We’re less than a week from the election. There isn’t any room for screwing up.
And now Kamala got caught on a hot mic that left Democrats hitting the panic button.
Vice President Kamala Harris was caught off guard when she realized her conversation with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer about her campaign’s struggle with male voters was being picked up by a microphone.
During a serious discussion at Trak Houz Bar and Grill in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Harris and Whitmer seemed unaware of the cameras and mics around them, leading to a moment that has since circulated widely online.
“So, my thing is we need to move ground among men,” Harris was heard telling Whitmer before she noticed the mics.
“Oh, we have microphones in here just listening to everything,” Harris remarked, appearing flustered.
“I didn’t realize that!”
Fox News reached out to her campaign for clarification on the comment, as Harris’s team works to address a gender gap in the race.
According to Fox News’s Gillian Turner, this moment represents a critical opportunity for both Harris and former President Trump to address the growing divide in support, which has widened since Harris’s nomination.
The latest New York Times polls show Harris with a lead among women voters, at 54% to Trump’s 42%, while Trump holds an advantage among male voters, leading 55% to Harris’s 41%.
Last week, Harris sidestepped questions about her diminishing support among men in an interview with NBC’s Peter Alexander.
When asked why there seemed to be a disconnect, Harris initially pointed to her live audiences as proof of diverse support.
She emphasized that she’s committed to earning every American’s vote.
Alexander pressed her further on the gap with male voters, but Harris said that wasn’t her experience on the campaign trail.
Meanwhile, a recent GenForward poll from the University of Chicago revealed that Trump has gained ground with specific demographics, showing that 26% of Black men aged 18 to 40 would vote for him, compared to only 12% of Black women.
This represents a notable shift, as Black voters overwhelmingly supported Biden over Trump in 2020.
Trump is also seeing improved support among young Latino men, with 44% indicating they would vote for him, up from around 38% in 2020.
Despite these gains, Harris leads Trump overall, 47-35, in the same poll, which included substantial samples of young voters of color.
Kamala and Gretchen Whitmer are caught on a hot mic at their very cringe drinking beer at bar scene:
"We need to move ground among men."
Then realizes they are probably getting recorded…
"Oh we have microphones in here just listening to everything … Sh**." pic.twitter.com/UeSOAdF30a
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 27, 2024
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