Former VP pick Sarah Palin offers advice to Democratic VP nominee Kamala Harris: 'Trust no one new'
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Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee, congratulated Kamala Harris and shared six pieces of advice on Instagram on Tuesday.
Earlier Tuesday, Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, picked the California senator as his running mate.
Among Palin's advice for Harris was to "trust no one new" and to not "forget the women who came before you."
Palin also encouraged Harris to "have fun," adding, "This IS the greatest country in the world and hopefully you'll be blessed beyond belief, like I was, with meeting new people from all walks of life."
Sarah Palin offered congratulations and advice to Kamala Harris on Tuesday after Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, tapped the California senator to be his running mate.
As the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, John McCain made Palin, who served as Alaska's governor, his vice-presidential nominee. A gun-toting conservative firebrand and self-proclaimed "mama grizzly," Palin accused former President Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" and said at the Republican National Convention, "I love those hockey moms. You know, they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick."
Palin might be best remembered for her widely lambasted answer to an ABC interviewer's question about what she thought about Russia: "They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska."
Some have accused her of derailing McCain's campaign; Stanford University researchers estimated that she cost him about 2 million votes.
In an Instagram post directed at Harris on Tuesday, Palin wrote, "Climb upon Geraldine Ferraro's and my shoulders, and from the most amazing view in your life consider lessons we learned." Walter Mondale picked Ferraro as his running mate in his 1984 presidential bid. The three-term representative from New York made history as the first woman to run for vice president of a major party.
Palin shared six nuggets of wisdom with Harris.
"Out of the chute trust no one new," she began, adding, "Fight mightily to keep your own team with you — they know you, know your voice, and most importantly are trustworthy."
Harris was born in Oakland to parents of Jamaican and Indian descent. She was the first woman and the first Black person to serve as San Francisco's district attorney and then California's attorney general.
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"Don't get muzzled," Palin said, advising Harris to connect with voters and the news media in her "own unique way."
"Some yahoos running campaigns will suffocate you with their own self-centered agenda so remember YOU were chosen for who YOU are," Palin said. "So stay connected with America as you smile and ignore deceptive 'handlers' trying to change you."
Harris, 55, initially ran against Biden as a Democratic presidential candidate but dropped out in December amid waning enthusiasm and insufficient campaign funds.
In her post, Palin included campaign glossary terms, including "OTR," or "an orchestrated campaign stop that's meant to look un-orchestrated where you 'normalize' in front of voters," she wrote.
Palin said her time at the "ropeline" was the "MOST fun" part of the campaign trail.
"Every single handshake and holler and hug and smile melted my heart, energized my soul, and gave me the utmost hope in the greatest country on earth!" Palin added. "The ropeline is often the only way to literally touch those whom you wish to serve, so be sincere in looking in their eyes, understanding why they're there, never forgetting they represent the innumerable Americans putting their trust in you to serve for the right reasons. It's who and what they represent that is all that matters!"
Palin also advised Harris not to "forget the women who came before you" and encouraged her to "have fun."
"This IS the greatest country in the world and hopefully you'll be blessed beyond belief, like I was, with meeting new people from all walks of life and see just how great it is!" Palin added.
She also promised that she'd have more to share with Harris in the future, including her experience before a 2008 debate with Biden, then Obama's vice-presidential nominee, which Palin described as "one of the funniest things in my life."
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