Vice President Kamala Harris is feeling the heat, and it’s not just from campaign pressures—it’s from her own unfiltered words caught on a hot mic.
While cozying up at a Michigan bar with Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Harris casually admitted to struggling with male voters, a point she’s been skirting around since Biden passed her the torch. But, realizing she wasn’t exactly in a private setting, she stopped short, gave one of her trademark laughs, and commented on the “microphones listening to everything.” Apparently, campaign basics like “watch what you say” aren’t a priority for the VP these days.
In the clip that’s quickly circulating, Harris casually acknowledges to Whitmer that her team “needs to move ground with men.” But then she spots a camera, catches herself, and does her best to play it off with a laugh, a few choice words, and a quick change of subject. Watching Harris scramble like this isn’t just amusing—it’s telling. For someone who’s been vice president for nearly four years and now sits at the top of the Democratic ticket, you’d think by now she’d have figured out how to appeal to a broader swath of voters without stumbling into “open mic night.”
Kamala appears to acknowledge she’s struggling with male voters before noticing there are “microphones in here just listening to everything.”
“Shit! Ha ha ha!”
Fakest candidate ever. pic.twitter.com/ETYniX2wqW
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 27, 2024
It’s no secret Harris has been hemorrhaging support from male voters, and her team’s Hail Mary attempts to patch things up have ranged from odd to desperate. Take Governor Tim Walz, her VP pick, out on a pheasant hunt to connect with middle-American men. And then there’s the Twitch-stream stunt with AOC, trying to appeal to a younger, online demographic. Throw in appearances from Barack and Michelle Obama, and it’s clear they’re throwing the entire playbook at the wall to see if anything sticks.
Commentator Scott Jennings put it bluntly: the Democrats’ attempt to fix Harris’s “man problem” by sending out Obama to scold men isn’t exactly a winning strategy. Jennings pointed out the glaring contradiction: “I don’t think it’s helpful to insult a group of people who are already not enthusiastic about your campaign, but I think that’s what he did today,” Jennings said. “The story tonight is they’re struggling with men, Obama’s insulting men, and they’re out saying, ‘Let’s fix it by sending Tim Walz out and hiring Mitt Romney, it’s crazy to me!”
Indeed, it feels like the Harris campaign is grasping at straws—desperately pandering to men while continuing to push narratives that, frankly, aren’t resonating.
Harris’s campaign strategy has been to run on Obama’s legacy, use Biden’s platform, and sidestep her own questionable track record. But let’s face it, there’s a reason she’s polling poorly among men, and it’s not just because they aren’t “ready” for her.
Rather than acknowledge her own campaign’s failings, Harris would rather laugh it off and hope the cameras don’t catch too much. But as the polls continue to show, that laugh only goes so far. November’s just around the corner, and Harris’s “hot mic” moments may leave her team scrambling for an explanation that sticks with voters.