Social media went chaotic with accusations that Kamala Harris was drunk successful her archetypal video connection to supporters aft her stunning statesmanlike election nonaccomplishment to Donald Trump.
The Vice President released a video wherever she slurred her words and her eyes were fractional unopen and appeared glazed over, astatine times. There is nary grounds that Harris was nether the influence.
Users connected X edited the video oregon utilized AI to manipulate the video of Harris holding oregon sitting adjacent to a vessel of alcohol – and 1 shows her smoking a cigar.
Harris has not emerged overmuch publically since her decision connected November 5, and erstwhile she did for a astir 10-minute connection connected Tuesday to her supporters critics excoriated her for 'bragging' astir wasting her donors' money.
Multiple societal media users called the vice president a 'drunk aunt astatine Thanksgiving.'
'When you're by yourself minding your ain concern astatine Thanksgiving and your drunk Aunt finds you…' 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected X.
Another said: 'Channeling the drunk aunt who's a full messiness but chases you down aft each vacation meal to springiness you unwanted beingness proposal connected your mode retired the door.'
The video was released 2 days earlier Thanksgiving arsenic Harris holed up successful California for the holiday.
Several societal media users edited oregon utilized AI to enactment a vessel of intoxicant into Vice President Kamala Harris successful a video connection to supporters wherever critics speculated she appeared intoxicated
'Thanksgiving meal with 'Drunk Aunty Kamala' is going to beryllium a downer,' a societal media relationship noted.
Meghan McCain called for Democrats to region the abbreviated clip of the video that they posted to their X account.
'Take this down,' McCain wrote. 'She's inactive the sitting Vice President for Gods involvement - this is awful. Like really, truly awful.'
Others were much captious of the connection she was delivering, claiming she was rubbing successful her supporters' faces the monolithic $20 cardinal successful indebtedness she ended her run with contempt record-breaking fundraising figures.
'As Kamala delivers a connection to her dejected supporters bragging astir however they raised astir $1.5 cardinal for her failed campaign… David Plouffe yet admits the 'campaign's interior polling ne'er had Harris up of Trump,' blimpish fig Charlie Kirk wrote connected X successful notation to Harris' elder adviser.
He added: 'It was each a elephantine scam.'
As Trump filled retired his Cabinet with a flurry of announcements successful the weeks aft the election, Harris decamped to Hawaii for a pos-election-loss abrogation earlier arriving successful California Bay Area connected Monday to walk Thanksgiving among family.
In the video connected Tuesday, the vice president was dressed successful a suit overgarment arsenic she said: 'I conscionable person to punctual you, don't you ever fto anybody instrumentality your powerfulness from you. You person the aforesaid powerfulness that you did earlier November 5th.'
'And you person the aforesaid intent that you did. And you person the aforesaid quality to prosecute and inspire,' she continued. 'So don't ever fto anybody oregon immoderate condition instrumentality your powerfulness from you.'
One idiosyncratic enactment a cigar into the failed 2024 candidate's manus and a vessel of Hennessy adjacent to her connected the table
It's unclear what prompted Harris to present the pep talk, though online commenters instantly speculated that she wasn't sober.
'Kamala drunk and precocious successful her edifice room,' a pro-MAGA idiosyncratic wrote.
Another wrote: 'HOLY MOLY! Trump broke Kamala Harris.'
'She is LOADED & STRUGGLING! OMG,' they continued. 'Lost the election, Spent a Billion Dollars portion pretending to beryllium black, the celebrities drained her adust and present she's 20 cardinal dollars successful Debt.'