Like ‘commentary on a video game’: Kamala Harris rips Trump press conference on Baghdadi

Published October 29, 2019 2:01pm ET



Sen. Kamala Harris took aim at President Trump’s Sunday press conference announcing the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi at the hands of U.S. special operations forces.

“Donald Trump, that press conference was extraordinary. You would’ve think that he was talking about watching and giving commentary on a video game,” the California Democrat told Seth Meyer on NBC’s Late Night on Monday. “He is the commander in chief. The commander in chief of the United States of America has as her highest priority the responsibility to concern herself.”

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