Kamala Harris has participated in several debates over the last five years and said some startling things. Yet, the moment that corporate media, Democrats, and her campaign herald to this day came when she repeatedly told off the USA Today moderator and Vice President Mike Pence for trying to get a word in edgewise at the 2020 vice presidential debate.
“Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking,” Harris said during the faceoff.
🚨 RESURFACED: Kamala Harris DEMEANS Mike Pence during 2020 VP debates: “Mr. Vice Presdient, I’M SPEAKING.”
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As Harris’ first debate as the Democrat party’s presidential nominee rapidly approaches, her team is scrambling to perfect the conditions for her to recreate that moment. Their hope is that she will eke through the night without the disastrous fallout that plagued President Joe Biden in June.
A couple of Harris allies, including failed Democrat presidential candidate Julian Castro, hoping to aid this mission chimed in with articles nudging the candidate to capitalize on as many “I’m speaking” moments as possible from the stage. If Harris can produce another set of spicy soundbites on Tuesday night as she did in 2020, the New Yorker added, she will successfully curry adulation from the corrupt corporate media and Democrats without having “to lift a finger.”
Debate rules dictate, however, that the mics will cut off when a candidate’s time to speak expires, making it difficult
