{"id":2381158,"date":"2024-12-17T18:26:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T23:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-cackles-at-her-own-joke-when-audience-leaves-her-hanging-yeah-i-did-that\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T18:27:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T23:27:22","slug":"kamala-harris-cackles-at-her-own-joke-when-audience-leaves-her-hanging-yeah-i-did-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-cackles-at-her-own-joke-when-audience-leaves-her-hanging-yeah-i-did-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Cackles at Her Own Joke When Audience Leaves Her Hanging: &#8216;Yeah, I Did That&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-cackles-at-her-own-joke-when-audience-leaves-her-hanging-yeah-i-did-that%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2381158&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-gaetz-highlights-possibility-antifa-infiltrated-trump-march\/\" title=\"Rep. Gaetz highlights possibility Antifa infiltrated Trump march\">recent event<\/a> in \u2064Prince George\u2063 County, Maryland, Vice President Kamala Harris attempted to\u200c engage a younger audience \u200cby referencing \u2063a humorous remark from a past\u200b speech. She encouraged the students to\u200b remain true to their purpose and to continue fighting for the promise \u2064of America,\u200c but her\u2064 attempt at humor fell\u2063 flat\u2063 as\u200c many in the audience did not understand \u200cher reference. This was linked to\u2063 a previous quote from her mother about young people not &#8220;falling out of \u200ba coconut tree,&#8221; which Harris \u200bfound amusing. Despite her laughter, the\u2063 overall audience reaction was \u200bmuted, indicating a disconnection between\u200b her \u2063and the younger demographic. Polls \u200dsuggest \u2062that Harris struggled to resonate with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shows-young-registered-voters-favor-trump-over-biden\/\" title=\"Poll: Young registered voters prefer Trump over Biden\">young voters compared<\/a> to President Joe \u2064Biden in 2020, \u2064and \u200bthis <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">event underscored ongoing challenges<\/a> she faces in\u200c connecting with various demographics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris burst out laughing at her own joke when most in her audience of younger people did not seem to know what she was referencing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I ask of you this &hellip; that you will not walk away. That you will stay true to your spirit and your sense of purpose. That you will continue to fight for the promise of America,&rdquo; Harris told a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kamala-harris-donald-trump-6de09bd9d78d11a2cc4c4591c0f404e2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gathering of students<\/a> in Prince George County, Maryland, Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I ask you to remember the context in which you exist. Yeah, I did that. Uh-huh,&rdquo; she added, laughing at her own joke.<\/p>\n<p>There were some cheers and laughter, but most of the students didn&rsquo;t appear to get her reference.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?\">@VP<\/a> Harris: &ldquo;I ask of you this&hellip;that you you will not walk away. That you will stay true to your spirit and your sense of purpose. That you will continue to fight for the promise of America. And I ask you to remember the context in which you exist. Yeah, I did that. Uh huh.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tzu2TovJTM\">pic.twitter.com\/tzu2TovJTM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1869076894202667065?\">December 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-tells-kamala-harris-not-going-anywhere-kid-hope-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> was calling back to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/conormurray\/2024\/07\/21\/kamala-harris-coconut-tree-quote-explained-what-she-meant-and-why-its-going-viral-as-biden-drops-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speech<\/a> she gave to young Hispanic leaders at the White House in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In those remarks, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> quoted her mother &mdash; a native of India, who immigrated to the U.S. &mdash; who would give her a hard time, saying, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On that occasion once again, there were a few polite laughs, but mostly it was Harris laughing at her own story.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you,&rdquo; she continued, explaining to her audience the lesson she was trying to convey.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0bSTqokjNEE?si=zUUyfrunvMS4phlK&amp;start=43\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>  The Harris campaign and many of her supporters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/conormurray\/2024\/07\/21\/kamala-harris-coconut-tree-quote-explained-what-she-meant-and-why-its-going-viral-as-biden-drops-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">embraced<\/a> her 2023 coconut speech, with her Kamala HQ account on social media platform X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">describing<\/a> itself as &ldquo;[p]roviding context.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It appears, based on Tuesday&rsquo;s audience response, that fewer people were in on the joke than she may have thought.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president did not do as well with the younger demographic as President Joe Biden did in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>President-elect Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/generation-went-strongest-trump-surprising-one-shifted-left\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won<\/a> the 18-29 year-old male voters 56 to 42 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Young women also moved in Trump&rsquo;s direction, shifting from 33 percent support in 2020 to 40 percent in this year&rsquo;s election, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/now.tufts.edu\/2024\/11\/12\/young-voters-shifted-toward-trump-still-favored-harris-overall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tufts<\/a> survey.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the Republican garnered 46 percent of the demographic in 2024 to Harris&rsquo;s 52 percent. That was a 10 percentage point increase for Trump from 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In truth, Harris had a problem connecting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/generation-went-strongest-trump-surprising-one-shifted-left\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">almost every demographic<\/a> up and down the line, and her awkward attempts at humor did not help.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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She urged them to remain committed to their values and continue fighting for America&#8217;s promise, while also reminding them of their historical context. This was a callback to a previous speech where she quoted her mother\u2019s humorous remark about young people. Despite some cheers, it appeared that many students did not understand the joke. Harris&#8217;s connection with younger voters has been weaker compared to President Biden&#8217;s performance in 2020, as recent surveys show a shift towards Trump among this demographic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2381159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Kamala-laughs.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32170,23272,32438],"class_list":["post-2381158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-audience-reaction","tag-humor","tag-kamala-harris"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Kamala-laughs.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381162,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381158\/revisions\/2381162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}