Harris Draws Social Media Scorn For Digression About Elephants During An Earthquake

Former Vice President Kamala Harris urged Democrats crossed nan state to enactment for illustration elephants successful an awkward digression during her reside Wednesday night.

Harris delivered her first nationalist reside since losing nan 2024 predetermination connected Wednesday successful California, offering an angry and antagonistic position of President Donald Trump's first 100 days successful office.

"Please let me, friends, to digress for a moment," she told nan assemblage astatine Emerge's 20th day gala successful San Francisco. "Okay, it's benignant of acheronian successful here, but I americium going to inquire for a show of hands. Who saw that video from a mates of weeks ago? The 1 of nan elephants astatine nan San Diego Zoo during nan earthquake. Google it if you person not seen it.

"So that segment has been connected my mind. Everybody has been asking what are you reasoning astir these days. For those who haven't seen it, present those elephants were, and arsenic soon arsenic they felt nan world shaking beneath their feet, they sewage successful a circle and stood adjacent to each different to protect nan astir vulnerable. Think astir it. What a powerful metaphor," she continued.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris urged Democrats to enactment for illustration elephants during her first quality since losing nan 2024 election. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

"Because we cognize those who effort to incite fearfulness are astir effective erstwhile they disagreement and conquer. When they abstracted nan herd, erstwhile they effort to make everyone deliberation they are alone. But successful nan look of crisis, nan instruction is don't, don't scatter," she added.

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"The small heart has to beryllium to instantly find and link pinch each other, and to cognize that nan circle will beryllium stronger," she said.

Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a keynote reside during nan Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala astatine nan Palace Hotel connected April 30, 2025, successful San Francisco, California. Kamala Harris delivered her first nationalist reside since leaving agency successful January. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Many users connected societal media were speedy to mock Harris' communicative arsenic bizarre and jarring successful nan discourse of her speech.

"It is amended to support your rima closed and fto group deliberation you are a fool than to unfastened it and region each doubt," wrote 1 user, @JohnETiffany1, referencing a communal maxim.

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The erstwhile vice president did not reside rumors that she whitethorn beryllium considering a tally for politician of California during her speech.

The organizer, Emerge, is simply a training statement that seeks to hole Democratic women to tally for office. It charged $25 for viewers to summation entree to nan virtual livestream. Other package options included a $100 interest for young professionals and a $250 wide admittance ticket.