The Harris campaign is fuming after being completely betrayed
We’re close to finding out who will win the election. But Kamala keeps tripping up.
And now the Harris campaign is fuming after being completely betrayed.
While Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz have faced their share of awkward moments during the presidential race, their surrogates have also had plenty of stumbles that haven’t gone unnoticed.
Walz raised eyebrows by claiming he’s “friends with school shooters,” while Harris made headlines by mistakenly calling North Korea “an alliance.”
But it’s not just the candidates who have found themselves in hot water — campaign surrogates have also contributed their own gaffes, from mispronouncing Harris’ name to accidentally backing Trump-era policies.
“Not sure we’ve ever seen such a colossally inept campaign like the one run by Kamala Harris,” Fox Business’ Evening Edit anchor Elizabeth MacDonald remarked last week, capturing a growing sentiment surrounding the campaign’s missteps.
Former President Bill Clinton, for instance, found himself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. During the Democratic National Convention, he mispronounced Harris’ name as “Camel-la.”
And just last week, he confused a North Carolina crowd with a flat attempt to imitate Donald Trump, even joking that the former president might send him to a “supermax” prison for life.
Clinton’s blunders didn’t end there. He stirred controversy when he implied that Laken Riley, a nursing student, might still be alive if the Biden-Harris administration had done a better job securing the border.
“You had a case in Georgia not very long ago, didn’t you?” Clinton asked, referencing a tragic death involving an immigrant. “If they’d all been properly vetted, that probably wouldn’t have happened.”
Critics seized on Clinton’s words, pointing out that the former president was inadvertently right about the importance of proper vetting, further fueling embarrassment for the campaign.
Not to be outdone, former President Obama found himself under fire after a campaign event in Pittsburgh, where he told a group of Black men that some may be hesitant about having a female president.
Royce White, former professional basketball player and U.S. Senate candidate in Minnesota, responded bluntly: “Barack Obama — we’re not s*xist or misogynist. We’re disappointed and sick of the bullsh—. DO NOT vote for me because I’m Black. Vote for me because you have enough self-respect to think.”
Even Democratic Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers couldn’t escape the campaign’s curse of gaffes.
He awkwardly stumbled through his state’s roll call at the Democratic National Convention, declaring he was “jazzed as hell” that nearly all of Wisconsin’s delegates backed Harris.
More recently, Evers referred to Walz as “Tom” during a Labor Day speech — another head-scratching moment for the Harris camp.
This week, Maria Shriver, the former first lady of California, also joined the club of gaffe-prone supporters.
While moderating a town hall event with Harris and former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, Shriver sparked backlash by telling the audience that only “predetermined” questions would be allowed.
When asked if attendees could submit their own questions, Shriver bluntly replied, “You’re not, unfortunately. We have some predetermined questions, and hopefully, I’ll be able to ask some of the questions that might be in your head.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment but received no response by press time, leaving many wondering just how long this string of campaign blunders will continue to plague the team.
Stay tuned to the DC Daily Journal.
