"It’s called wine, vodka, and Xanax" — Internet reacts to Kamala Harris saying she is "not eating gummies" to deal with election stress
Vice President Kamala Harris stated in an interview with Maria Shriver in Michigan on Monday, October 21, that she is not consuming gummies to deal with election stress.
During the town-hall style interview, Shriver asked the Democratic nominee how she was dealing with the election stress. She mentioned some Americans are "eating gummies," supposedly referring to cannabis edibles. Shriver asked:
"Everybody I talk to says you know, 'I have to turn off the news I can’t read anything, I’m meditating, I’m doing yoga. I’m so anxious… I’m eating gummies.' All kinds of things. What are you doing?"
Kamala Harris responded by stating:
"Not eating gummies."
She went on to explain that, although she has been getting up in the middle of the night, she deals with it by "working out" every morning and communicating with her family.
Fans took to X to react to Harris' comments. One user alleged that she's been drinking and wrote:
"It’s called wine, vodka, and Xanax."
Several other netizens expressed their take on her recent comments.
"Kamala is drinking her face off," another fan jibed.
"Oh yeah thats so funny... hahahaha. If she had some real gummies she might actually say something useful," a user joked.
"Harris looks depressed and on benzos now…," a netizen chimed in.
Meanwhile, some criticized Harris, alleging that the answers were scripted.
"You sure about that?" a fan added.
"I hear they oughtn’t be mixed with booze," another user claimed.
"You mean the pre-scripted question. She’s a phony, she can’t even take questions without already knowing what she’s going to be asked. How pathetic," a person opined.
After sharing how she was dealing with the election stress, Kamala Harris added that the power lies with the people in the democracy. The people have "the power to make a decision about what this will be" and shouldn't feel "powerless."
Audience was only allowed to ask "pre-determined questions" to Kamala Harris at Michigan event
Former Dateline correspondent Maria Shriver told the audience that they were not allowed to ask questions to Kamala Harris before the Vice President took the stage with Liz Cheney.
Before the event's start, a woman in the audience asked Shriver:
“Are we going to be able to ask a question?”
Shriver clarified that guests were not allowed to ask spontaneous questions and responded:
"You’re not, unfortunately, we have some pre-determined questions. Hopefully I’ll be able to ask some of the questions that might be in your head."
During the hour-long event, Kamala Harris took only three questions from the audience, all of which were presumably the predetermined ones Shriver had mentioned. Additionally, Shriver asked Harris to introduce herself to the people of the United States, claiming not many know enough about her.
Kamala Harris took the opportunity to describe herself as “a wife, a mother, a sister and a godmother." The Vice President added that she enjoys cooking and started her career as a prosecutor.
Speaking about the upcoming elections in November, the Democratic nominee addressed the crowd and said:
“We rise to a moment and we stand on broad shoulders of people who have fought this fight before for our country. Let us look at the challenge then that we are being presented and not be overwhelmed by it. The baton is now in our hands to fight for not against.”
The Vice President was accompanied by former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney. Cheney said that she is a conservative who believes Harris will be the perfect candidate to represent the United States as president. She said:
"I want my children to know that there is someone sitting in the Oval Office that they can look up to, someone who can be a role model. And I'm incredibly proud, and I know that Vice President Harris will be that."
Addressing voters who might be leaning toward the Republicans, Cheney added that if they are concerned, they can "vote their conscience" and keep it a secret, not saying "a word to anybody." She claimed that millions of Republicans will do so in the November elections.