Quote:The Biden administration apparently doesn’t know the meaning of the word “optics.”

With the Taliban takeover of Kabul, which prompted emergency flights out of Afghanistan, drawing comparisons to the fall of Saigon, Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Vietnam.

“The prospect of Harris visiting Vietnam at this particular moment raised the possibility of the worst photo op for an American in that country since Jane Fonda donned a helmet there in 1972,” Fox News writes.

“When Harris arrives in Vietnam next Tuesday, after a stop in Singapore over the weekend, she will be the most senior Biden administration official to travel to Southeast Asia as the U.S. looks to support its allies in the region as they deal with China’s close proximity,” says Fox.

Harris’s trip drew mockery on social media.

“The VEEP writers could not have scripted this better,” wrote Sean Spicer, former press secretary to President Donald Trump.

“Going to Vietnam for an ‘America is back’ tour might not be the best idea right now for the Biden admin,” wrote another.

“Harris wants to get a better understanding of how helicopters can rescue diplomats from rooftops,” wrote another.

Harris has been outside the U.S. just once as vice president. In June, she visited Guatemala and Mexico in an effort to examine the “root causes” of the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. But she has not visited that border, even though Biden in March named her as the administration’s point person on the crisis.

The vice president has made a point of trying to appear engaged in the Afghanistan crisis, saying she was the last person in the room with President Joe Biden when he made the Afghanistan troop withdrawal decision. Biden “is acutely aware that it may not be politically popular, or advantageous for him personally; it’s really something to see,” Harris said.

In a defiant speech on Tuesday, Biden said it is time to leave Afghanistan.

“Our mission in Afghanistan was never supposed to have been nation building. It was never supposed to be creating a unified, centralized democracy,” Biden said. “Our only vital national interest in Afghanistan remains today what it has always been: preventing a terrorist attack on the American homeland.”

Biden noted that four presidents — two Democrats and two Republicans — have dealt with the conflict, and stated, “I will not pass this responsibly on — responsibility on to a fifth president.”

The president also acknowledged the chaos that occurred. “I made a commitment to the American people when I ran for President that I would bring America’s military involvement in Afghanistan to an end. And while it’s been hard and messy — and yes, far from perfect — I’ve honored that commitment.”

And Biden added: “After 20 years, I’ve learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw U.S. forces.”

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Report: Kamala Harris Hasn’t Had A Public Event In Six Days

Quote:Kamala Harris has reportedly not been seen publicly for six days.

Notably, Harris did not join Joe Biden on Monday when he delivered remarks at the White House about the collapse of Afghanistan.

Harris is reportedly planning to depart this week for a foreign trip to Singapore and Vietnam as the Taliban have taken over Afghanistan and its capital city of Kabul.

So where has Harris been?

The Daily Mail reported:

The vice president was last pictured with the president on August 10 during Biden’s remarks on the Senate finally passing the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.

She held her last public event on August 12 when she met with CEOs to discuss the care economy. In a gaggle before the event, a reporter asked Harris if ‘Afghanistan is lost to the Taliban?’ She did not answer the question but said she would be leaving for a briefing on the situation after the roundtable on Thursday.

The report continued:

The vice president was also pictured in a Zoom meeting on Sunday with the president and other intelligence and global entities in an image released from the White House of Biden on the call from Camp David.

On Tuesday she tweeted her support for the withdrawal and said the mission was now to get Americans, allies, and Afghans out of the country safely.

Harris campaigned on the bid to get US troops out of Afghanistan during her Democratic primary run in 2020.

Biden was bashed for remaining silent on the unfolding situation in Afghanistan for six days before finally addressing the country in a White House speech on Monday before promptly returning to Camp David.

There’s reportedly been tension between Biden and Harris.

A source reportedly said that Harris refused to be part of addressing the American people on Sunday after the terrorist group took over Kubal, the capital of Afghanistan.

The source claimed that Harris screamed: “They will not pin this sh*t on me!”

One America News Network host Jack Posobiec also reported on tensions boiling over at the White House between Harris and Biden.

“Shade War going hot – Kamala refused a request to do a presser today. Said she was focused on Haiti not Afghanistan. Now staffers for the rival teams have been openly fighting all day, per WH official,” Posobiec tweeted.

Someone needs to photoshop Kamala's face on Jane Fonda's picture sitting on the cannon.