Vice President Kamala Harris was inundated with boos as she attended an NCAA Tournament game on Thursday where her alma mater Howard University was blown away in a March Madness first-round game.
When the veep was played on a video card during the men’s basketball game, the boos were louder than the applause inside Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Idaho, The Associated reported. Press.
The Democrat saw the top-seeded University of Kansas Jayhawks beat the Howard Bison — where Harris graduated in 1986 — by a score of 96-68 in the West Region game.
Harris, who watched the game in a suite with her husband and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, visited Howard’s locker room after the loss to congratulate the players on their effort and impressive season.
“You’re so good, you’re so good,” Harris said as he met the team and applauded them. “You played hard, you played until the very last second, you made all the Bisons so, so proud.”
“You’re smart. You’re disciplined. You put everything you had into the game,” Harris continued. “And you know that’s what it’s all about, don’t you. Until ‘at the last minute you did this, you didn’t stop until the last second you didn’t stop, and it’s so inspiring. So you keep playing with your chin up and your shoulders up back because you showed the world who Bison are.
Harris joked when she went to school there the fans were just happy there was a game, “a lot less to get to that place.”
“You make us so proud so I know you may not be feeling well right now, okay, but know who you are: you are excellence, you work hard, you are powerful and you are winners,” she said before offering a tour. from the White House to the group of young men.
The historically black DC-based university made its first trip to the NCAA Men’s Tournament since 1992 before their loss on Thursday. This was the program’s third trip to the Big Dance.
With post wires