Conservatives and even a Donald Trump campaign aide claim Kamala Harris appears drunk during speaking engagements.
There is no evidence that Harris has a drinking problem, although her choice for vice president, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, was arrested for drunk driving in 1995.
But right-wing pundits are now alleging that alcohol is to blame for Harris’ “insane” laugh and what many describe as the vice president’s “word salad” when she goes off script.
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Harris for comment.
One commenter posted two clips of Harris, one introducing Joe Biden during a recent speech in Maryland, and the other in which the vice president retells her mother’s infamous “coconut tree” story.
Harris bursts out laughing after asking the question, “Do you think you just fell out of a coconut tree?” while giving a speech about equality and progress for Latinos.
Conservatives and even a Donald Trump campaign staffer have begun spreading claims that Kamala Harris was drunk during speaking engagements
Pundits on the right appear to see it as a way to make sense of what Donald Trump calls Harris’ “insane” laugh and what many describe as the vice president’s “word salad” when she goes off script.
She seemed to be trying to explain that we need to focus on the wider community, adding that ‘nothing exists in isolation’.
After a clip of the speech went viral earlier this year, it became a popular internet meme widely spread by her followers, who are informally known as the “K-hive.”
On Sunday, several commentators posted another clip showing the vice president giving a speech in Pennsylvania in which she repeats the word “democracy” three times in thirty seconds.
“And that’s what our elections are about,” she says in the clip. “Our elections are about understanding the importance of this beautiful country of ours in terms of what we stand for globally as a democracy.”
She continues: ‘As a democracy, we know that there is a duality in the nature of democracy. On the one hand, incredible strength when it is intact. What it does for its people to protect and defend their rights, their freedom and their independence, incredibly strong and incredibly vulnerable.’
Collin Rugg wrote: ‘It doesn’t look good when everyone at X calls you a drunk’.
Rob Smith added: ‘The theory that Kamala is a drunk makes more sense the more I think about it.’
Even James Blair, political director of the Trump 2024 campaign, suggested There were rumors about the vice president.
“There have been many rumors that Kamala has a serious drinking problem… apparently these are becoming more and more apparent as the campaign gets underway,” he wrote.
One Democrat wrote in response: ‘You Republicans really have nothing against Kamala Harris, right?’
Others jokingly wrote that if Harris were caught drinking alcohol, it would help her win key swing states in the Midwest.
DailyMail.com has also contacted the Trump campaign for comment.
Biden was plagued by rumors about his poor health and mental acuity throughout his presidency, with his poor performance in a June debate against Donald Trump ultimately ending his re-election chances.
Trump is no stranger to his own health, with some onlookers claiming the former president is also showing signs of cognitive decline.
On Sunday, Harris plans a bus tour that starts in Pittsburgh and stops in Rochester, a small town to the north.
The engagement came as Democrats prepare for their four-day national convention which kicks off Monday in Chicago and the party welcomes Harris as their nominee.
Her replacement of Biden less than four months before the November election has reinvigorated the Democrats and their coalition. It has also presented a new challenge to Trump.
The vice president will debate Trump in Philadelphia on September 10.
