yet materialized on that front. Instead, prosecutors zeroed in on two main issues: Hunter’s taxes, and that gun form he filled out.”
Ps. You should ask any Afghanistan Combat Veteran or a Afghanistan Gold Star family member what they think of your messiah!
I don’t have a Messiah. That’s your team. I support a President whose values and policies align with mine.
Ps. You should ask any Afghanistan Combat Veteran or a Afghanistan Gold Star family member what they think of your messiah’s predecessor George W. Bush.
The man who invaded Afghanistan because Saudis dropped the World Trade Center.
There are 20,713 Wounded Afghanistan Combat Veterans.
There are 2,402 Afghanistan Gold Star families.
“During Trump’s presidency, which ran from January 20, 2017, to January 20, 2021, there were 45 combat deaths among U.S. service members reported in Afghanistan, as well as 18 “non-hostile” deaths, according to the Defense Casualty Analysis System.”
“There were 2,402 United States military deaths in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021). 1,921 of these deaths were the result of hostile action. 20,713 American servicemembers were also wounded in action during the war.”
There is only one Messiah, the promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible.
Her is known as Donald Trump.
Woody—I remember how trump treated gold star families.
Do you ?
Wonder if they served word salads at the fundraiser for all those who attended?
Trump has cornered the market on word salad. His adulation events are embarrassing.
Keller I will retort to just one of your comments. The unemployment rate is low due to the labor participation rate. Educate your self on what the labor participation rate is an dhow it artificially lowers the unemployment rate and gives a false picture. Ok I will go on. You dont think inflation is here and very high? What are you buying? It is no consolation to know other countries have it higher. As for the Dow and Nasdaq, not even close. When you have years of slow economy due to Covid of course it comes back with a higher number for awhile. All these jobs he is creating is simply people returning to work. If I have one hundred people working and then conditions deteriorate and I have 75 working later when I have 90 working that is not growth its rebound. Your link on border crossings is a huge rationalization in that it uses words like ”encounters and recidivism and asylum seeking” that masks how many people actually came in illegally. It classifies people as not coming in when they really are. Read it carefully. As for environmental progress I dont know but you say the country is getting warmer so that is not progress its simply action. big difference. Finally you expect us to believe that sleepy Joe comes to work and really causes these things to happen due to his enlightened brain. Give us a break.
I remember when America was great!
The Reagan years.
Average inflation rate was 4.7%, peaking at 11.8%
I certainly enjoyed my 17% Certificates of Deposit, did you feel the joy??
More Americans have jobs now than under Trump, whose fault is that?
Trump let it fall to 123 million jobs, Biden has brought it up to 132 million, and climbing.
Is the climate getting warmer a good thing?
What can we do to speed it up?
I believe that sleepy Joe comes to work and really causes these things to happen.
I believe that Trump has no job to go to.
He just flits about the country in his pimped out used airline castoff.
Going from courthouse to to courthouse.
Trump is most indited eXpresident ever, the only one.
To andy:
Without citation, engelman tiredly writes; “It classifies people as not coming in when they really are.” Then follows up with: “As for environmental progress I dont know…”. It’s true, engelman; you don’t know, but you sure do keep professing it.
Graves, the citation is the very link Keller provided. Read it and your eyes will gloss over. As for Environment, try to read the entire note I gave. What progress if the earth is warmer. Oh I know, it would have been warmer if not for Bidens actions.
Spot on!
andy– you can rationalize the actual numbers all
you want. The FACT is that the unemployment
rate is historically low. The labor participation rate
is about where it was during most of the trump
regime. So, can we conclude that trump was a lousy
president ? Apples to apples there. You have claimed
that trump was great on the unemployment numbers.
Both trump and Biden had same numbers on labor
participation but unemployment is now lower.
The recent world wide rise in inflation had nothing
to do with the Biden admin, but they are doing a better
job than most to control it. No credit where credit is
due ?
Border crossings ? If you just conclude that we have
no real idea as to how many people are actually
crossing, why do you choose to say that more
are crossing under Biden than trump ?
If you conclude the numbers are inaccurate, then
don’t believe any of them, and do what you are
very good at and just make them up to suit your
agenda.
Keller you are obfuscating again.
Labor Force Participation Was Stronger Under Trump. The labor force participation rate remains 0.7 percentage points lower under Biden than it was when President Trump was in office. When adjusting for population gains, nearly 2 million more Americans are on the sidelines today than they were during the previous Administration.
Wages Are Not Keeping up with Biden’s Inflation Crisis. Real wages are down over 5 percent since President Biden entered the Oval Office.
Inflation Still Shows No Signs of Slowing Down. Americans are still feeling the sting of this inflation crisis—prices are up 15.3 percent under Biden. Inflation remains over three times higher than just a couple years ago
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/labor-force-participation-rate
Look at the chart– I have not altered it
with a sharpie. There were sometimes when
that indicator was higher undertrump than it
is now, sometimes lower. You can pick trumps
highest point, I can pick his lowest point.
Look at the 25 year chart again and draw a few
Fibonacci retracement lines. You will notice a
downward trend. In fact , the current level is
above that trend line. That downward trend
line is due to gains in efficiencies in all sectors
of the economy and an aging population that is
retiring in greater numbers. The demographics
are changing.
Perhaps you could explain to me why you think
that normal people should not benefit from
those technological advances and should just
work their butts off in miserable jobs so a few
Billionaires can float around on mega yachts
and fly around in their private jets. I think
there is more to life than a 9 to 5 job until
you die.
As for wages keeping up;
. Inflation adjusted (constant dollar) compensation
costs for private industry increased 1.5
percent for the 12-
month period ending in June 2023.
. Inflation-adjusted wages and salaries
increased 1.7 percent for the
12 months ending June 2023. Inflation-adjusted
benefit costs in the private sector increased
0.9 percent over that same period.
(See charts 3, 4, and tables A, 5, 9, and 12.)
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
Wrong again andy
Once again Keller you manipulate the numbers. If my wage is 100 and then it drops to 70 and then goes up to 80, you call that an increase and that is what you are doing with both inflation and wages and unemployment. Government has been doing this same trick for 50 years in its reporting. A budget cut to them is when the budget was 100 and they proposed 110 but only got 104. To them that is a cut. Its still more than last year but in their eyes its a cut. They do this because they know they are a cost Centre and someone will have to pay. The taxpayer. Everyone knows that under Trump even though you dont like him, wages soared, unemployment went down, jobs were created, the stock market was strong and immigrants were held back and crime was down. People like you think everything is great under Biden and you want him back. Some liberals silently whisper that Jill should take him home.
A note re RFK Jr, since someone brought up his name. On top of the conspiracy theory lies this embarrassing idiot spreads, RFKjr spreads racist and antisemitic lies about Jews and Chinese being less susceptible to covid. This country had a chance to avoid one lying conspiracy idiot who pushed birtherism into the mainstream. Why do it again? I’m afraid the answer does not speak well of voters who support lies and garbage, despite us all having access to science and factual reality. Even RFKjr’s family is ashamed of him. He’s a liar, a lunatic, a racist and an antisemite. But yes, he’s an antivaxer who promotes every debunked conspiracy lie about all vaccines, so you know the crowd he’s going to attract. They don’t care that he’s a racist liar and conspiracy nut, as long as he’s against all vaccines, even those that have saved us from measles, whooping cough, etc. imagine wanting to doom this country to lunatics.
RFK Jr has been keeping company with the likes of Roger Stone and Mike Flynn. Certain factions among the right are touting him as a candidate simply to draw the conspiracy loons away from a Biden vote. In a family known for intelligence Junior is the outlier.
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