Kamala Harris spoke to the National Association of Black Journalists yesterday, and despite the reporters trying to give her the verbal equivalent of a tongue bath, it ended up going poorly for her.
By the end of the event, tensions were running high--so high that Kamala Harris practically ran out of the room, and the journalists looked stunned.
I keep telling yall about Kamala! Now look for yourselves.
— Vernon Jones (@VernonForGA) September 19, 2024
Kamala at the end of her interview with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). She couldn’t get out of there fast enough. Kamala left frowning (She’s a mean woman).
I swear they were limited in their… pic.twitter.com/VbLEvUb8dh
Watch that clip on a loop. It gets worse every time you look at it. The raw hostility borne of shame emanates from Kamala, and the journalists look stunned at how poorly she did and how fragile her ego is.
NABJ Question to President Trump: Why are you such a horrible human being?
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 17, 2024
NABJ Question to Kamala: “Why is joy important to you?🥰”
Notice the difference? pic.twitter.com/MBifHaUny3
You may recall that Donald Trump met with the same group, went through the same process, and despite the nearly white-hot hostility directed at him by the journalists he came out the other side smiling and proud.
Trump’s exit of the NABJ after talking with somewhat of a hostile panel; compared to Kamala’s exit after she talked with a rather friendly panel.
— Jay’V (@JayVTheGreat) September 19, 2024
Notice any differences? pic.twitter.com/6qpkZmqque
If you can face a bullet and snipers all around you, a few journalists taking verbal potshots at you isn't going to throw you off.
There were instances where even her cheerleaders in the media pushed her to actually answer a question, and that was so shocking to Kamala that she nearly fell apart due to anger.
WATCH: Kamala is stumped on the mildest of pushback from a reporter on gun violence.
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 17, 2024
"I myself protested at a gun show." pic.twitter.com/OIsekzXUJY
There is a reason Kamala doesn't want to talk to journalists--even friendly ones. She might just have to answer a question off the cuff and she is horrible at it.
Once she gets past the line "I grew up in a middle-class home," she is lost. The best she can provide is word salads without any dressing to help us choke them down. Kamala can deliver a teleprompter speech pretty well and even spew prepared answers memorized over weeks with relative aplomb, but she is as light on her verbal feet as an elephant.
Lots of talk about Harris lack of press interactions, + lingering questions about her vacuous answers at NABJ. Is there more to being President than simply not being Trump? This week on @cnn pic.twitter.com/bkwA3q4Dek
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) September 19, 2024
Imagine her taking an interview such as those directed at Trump or Vance. She would collapse into a ball and weep.
Watch that clip again--seriously. The crowd barely gave her a polite clap; she refused to look at the audience, preferring to look at the floor, and the three FRIENDLY journalists looked as if they were just asked to eat a bowl of lemons.
Kamala Harris' campaign is like Wile E. Coyote just after he ran off the edge of a canyon: still airborne but about to fall catastrophically once they look down.
The only reason Kamala Harris has any chance of winning is the abbreviated campaign cycle. If she had been elevated to the top of the ticket in February, she would be 8 points behind now. But starting so late provided her an advantage: she could get away without talking for months.
That honeymoon period may be ending, though, and if this interview is any indication, the crash will be hard and not late enough for her to survive the campaign.
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