Vice President Kamala Harris tried to share a “history lesson” about the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament this week, but it went horribly wrong.
During a recent interview with Spectrum News, Kamala Harris claimed that women’s basketball teams “were not allowed to have brackets until 2022,” which isn’t even remotely true.
“Do you know? Okay, a bit of a history lesson. Do you know that women were not. The women’s teams were not allowed to have brackets until 2022,” Harris said. “Think about that. And what? That. Talk about progress. You know better late than never, but progress and what that has done. Because of course, when, you know, I had a bracket and it’s not broken completely, but I won’t talk about my bracket.
Sports Fan Kamala Harris claims the NCAA women's basketball tournament was "not allowed to have brackets until 2022."
As usual, she is wrong. pic.twitter.com/QaRSsngSxP
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“But you know, just how we love we love March Madness. And even just now allowing the women to have brackets and what that does to encourage people to talk more about the women’s teams, to watch them now they’re being covered, you know, and this is the reality people used to say are women’s sports. Who’s interested? Well, if you can’t see it, you won’t be. But when you see it, you realize, oh.”
It’s not clear what exactly Harris is trying to say here, but the women’s tournament has had a bracket since the 1982 season – 40 years earlier than Harris is claiming. Since the very beginning, fans have been able to fill out a blank bracket with their predictions – just like the men.
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