Former Vice President Kamala Harris has been accused of being drunk as she made her return to the political arena on Wednesday night.
In her first speech after losing out on the presidency, she took the stage at the Emerge 20th anniversary gala in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco.
As part of her speech, she urged Democrats to find courage in the video of the San Diego zoo elephants who responded to a recent earthquake by grouping together.
She said: ‘As soon as they felt the earth shaking beneath their feet, they got in a circle and stood next to each other to protect the most vulnerable.
‘Think about it. What a powerful metaphor.’
After clips of her mentioning the zoo ended up on social media, users started questioning if Harris had been under the influence at the time.
One person commented: ‘Thank you thank you to the staff that allowed Kamala Harris to give her “big” speech tonight drunk as a mofo.
‘You cleverly not only put her political aspirations down in a merciful death, you also saved all of us from immeasurable misery.’
In her first speech after losing out on the presidency on Wednesday night , she took the stage at the Emerge 20th anniversary gala in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco
As part of her speech, she urged Democrats to find courage in the video of the San Diego zoo elephants who responded to a recent earthquake by grouping together
Another added: ‘She’s back: Did anyone actually pay to see this train wreck? Drunk, fake or high? You pick it! At least Kamala Harris has been worrying about elephants. Wow.’
One other said: ‘If you’re wondering if Kamala Harris still sounds drunk and cringe, she does.’
Harris was all laughs as she also told the audience that ‘it’s good to be home’, before soon getting to work criticizing President Donald Trump.
‘Instead of the administration working to advance America’s highest ideals, we are witnessing a wholesale abandonment of those ideals,’ she said.
She singled out Trump for leveling ‘reckless tariffs’ on foreign nations, and accused him of ‘the biggest manmade economic crisis in modern presidential history.’
Harris asserted that his economic plans had ‘hurt workers and families’ and raised costs for Americans.
Trump’s agenda, she said, was ‘not lowering costs’ and ‘not making life more affordable’ and ‘not what they promised.’
She noted that the Trump administration was counting on the fact that fear was ‘contagious.’
Social media users believe Harris may have been drunk by the time she took to the stage on Wednesday night
She singled out President Trump, seen here on Wednesday, and accused him of ‘the biggest manmade economic crisis in modern presidential history.’
‘They are counting on the notion that if they can make some people afraid, it will have a chilling effect on others, but what they have overlooked is that fear is not the only thing that is contagious. Courage is contagious,’ she said.
Harris cautioned Democrats from dismissing Trump’s efforts as ‘chaos.’
‘Understand what we are in fact witnessing is a high velocity event, where a vessel is being used for the swift implementation of an agenda that has been decades in the making,’
She urged Americans to stand against the administration with courage.
Harris only spoke for about 15 minutes, but it was the crowning moment for the event that helped raise money for female political candidates.
The event featured female candidate Mallory McMorrow, who is running of the Michigan Senate and Abigail Spanberger who is running for Governor of Virginia.
The major fundraiser for the organization cost up to $50,000 for a sponsor ticket, but also charged $25 for fans to watch a livestream of the failed presidential candidate.
Harris return to the public stage raises questions about the next step of her political career as she weighs whether or not she wants to run for Governor of California in 2026.
California Governor Gavin Newsom is term limited from running again and is already eying the 2028 presidential race.
Democrats are also watching Harris to see if she wants to run again for president in 2028, as she feels she did not have enough time to be fully competitive in her failed 2024 campaign.
