# Kamala Harris and the runup to the 2024 Presidential Election {No more on Guns} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** kamala-harris\ **Created:** [July 22, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571 "2024-07-22T00:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 45
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/887 "2024-09-02T18:59:20Z")
In this case, I think @SuntanLotion was genuinely asking for the non-Maga explanation. Wherever she gets her news, these anti-lib “tweets” (whatever they’re called nowadays) probably pop up all the time so she’s asking here. Plus she included the link, rather than saying “I heard…”, as she has been told to do. And she dislikes Trump. I could be wrong. She can clarify. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/888 "2024-09-02T18:59:34Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > why is she talking with this weird inflection here? The only weird inflection is that she’s saying “ya” instead of “you”. “Ya better thank a union member for sick leave, ya better thank a union member for…” I don’t hear any other words said in a way different than how she normally sounds. And, yes, it’s a cadence. It might have roots in, or sound similar to, black preachers, but I certainly don’t think that Harris is being inauthentic when she adds rhythm to her words. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/889 "2024-09-02T19:01:36Z")
It sounds like she is trying to connect with her audience on a personal level. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/890 "2024-09-02T19:02:30Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > why is she talking with this weird inflection here? Is it a Detroit thing? To me it just sounds like something she made up as a generic rallying cry accent that doesn’t really correspond to any particular vernacular. And she switches right back to normal at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/891 "2024-09-02T19:39:14Z")
Yeah, why in the world would someone raised in Oakland speak like a black urban person? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/892 "2024-09-02T19:41:15Z")
The dirty secret is she was raised mainly across the city border, in Berkeley. So, she can only speak commie. /s ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/893 "2024-09-02T20:12:25Z")
It’s the same sort of cadence that MLK used in his speeches, and it’s not all that dissimilar from the cadence that JFK used in his. It sounds like she’s giving a speech because she is. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/894 "2024-09-02T20:20:38Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > The only weird inflection is that she’s saying “ya” instead of “you”. If indeed she is, and that bigot hasnt tampered with the clip. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/895 "2024-09-03T10:08:25Z")
On a weirder and lighter note-someone’s created fake posters suggesting that the Philadelphia Eagles support Kamala. I don’t see these as having a huge effect unless you have a burning hatred of the Eagles. > **[Eagles working to remove 'counterfeit' political ads in Philadelphia](https://6abc.com/post/philadelphia-eagles-working-remove-counterfeit-political-ad-appearing-endorse-kamala-harris/15260003/)** > > Other signs around the city have also been spotted, but the Eagles want to stress they are not real. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/896 "2024-09-03T20:27:23Z")
A bit of levity for this Tuesday… > **[Sources Allege Tim Walz’s ‘Aw, Shucks’ Persona Merely Facade Concealing True...](https://theonion.com/sources-allege-tim-walzs-aw-shucks-persona-merely-facade-concealing-true-gee-whiz-tendencies/)** > > MANKATO, MN—Warning that if elected the candidate would show his sinister true colors, acquaintances of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz alleged Tuesday that his ‘aw, shucks’ persona was merely a cover for his very real ‘gee whiz’... ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/897 "2024-09-03T20:43:06Z")
That’s really good. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/898 "2024-09-03T22:24:11Z")
It occurred to me that it’s highly likely that, during the debate, Trump will deliberately mispronounce Kamala Harris’s first name. If so, I think this is how she should react: Harris: I’m so sorry Donald, I know my name can be tough for some people. Here’s how I taught it to my 7 year old niece – the word “comma”, then “la”. “Comma”, “la”. “Comma, la”. Kamala. Kamala. Do you want to try it Donald? Come on, you can do it. I believe in you. Kamala. You can do it! She needs to be have a kind expression, and kind tone of voice, like she’s teaching a child, the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/899 "2024-09-04T00:16:24Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > She needs to be have a kind expression, and kind tone of voice, like she’s teaching a child, the whole time. I would advise downplaying the treating him like a child part. We know we all want to, but on the national stage, it is better to keep one’s urges in check – for the non-orange, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/900 "2024-09-04T00:57:45Z")
Agreed. You want her to be presidential, not patronizing. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/901 "2024-09-04T01:30:27Z")
Eye roll and sad head shake. Perhaps a sigh. (Not a gore type sigh, that did not work) ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/902 "2024-09-04T04:25:50Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > Eye roll and sad head shake. Perhaps a sigh. plus a couple of hand motions. You know, the ones Obama did in his speech. Won’t happen, of course. But, come on folks…admit it…you smiled just now, as you imagined her doing it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/903 "2024-09-04T09:34:45Z")
The Harris campaign ought to run with this video, from _The Daily Show_. Yes, it also dings Biden a bit but damn, this is the message the country needs. > **[Kamala Harris is "Just Normal" Narrated By Jason Bateman | Kamala Harris...](https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow/videos/kamala-harris-is-just-normal-narrated-by-jason-bateman/1014861800141300/)** > > Kamala Harris didn’t just fall out of a coconut tree. The Democratic candidate is breaking tradition… by being totally f\*\*king normal ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/904 "2024-09-04T10:07:03Z")
The Republicans are also calling her a fake for referring to herself as a “daughter of Oakland” when she grew up in Berkeley. If that’s all they have…. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/905 "2024-09-04T11:24:26Z")
“Nationwide, Kamala Harris leads Donald J. Trump by three percentage points, 49 percent to 46 percent. Across the battleground states, the race is a dead heat. In every state and nationwide, the polling average is within 1.5 points of the result of the 2020 presidential election. In short, the polls finally show the close election that analysts expected a year ago, before President Biden’s candidacy went off the rails. If anything, it’s even closer than expected: The polling averages today are closer than the final pre-election polling in any presidential election in the era of modern polling — closer than 2000, 2004 or 2012, let alone 2016 or 2020.” (Gift link to Nate Cohn’s NY Times “newsletter”) [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/04/upshot/kamala-harris-trump-polls.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.IE4.cf-x.UtCxibBmItnX&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/04/upshot/kamala-harris-trump-polls.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IE4.cf-x.UtCxibBmItnX&smid=url-share) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/906 "2024-09-04T11:54:01Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > It occurred to me that it’s highly likely that, during the debate, Trump will deliberately mispronounce Kamala Harris’s first name. If so, I think this is how she should react: “That’s Vice President Harris to you, _Donald_.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571.md?page=46)