Vice President Harris was unable to recover when her teleprompter went out at the beginning of a rally speech in Michigan on Friday.
“Remember his number, 32! Today we got 32 days until the election,” Harris said, deploying both her signature cackle and her mysterious urban accent that only seems to appear during certain rallies.
The Democratic Party nominee then displayed a brief look of horror after peering over at the teleprompter and finding out that it wasn’t working. She then appeared to be stuck on repeat, demonstrating a complete inability to improvise after the glitch.
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“So 32 days… 32 days. Ok we got some business to do, we got some business to do. 32 days. And we know… we will do it,” Harris said after an awkward period of silence. “And, and this is going to be a very tight race until the very end. This is going to be a very tight race until the very end. And we are the underdog, and we know we have some hard work ahead.”
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The clip soon went viral on social media, with many pundits arguing that Harris’ inability to improvise speaks to her qualifications.
“Look, I don’t care what your stance on @realDonaldTrump is—set that aside. Just look at Kamala Harris objectively. She’s wholly incompetent to be President,” gun rights activist Colion Noir wrote in an X post. “If you can’t handle a speech when the teleprompter goes down, you don’t have what it takes to lead the United States.”
“When the teleprompter goes out, Kamala Harris just keep repeating 32 days and 32 seconds feels like 32 days for everyone in attendance,” added conservative radio host Rich Zeoli.
Kamala’s teleprompter goes out and she completely melts. Starts laughing uncontrollably and rambling for 40 seconds.
Just incredible. This is a woman who has clearly never read a speech before she gives it. Epic laziness, and she wants to be president. pic.twitter.com/ZQx2NPZsCV
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) October 4, 2024
The latest gaffe comes as Democratic Party strategists are becoming increasingly worried about the Harris-Walz Campaign’s unprecedented lack of media availability.
According to a report from Politico citing more than a dozen Democratic Party staffers — some of whom work on the Harris-Walz Campaign — the party is having flashbacks to 2016 as Trump is “everywhere” while Harris has only sat for a handful of friendly interviews.
“There’s a time at which you just have to barnstorm these battlegrounds,” said Democratic Party strategist David Axelrod, who played a key role in former President Barack Obama’s dominant victory in 2008. “These races are decathlons, and there are a lot of events, and you have to do all of them because people want to test you.”
“It’s the most difficult oral exam on the planet for the most difficult job, and part of that is just that spontaneous — town halls, all kinds of interviews, and not just friendly interviews. OTRs where you interact in a substantive way with people, all of those things are valuable,” he continued. “And I would be doing them if I were her.”
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