The High Priestess of Gibberish Has No Idea What to Do Next to Sway the Electorate

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Published 2024-07-26
The New York Times is trying to reframe Vice President Kamala Harris' past viral gaffes as "celebratory artifacts" following her rapid rise as the presumptive Democratic nominee, Fox News reports.

Amanda Hess, an internet culture critic for the Times, wrote an article titled "The Triumphant Comeback of the Kamala Harris Meme," highlighting the surge in online content since President Biden endorsed Harris and exited the 2024 race.

Hess described Harris as a "highly memeable presidential candidate" and noted how previously unflattering memes and photoshopped images of Harris are now being repurposed to celebrate her candidacy.

"The same unflattering supercuts and Photoshop jobs once used to denigrate Harris have now been flipped into celebratory artifacts of her candidacy," Hess shared on Tuesday.

CNN's Van Jones has also praised Harris, saying she has transitioned "from cringe to cool" as liberals work to reshape her image.

Hess pointed out that Harris' frequently mocked catchphrase, "what can be, unburdened by what has been," has been reclaimed by her supporters. She explained that its "mild incoherence" makes it an appealing hook on TikTok, where fans remix and chop up her speeches like DJs.

"The redemption of the ‘unburdened’ meme is also a reaction to the genuinely concerning gibberish generated by the elder statesmen in the race over the past few months," Hess wrote, referencing Biden. "Harris now presides over a post-coherence landscape, one where her occasionally meandering phrasing feels refreshingly low stakes. It’s a quirk, not an existential threat to American democracy. The ‘unburdened’ supercut shows a candidate who can memorize a line and capably deliver it on command — not something that could be said of Joe Biden, in the end."

Hess further claimed that clips of Harris dancing and memorable quotes like "You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?" which were previously mocked by Republicans, have been embraced by her fans and reinterpreted positively.

"In the hands of her online fans, Harris’s word salad has been replated as hypnotic internet speak," Hess wrote. "Her confounding coconut tree quote — ‘You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you,’ she went on to say — now circulates as a symbol of the giddy high produced by her dizzy rise in a destabilized campaign. Her dance moves have been set to Charli XCX songs and filtered through Charli’s lime-green ‘Brat’-era branding, bathing Harris in her chill hot-mess pop star glow. Even ‘Kamala Harris is a cop’ has been reclaimed, with an exaggerated wink, by supporters eager to fashion it into a winning general-election pitch."

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All Comments (16)
  • @karlheinzvonkroemann2217
    We no longer have people that should be permitted to have their hands on nuclear weapons. Not under any circumstances from this point going foward.
  • @karensmiles7463
    Remember when her Dad ,came out years ago and said she was unfit for office!
  • @homunculous007
    It's not necessarily gibberish. At times, it's Marx-speak. The Soviets had phrases that echo her "gibberish." It's important, therefore, to peel the onion on some of her utterances. She's the high priestess of Marx-speak on occasion. Great show. Many thanks.
  • @jeanpepin6497
    I've worked in offices for a lot of my adult life and she reminds me of some middle management vp who tries to tell you bullshit to convince you you're working on a team
  • @laurakryzanowski3193
    Deciphering the cryptic phrase: What can be unburdened by what has been. The phrase appears to be directed at a certain group of people who know and are waiting for a sign to act.. Translation: What was once hindered (by laws and enforcement) is no longer there to stop you…Which is emphasized by the exaggerated body language of the arm sweeping upward to its highest to demonstrate “what can (now) be …”. followed by the downward sweep of the opposite arm to demonstrate the wiping out of “what has been”. Facing Left up right down Cartoon character portrayed by Kamala Reminds me of Baroness Corzy Scarlet Pimpernel.
  • @jackfullerton5762
    Me bets Joe’s gonna have a wellstone-esque death rally. “Keep Joe alive….(yadda-yadda)”
  • @mikepeterson8037
    Enough Politics. Time for a break. There is nothing I can do till election day. Time to enjoy the Summer and prepare for The NFL football season. See you after Halloween. Bye for now