Dear Kamolabhen,
Well done. But of course, being Indian as I am, I have to ask, ‘why Vice President? Why not actual President?’ But I will wait four years for that to happen.
Now, Lord Kilclooney knows you are Indian. And we Indians would have claimed you as Indian even if you only had an Indian take away once.
I know you’re Indian for the same reasons Sanjeev Bhaskar gave, “Kamala Harris, INDIAN! Studied political science & economics, keeping options open, Indian. 2 honorary doctorates (they all count!) so Dr, Indian. Many nicknames, Da, Ag and now Vipee, Indian. Now working w/ Joginder Bhai Din. Kamala Harish INDIAN!”
So, now that is clear. Let me give you some unsolicited advice because you have time before taking office. I understand Trump is not letting you have access. I think you may need to dig a tunnel into the White House. Or some kind of eviction order.
Trump did one great Tweet in all his time in office. One. On New Years Day 2018 he Tweeted, “ The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!”
I want you to be forthright. I want you to be direct and to the point. You have to remember 70m people voted for Trump. The Russians, Chinese and Trump supporters are all withholding congratulating Biden.
There is a belief that the Democrats are weak on their adversaries and enemies. That they will be weak on terrorism, weak on China and weak on Iran. Don’t be.
And speaking of Twitter, I would like to remind you the second most popular Tweet ever. That by Barak Obama: "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion.” When people from the left shout down those shouting at them – remember this.
As for 2020 – you may be one of the few who remembers it fondly. As this Tweet said from Andy Milonakis, “Congratulations to the Astronauts that left Earth today. Good choice.”
Anyway, happy Diwali Kamolabhen – as you know you were named after one of the names for Lakshmi – so how appropriate you will be celebrating double this Diwali. Oh, and one more thing, you can go ‘full Indian’ now, visit mandirs, Tweet about it – you’ve won. No need to hide it.
Alpesh Patel
