On Monday, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) announced her candidacy for president, adding yet another top-tier Democratic challenger into the race to take on President Donald Trump in 2020.
Her campaign, however, instantly hit a bit of bad news: disgraced right-wing commentator Bill O’Reilly will not be voting for her.
In a short video, O’Reilly explained why:
Full steam ahead on 2020 – Kamala Harris announced she will run today. She denied Brett Kavanaugh due process in front of the nation, and in so doing has lost my vote. I could not imagine any American for somebody who does not believe in due process. pic.twitter.com/9NzPikOzM7
— Bill O'Reilly (@BillOReilly) January 21, 2019
O’Reilly seems a little confused. Brett Kavanaugh, despite being accused credibly by multiple women of sexual assault, was not on trial — he was facing a confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court, so the very concept of “due process” doesn’t even make sense in this context. Moreover, it was Democrats who wanted a thorough FBI investigation before passing judgment, and Republicans who wanted the agency to wrap it up without taking the allegations seriously.
But O’Reilly is hardly an impartial voice on this issue, given he was fired from Fox News after at least $45 million in sexual harassment settlements with at least six women.
This, combined with the fact that O’Reilly is a committed Trump supporter who was never seriously going to back a Democrat anyway, led to a barrage of mockery from social media:
Wow: Bill O’Reilly announces he will NOT be voting for Kamala Harris. Hard to see how she wins the Democratic primary now. https://t.co/bKEVr6AmgX
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) January 21, 2019
HUGE– Kamala has LOST Bill O'Reilly's vote for president in 2020. Difficult to see any path forward for the California Senator amid this setback. https://t.co/orMSSdGGl9
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) January 21, 2019
She won't be able to recover from this.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 21, 2019
Well, you know the old saying: as @BillOReilly goes, so goes the sexual assault defense attorney voting bloc of the electorate. https://t.co/rAQpqzRDtf
— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) January 21, 2019
Hey, Bill. Could you tell us more about the chants of "Lock her up!" from 2016?
Did I miss the part where Trump and his surrogates said "Lock her up after providing her Constitutional due process protections in a jury trial that ends in a verdict of guilt"? https://t.co/JZZTkrtG0J
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2019
One user even mockingly referenced the bizarre incident from a sexual harassment lawsuit in which O’Reilly allegedly spoke to a producer about using “the falafel thing” for a sexual act:
I'm sure Harris will just falafel about not getting @BillOReilly's endorsement.
— Underdoug (@containseggs) January 22, 2019
