"To be sitting in Warsaw at 3:30 am and hear Kamala Harris mention the 800,000 Polish-Americans in Pennsylvania"

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VP Harris in the debate:

"If Donald Trump were president, Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now. And understand what that would mean. Because Putin's agenda is not just about Ukraine.

Understand why the European allies and our NATO allies are so thankful that you are no longer president and that we understand the importance of the greatest military alliance the world has ever known, which is NATO.

And what we have done to preserve the ability of Zelenskyy and the Ukrainians to fight for their Independence.

Otherwise, Putin would be sitting in Kyiv with his eyes on the rest of Europe.

Starting w/ Poland. And why don't you tell the 800,000 Polish Americans right here in Pennsylvania how quickly you would give up for the sake of favor and what you think is a friendship w/ what is known to be a dictator who would eat you for lunch.


Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum (Atlantic writer)
Landed in Warsaw this morning - mass celebrations of this line in particular.

Kathleen O'Donnell @ODonnellKathlee 3h
As an American with 2 Polish grandparents and a mom whose first language was Polish, I’ve been waiting for this exact point to be made.


John Jackson @hissgoescobra
It was surreal—and deeply satisfying—to be sitting in Warsaw at 3:30 am and hear Kamala Harris mention the 800,000 Polish-Americans in Pennsylvania and the risk Russia poses to our beloved, cherished ally, Poland.


Sebastian @sfeculak 12h
I met vice president Harris, on a visit to Durham, days after the invasion of Ukraine and asked her to do whatever she could to help our side. She stopped and asked about my family.

Trump would sell us out to Putin. Kamala is right. Poland would be next.


Jasmin Mujanović @JasminMuj
Last night I was esp struck by Harris’ reference to the Polish-American community; their understandable concern about the security of Poland vis. Russia & how the Harris campaign has latched on to that as an issue. That should be instructive for Bosnian & Kosovar Americans.


RD Bacon find me at Blue Sky! @DoubleChinner
Interestingly, Jimmy Carter used a very similar tack in the 1976 debate to hammer Ford for his bungled Poland comments. What works, works.

___What Ford meant to say: We don’t officially accept or diplomatically recognize Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.

What Ford actually said: "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, and there never will be under the Ford administration.’’

The questioner, Max Frankel of The New York Times, appeared unable to believe his ears. He gave Ford a chance to reverse himself: "Did I understand you to say, sir, that the Russians are not using Eastern Europe as their own sphere of influence?"

Ford dug in deeper. "I don't believe that the Romanians consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union. I don't believe that the Poles consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/09/13/debates-1976-ford-carter-trump-clinton/90303644/