Harris takes aim at "loser" Trump over beers with Colbert

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Axios

Updated 11 hours ago


Vice President Kamala Harris criticized Republican presidential rival former President Trump for his relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during an interview with late-night host Stephen Colbert on Tuesday.

The big picture: Harris became angry as she noted journalist Bob Woodward reports in his upcoming book "War" that Trump sent rare COVID test machines to Putin early in the pandemic, per an excerpt from her interview on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" that was shared with reporters ahead of airing Tuesday night.

What they're saying: "Do you remember what those days were like? You remember how many people did not have tests and were trying to scramble to get them?" said Harris, after Colbert opened a can of Miller High Life beer each for them.

"You remember how rare it was to have and you remember people by the hundreds were dying every day?" she added.

"And this man is giving Covid test kits to Vladimir Putin? Think about what this means on top of him sending love letters to [North Korean leader] Kim Jong-un. No, think about it. He thinks, well, that's his friend. What about the American people? They should be your first friend."

Zoom in: Harris also pointed to Trump's 2020 presidential election loss as she highlighted the popularity of her rallies.

"I'm going to tell you what some of the people in my rallies — quite a few people show up, by the way — you know, when you lost millions of jobs, you lost manufacturing, you lost automotive plants, you lost the election. What does that make you? A loser. This is what somebody at my rallies said. I thought it was funny," Harris said.

"This is what happens when I drink beer," she joked.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/10/09/kamala-harris-stephen-colbert-interview-trump-beer

[twodogsbarking]

1. Alcohol can be a truth serum.

[Wednesdays]

2. I watched that segment and she didn't drink much beer

It doesn't take any alcohol for Kamala to point out the truth.

[twodogsbarking]

6. She can be fun or serious. A gem.

[LiberalFighter]

17. She only had a sip. Didn't have any at the end when Stephen did.

[truthisfreedom]

3. For those didn't watch, she took one

Very small sip of beer, set it down and talked until the end, when she picked up the can to toast with Stephen and they both put down their cans without drinking.

[Prairie Gates]

15. Toasting without drinking is bad luck

Fuck's sake. What's next? Hat on a bed?

[FakeNoose]

4. I love that segment - "she's a girl you can drink a beer with"

How many Americans can relate to that?
Plenty!

[Aristus]

5. OTOH, I don't like how that's become shorthand for 'relatable'.

All one has to do is crack a beer, and all of a sudden, someone is 'just folks'.

George W. Bush, spoiled brat and frat boy who was born with a silver spoon up his butt, and presumably didn't drink after his adoption of a carefully-calculated 'virtue' sobriety, benefitted from the ludicrous perception that the Connecticut Cowboy with the shaky and unreliable Texas accent, was a macho, reg'lar kinda guy you'd just want to have a beer with.

President Obama got a lot of good press for his 'beer summits', and good for him. But I'm tired of candidates pandering to the backwards baseball cap and pickup truck masses out there. The kind of people who actually think there are giant water faucets on the Canadian border, and that we can control the weather with some mysterious machine.

[Marcuse]

7. Exhibit C

[Aristus]

8. Exactly!

Thank you.

[Clouds Passing]

12. Brett is an alcoholic. Kamala is not!

[wnylib]

9. Giant water faucets on the Canadian border? They are real.

I have seen one of them myself.

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[llmart]

11. Face it...

Americans are pretty shallow people. Al Gore was often criticized for being "too policy wonky" as if that were a bad trait in a President.

[tonekat]

19. Yep, same with Hillary and Liz Warren.

Americans can memorize McDonalds menus and Sports scores, but can't grok the important stuff. They need explosions and car chases.

[NonPC]

18. Trump's Version Is Snorting Adderall

There's probably a few Adderall Maga fans out there who would be game.

[geardaddy]

10. I wouldn't call Swiller Lite beer

More like beer-flavored beverage.

But, it was a great interview.

[BidenRocks]

14. The beer was Miller High Life

The Champagne of beers!
Please fact check!
Yeah, I'm from Milwaukee!
Cheers.

[geardaddy]

16. LOL

Ah, that's a little better, but I'm an IPA guy.

[SunSeeker]

13. She so easily pressed Trump's buttons. Love it.

[twodogsbarking]

20. "This is what happens when I drink beer," she joked.

I think she was, well, joking.