During the swearing-in ceremony of new senators, Vice President Kamala Harris momentarily fumbled while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, leading to widespread criticism from conservative commentators on social media users. People asked how she could miss a word of the pledge which was read every day in the school. "Kamala Harris not knowing all the words to the Pledge of Allegiance is her political career in a nutshell," one wrote.
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