Former Vice President Kamala Harris returned to the campaign trail for New Hampshire Democrats over the weekend and delivered a meandering monologue on her time in the Senate less than two weeks before the midterm elections.
Harris made the comments at a phone banking event in Portsmouth and was joined by Democrat Senate nominee Rep. Chris Pappas, gubernatorial candidate Cinde Warmington, and House candidate Stefany Shaheen.
In the 76-word clip, Harris attempted to lean on her Senate résumé to make the pitch to voters, but delivered this word salad instead:
I was a United States senator, so I know what happens in those rooms. In those rooms there are conversations that happen, where it’s important for certain people to stand up and speak, to help at least encourage a certain conscience about what we should care about, in terms of the work we do in the halls of Washington, D.C., and with some clarity about how it will actually play out in the streets of America.
Harris says “certain” twice and “rooms” twice but fails to explain who “certain” people are, what they should say, or what “conscience” she wants them to “encourage.”
The trip could double as a visit to an early primary state, since Harris has reportedly not ruled out another White House bid. New Hampshire holds the third contest on the Democrats’ 2028 primary calendar, and Harris opened her midterm tour in Nevada — which hosts the second statewide primary.
New Hampshire is set to be one of the most competitive states in November. Pappas, who currently represents New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District, faces former Republican Sen. John Sununu — who is seeking to reclaim the seat he held from 2003 to 2009.
Harris also sat down with abortion advocates in Manchester for a live recording of the “My Body, My Pod” podcast during the visit.
The most recent incident adds to a growing file of Harris’ public gaffes and strange comments.
At a Detroit roundtable last month, Harris argued that “an attack on DEI … is an attack by definition on maternal care,” in a rant that Michigan Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed appeared to struggle to sit through. Other entries include another brutal word salad in June and baby talk last week.
Harris will continue her campaign tour in Wisconsin on Monday to rally with Democrat gubernatorial nominee David Crowley, and will close with a three-day trip through Georgia starting Wednesday, her office told the Associated Press.
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