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Democrats Continue to Celebrate Kwanzaa in the Most Cringeworthy Ways

Rebecca Downs
Rebecca Downs  |  December 27, 2022 9:15 PM

When it comes to Kwanzaa, one ought to be skeptical about how people have actually celebrated in the past, especially when it comes to claims about any such lasting significance of the holiday. Mia called out Vice President Kamala Harris' false claims about how her family celebrated the holiday in last week's fact-check, noting that the holiday didn't even come about until 1966. The vice president was born in 1964. 

Despite the falsehood that the vice president's  older relatives would have celebrated Kwanzaa before her time, Harris continues to share such a message similar to the ones from previous years that Mia included in her fact-check.

"Growing up, Kwanzaa was always a special time. We came together with generations of friends and family and neighbors," Harris said in her video address beside Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. She also shared how "the elders would talk about how Kwanzaa is a time to celebrate culture, community, and family."

Harris is not the only Democrat to celebrate Kwanzaa, far from it. The White House Twitter account sent out two tweets to do with the just recently brought about holiday.

Not only did President Joe Biden send out a tweet from his official Twitter account, he and First Lady Jill Biden made a video as well as they lit their own kinara. 

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Towards the end of the video, the president made reference to a point he also tried to communicate during his Christmas message, which is one of unity. "In 2023, it's our hope that we will all remember the wisdom of the seven principles of Kwanzaa, especially the values of unity and faith as we work to make the promise of our nation real in the lives of every American," he claimed during Monday's video. 

While Biden has tried to portray himself as a "unity" candidate and now president, he's turned out to be anything but, least of all as evidenced by his doubling down on demonizing political opponents as "MAGA Republicans" ahead of the November midterms. It's likely in part due to such a demonizing tactic, at least as far as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) believes, that Democrats performed better than expected last month. 

The whole administration got involved in the holiday in what our friends at Twitchy called out for being the "case study in pathetic, pointless pandering" that they are. 

The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), as has the administration overall, has been particularly relentless when it comes to tying in holiday well wishes with telling people to get up to date on their vaccines, or else, which includes yet another booster. 

While the Bider administration has had a tricky time being on the same page about COVID vaccines, they're all celebrating Kwanzaa. 

Not only did the department's official account tweet twice on Monday in honor of Kwanzaa, it also tweeted four times between Christmas Even ad Christmas, mostly about getting vaccinated.

Twitchy has also highlighted other bizarre examples of Democrats celebrating Kwanzaa, including Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who, along with her wife, last year wished Chicago residents a Happy Kwanzaa while "Joy to the World" played in the background. Such is not just a Christmas carol, but considered a sacred one, and is religious in nature. 

The use of such a religious Christmas carol is particularly interesting given the part of the Wikipedia page on Kwanzaa that James Lindsay highlighted with regards to the holiday's founder, Maulana Karenga.

Lightfoot went with a different take this year.

Perhaps the most cringeworthy message, though, comes from the soon-to-be former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who couldn't even pronounce the holiday's name correctly when expressing well wishes from the House floor last week. Giggling to herself, Pelosi clearly wished members to have a "happy Shwanza."