New York Times rips Kamala Harris' Puerto Rico trip as an 'epic fail': ... trends now

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Vice President Kamala Harris' trip to Puerto Rico last week was branded as an 'epic fail' by an op-ed featured in New York Times on Thursday. 

Harris made a quick trip to Puerto Rico on Friday for an event featuring a home fitted with solar panels and a visit to a cultural community center before attending a big-dollar fundraiser from some of the wealthiest residents of the island. The visit was about five hours long. 

Dr. Yarimar Bonilla criticized Harris' appearance on the island in an op-ed for the Times, pointing to the incident where Harris found herself unwittingly clapping to the music of protesters during her visit.

'In a scene reminiscent of the HBO show Veep, the vice president clapped haplessly along to the Spanish protest songs that greeted her, apparently not realizing the lyrics were critical of her visit,' she wrote.

HBO's show Veep is the dark comedy of the first historic woman vice president president dealing with the absurdity of politics and awkward social encounters in office.