Opinion: Kamala Harris Needs to Be More Than ‘Brat’ to Beat Trump
The numbers tell the story. In less than five days, 35,000 people registered to vote, almost all of them (83 percent) between 18 and 34, the demographic that was key to the coalition that sent Barack Obama to the White House. In three days, the Kamala Harris campaign raised $126 million, signaling an enthusiasm for a Democratic nominee that hasn’t been apparent since 2008 with Obama (whose endorsement of her was confirmed Friday).
After a stunningly swift and flawless rollout of a presidential campaign, Vice President Harris topped it off by joining TikTok, where she’s already a sensation embraced by Gen Z. Young people love her laugh and the cautionary line from her mother, “You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?”
The phrase went viral along with lime green “Brat” and it’s all good whether you know what it means or not. The denizens of social media love Harris, and they’ve transformed a negative the GOP spent years cultivating that Harris has a “crazy laugh,” or a witch’s “cackle,” into a rallying cry for a candidacy that has upended the campaign.