Kamala Harris bragged about buying spices at Penzeys Spices on Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Strip District.
The name sounded familiar to me.
I wrote about Penzeys Spices in January 2022 because of its “Republicans are Racist” special on MLK Day.
Notice how I referred to it as a Wisconsin spice company? It’s based in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Then there’s this tweet from December. I couldn’t confirm if it happened, but members of the Jewish community nearby have spoken out about the owner making antisemitic remarks in the past.
By the way, that community includes members of the Tree of Life synagogue, where a gunman slaughtered many Jews.
The always lovely and eloquent Salena Zito provided a more in-depth takedown of the company known for hateful and antisemitic remarks.
Zito, a seasoned (no pun intended) political writer, noted that a candidate’s team researches the best places to visit on a stop, usually choosing a local family-owned small business.
Yeah, Penzeys Spices, as I mentioned above, is not a local business, nor is it based in Pennsylvania.
A quick search would also show the hateful past associated with the shop. No doubt they saw all the hate and divisiveness associated with the company.
That was likely the point:
But the bottom line is Harris had a say in where she went in Pittsburgh. Her advance team had every reason to know, full well, that this was not a place where the page would be turned on divisiveness. This is a place where divisiveness is who they are. By going to Penzeys Spices, Harris showed every reporter covering her who she is. And yet no one, not a single person in that press pool, local or national, told the rest of the story.
But Zito saved her wrath for the mainstream media, which fawned and gushed over Harris’s spice choices instead of telling the truth about the shop.
It’s almost guaranteed that if former Vice President Dick Cheney had visited a far-right equivalent of Penzeys Spices, every major publication would have led with it for three days. In fact, if any Republican had visited this hypothetical far-right spice store, it would have likely been the most anticipated question in a presidential debate. Think pieces would have droned on for days, and MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough may have needed an inhaler to recover from his outrage.Instead, a Washington Post reporter took to X to share their observation of Harris’s choice to go to Penzeys Spices.“Kamala just went into Penzeys Spices and bought Creamy Peppercorn Dressing Base, Fox Point Seasoning, Trinidad Lemon-Garlic Marinade, Turkish Seasoning, and Tuscan Sunset Salt Free Italian Seasoning,” the reporter posted on X.The Associated Press wrote a headline that read, “Harris turns to her favorite foods in effort to show a more private side and connect with voters.” Then it went on about collard greens in a tub, caramel cake, pancakes, bacon breakfasts, and how much of a devoted foodie Harris is.
Zito knocked it out of the park:
Harris wasn’t trying to evoke her devotion to food by visiting Penzeys Spices.In short, she showed people and the press who she is without answering a single question about her choices, and no one questioned it, likely because they share her values and see nothing divisive about hating Republicans.
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