Former Vice President Kamala Harris recently told The New York Times that “there will be a marble bust of me in Congress,” a line she used while promoting her memoir and insisting she is a “historic figure.” Conservatives watching the exchange saw not humility but entitlement — and the Gutfeld! panel didn’t hold back, calling the whole moment what it is: a political bust.
The Senate does maintain a tradition of commissioning busts of former vice presidents, and outlets report that busts for recent vice presidents are still being completed. But tradition doesn’t excuse boasting by a politician whose record and candidacy left many voters unconvinced she belonged in the pantheon she’s claiming.
Harris’s remark came amid a book tour for 107 Days, which she’s used to revisit intra-party quarrels and burnish her own legacy while Democrats squabble about their future. That tone-deaf posture — selling autobiographical drama while insisting on a permanent place in marble — is exactly what fuels conservative criticism about the Left’s culture of celebrity and self-congratulation.
Greg Gutfeld and his panel were merciless, and their mockery tapped into a larger truth: voters care about results, not monuments. When a former vice president brags about a bust while cities burn, supply chains wobble and crime climbs in Democrat-run strongholds, it reinforces the disconnect between D.C. elites and the everyday American.
This isn’t just about one bust; it’s about priorities. Democrats would rather fight over who gets immortalized in marble than focus on securing the border, cutting inflation, restoring school choice, or defending free speech — the real issues that affect working families. Conservatives should call out that misplaced vanity every time it appears and demand leadership that earns respect through achievements, not self-praise.
Hardworking Americans deserve leaders who sweat in the trenches, not ones who write memoirs and count on marble to define their legacy. If the Left wants to hand out monuments, let them first prove they can keep the lights on, protect neighborhoods, and restore opportunity for every child. The rest of us will keep fighting for a country where character and competence matter more than carved stone.
