Doctors question if Kamala Harris was tipsy in bizarre new video message

Kamala Harris was deed by a torrent of memes aft releasing a bizarre video connection successful which she slurred her words and appeared bleary-eyed.

Many connected societal media wondered whether the Vice President was drunk, sharing edited clips showing her clutching a vessel of liquor portion delivering the antithetic speech.

Now doctors are besides raising concerns astir whether Harris — who has been taxable to unsubstantiated rumors astir her intoxicant consumption successful the past — was tipsy.

In a uncommon quality since losing the 2024 statesmanlike election, the VP, 60, past nighttime filmed a video from California wherever she told run unit they inactive 'had the aforesaid power' contempt the nonaccomplishment to Donald Trump.

Dr Carole Lieberman, a psychiatrist who has worked with alcoholics, told DailyMail.com aft viewing the video that she couldn't regularisation retired that Harris was nether the influence.

She pointed to the VP's her half-closed eyes, somewhat slurred code and over-emphasized manus movements, saying they were each signs she whitethorn person had thing to drink.

Dr Stuart Fishcer, an exigency medicine doc successful New York City, added that her caput movements besides suggested she had consumed alcohol.

The experts said different factors specified arsenic embarrassment implicit losing, oregon exhaustion could besides beryllium astatine play, though they pointed retired that it was present 22 days since the election. 

They besides raised the anticipation that it could beryllium the effect of undisclosed medicine the VP is taking, utilizing sleeping pills, for example. 

Separately, body connection experts told DailyMail.com her bizarre demeanor was an effort to travel crossed likeable and explicit honorable quality emotion.

Harris was astatine the Fairmont Hotel successful San Francisco, California, connected Tuesday day — pursuing a six-day R&R abrogation to Hawaii. 

Kamala appeared successful a 13-minute national grassroots call with Tim Walz to convey run unit for their work, which was past posted arsenic a 28-second clip on the Democrats' authoritative X page. 

Dr Fischer said: 'She's not royally drunk, but that's decidedly the close connection [tipsy].

'She has somewhat slurred code and determination was besides this caput movement, a benignant of bobbing question similar you are calmed down by an intoxicant but you inactive person to springiness a superior speech.

'I don't deliberation this is exhaustion oregon thing else, no, this is not simply days later, this is days and days aft the election.'

Dr Fischer pointed retired that Harris took agelong pauses successful which she closed her eyes.

He said this struck him arsenic antithetic due to the fact that a modular blink should lone past betwixt 100 to 150 milliseconds.

When intoxicated, radical thin to blink little because alcohol acts arsenic a depressant, slowing down tense strategy activity, including the earthy reflex to blink.

The doctors besides highlighted the infinitesimal Harris held her hands to her thorax for six seconds and past leaned backmost successful her chair.

Both doctors said these dilatory and delayed movements, arsenic good arsenic the much relaxed positioning of her hands, were signs that she whitethorn person been drinking.

At different point, she besides appears to slur her code erstwhile she says: 'I conscionable person to punctual you... (two 2nd pause)... don't you ever fto anybody instrumentality your powerfulness from you.'

And again, erstwhile she says: 'And you person the aforesaid purpose... (one 2nd pause)... that you did... (three 2nd pause)... and you person the same... (two 2nd pause)... ability... (one 2nd pause)... to prosecute and inspire.'

Dr Lieberman said: 'There are galore videos online that are photoshopped to marque her look worse (more drunk), but adjacent the mode she looks successful the non-photoshopped videos shows grounds of being drunk.

'When you are drunk, you are little inhibited, and that is what we are seeing here.'

Body connection expert Judi James had a antithetic take, however, saying that the video intelligibly showed that Harris had trouble expressing honorable quality emotion.

She said: 'This was a precise verbose code that combines Harris' endowment for the connection crockery with her signature assemblage connection rituals that effort to transportation you that you are listening to immoderate highly profound, motivational thoughts and messages.'

She said that alternatively than being drunk, it appeared that Harris was astir grasping to show emotion astir the nonaccomplishment and empathy for her supporters.

'Her gestures are mostly flaccid, including the waggling finger, implying a weaker content than her words,' James said.

Kamala has antecedently faced unverified accusations that she has a drinking problem, including from Trump 2024 governmental manager James Blair.

He posted connected X, formerly Twitter, successful August: 'A batch of rumors retired determination astir Kamala having a superior drinking problem... seemingly coming into absorption arsenic run heats up.'

In precocious September, Kamala was besides accused of being drunk astatine a rally successful Atlanta, Georgia, aft video was circulated of her appearing to talk slowly.

But investigation rapidly suggested that this clip had been edited to marque Harris look 'hammered'.

Saturday Night Live besides suggested Harris had a drinking occupation successful October, aft an histrion playing the Vice President was shown holding and refilling a ample solid of reddish wine.

Responding to the video posted connected the Democrats' X page, 1 idiosyncratic said: 'Is this a... joke? It's a unspeakable video.'

Another said, 'Why would the Democrats enactment this video retired of a intelligibly drunk Kamala?? They privation her vocation over.', and a 3rd said, 'Be honest... is she drunk?'. 

Tim Walz, Kamala's vice statesmanlike nominee, was archetypal to look connected the telephone where, successful a superior tone, helium thanked unit for their efforts and said it had been a 'privilege of a lifetime'.

But it past took a step-change erstwhile Kamala appeared, starting with 'thank you Tim, backmost astatine you brother, you are specified an bonzer leader'.