Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris deigned to be interviewed Friday by a local Philadelphia TV station, and if there were a grade lower than “F,” she would receive it. She answered not a single question and instead waxed rhapsodic about her middle-class upbringing and the “aspirations” of Americans without ever detailing the policies that would help them.
WATCH: Kamala Harris Completely Bombs Her First Solo Interview
One line in particular jumped out at me:
I grew up in a neighborhood of folks who were very proud of their lawn." [Gesticulates, grins broadly as if she’s said something especially profound.] Ya know?
Oh my goodness this is an absolute train wreck.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 13, 2024
Reporter: What are your specific plans to bring down prices?
Kamala: "I grew up a middle class kid... I grew up in a neighborhood of folks who were very proud of their lawn. Ya know?"pic.twitter.com/lhOdWoygy2
Now, what this has to do with the question posed to her, which is about how she would bring down prices, I have no idea, but I couldn't help but wonder—would these lovely, perfect neighbors even be allowed to have a lawn in California these days? The Golden State’s one-party dominance, which she was a part of as San Francisco District Attorney, Attorney General, and U.S. Senator, despises lawns and has worked for years to make sure you can’t have one.
There have been numerous laws and regulations over the years, running from fines for overuse, restrictions on water use, regulations saying you can only water your grass twice a week, incentive programs where they will literally pay you money to rip out your lawn and replace it with gravel, and strong-armed pushes for artificial turf, just to name a few. They’re also happy to resort to shame: I frequently get letters from the utility company with a graph showing, “This is how much more you use than your neighbors.” They don't come right out and say, "And you're a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad person," but the implication is pretty clear.
I want to write them back and say, “Yeah, but my neighbors have a crappy lawn, and I bet they don’t have three daughters and a wife—all with thick curly hair—who like to shower. So kiss my posterior.” Of course, they would just snicker and raise my bill even higher.
Newsom has signed a law to "permanently ban" watering grass at California businesses.
— Kevin Kiley (@KevinKileyCA) October 14, 2023
Earlier this year, 20,000 cubic feet of water was released into the ocean per second because there's no place to store it.
Water policy in California is as backwards as it gets. pic.twitter.com/mafMkwxUlI
Now you might think, “Bob, you’re being a little selfish here. California experiences droughts, and you can let your lawn and your trees die for the greater good.” I might agree with you if there was literally no water—but that actually isn’t the case. Sure, it gets dry here—much of it is a desert, after all—but there is a rainy season, and when it comes a-pourin', the dry concrete rivers that snake through L.A. become raging torrents carrying billions and billions of gallons of water straight to the ocean:
GRASS LAWNS BANNED: CA’s liberal politicians have voted that you can’t have a nice green lawn anymore to “save water.” But they don’t want you to know that they waste 55-65% of CA’s water every year! Help fight this crazy policy — WATCH full episode: https://t.co/200SFnwYXX pic.twitter.com/sHZTxO4WPI
— Carl DeMaio (@carldemaio) September 20, 2023
There's no water! There's too much water!
Huge Rain Finally Comes to Drought-Stricken California, Media Predictably Moans
It's Raining Cats and Dogs in California—but What Happens to All That Water?
'Dam It!' California's New Permanent Water Policy Is to Turn off the Faucet
I can answer the question about “what happens to all that water” posed in the above headline. Most of it is not captured, and we just watch it flow through our towns and cities, and out into the big, wide Pacific. What if we took some of those billions of dollars we waste in failed social programs and bullet trains to nowhere, and invested it in water capture facilities? Well, you might not be surprised then to learn that there are some solutions that have been approved and funded to the tune of billions of dollars, but in the Cali way, they’re decades behind and ensnared in red tape and regulations.
I can tell you who believes the problem is fixable: Donald Trump.
Trump telling Californians he will bring the car industry back, lower taxes, allow California's farmers to have enough water for 100% of their land, as well as flow to LA, close the border... sounds like the California I grew up in. https://t.co/1FXrfR7Zgo
— Katy Grimes (@KATYSaccitizen) September 13, 2024
What if we looked into other common sense measures like desalinization plants? Nope. After more than 20 years (20 years?!) of debate, the California Coastal Commission voted down a $1.4 billion desalinization plant in Huntington Beach in 2022.
Recently the California Coastal Commission rejected the building of a #desalinization plant in #HuntingtonBeach which would like help add to our water supply. Interestingly the Board are wealthy political elites. Same thing on the…. Cont. pic.twitter.com/SEh9LfqMzA
— LASD Chief Patrick Jordan (Retired) (@LASDJordan) December 23, 2022
This is how progressivism works, folks. They run things into the ground, then turn around and blame you for the problems, call you names for pointing them out—and then raise your taxes to pay for them. Your lawn gives you joy and pride? Then you can't have it.
When Kamala utters her catchphrase, “We can’t go back,” I want to ask, for California at least, “Why the hell not?”
We used to be better off.
The L.A. River was wild Thursday after another storm hit Southern California, bringing rain, flash flood concerns, strong winds and dangerous surf in the region.
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 5, 2023
See our complete storm coverage at https://t.co/wMtFyrJaqo pic.twitter.com/vHfN35OUvS
