On 7/2/2022, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the crowd at Essence Fest. She talked to Keke Palmer at the Essence Festival. “Don’t hear ‘nobody like you has done this before’, I like to say, I eat no for breakfast,” Harris told the crowd. She laughed at Americans struggling to afford gas: “so we have to multitask, looking at what we need to do domestically, what we need to do to bring down the cost of gas —
Palmer: Oh!
Harris: Right? Right? (Applause.)
Palmer: I seen a meme the other day that said, “Me Googling online, ‘How to make gas at home.’” Okay?
Harris: Oh, don’t do that. Don’t do that. (Laughter.) Please, don’t do that.
Palmer: Hilarious. (Laughter.) But it’s true. I mean, there’s so many things.
Kamala Harris refers to Joe Biden as “the vice president” again: “so you’ll remember, the election happened but it took a while for the — for it to be declared.
Palmer: Right.
Harris: And so, my husband and I were staying in Delaware so we could be near the Vice President-elect — I mean, President-elect at the time.
I eat no for breakfast:
Palmer: — that maybe you didn’t know or maybe you did know and have these dreams of one day being the Vice President. What would you say to prepare yourself for this role?
Harris: Well, first of all, don’t hear “no.” (Laughs.) Don’t hear, “It can’t be done.” (Applause.) Don’t hear, “Nobody like you has done this before.” I like to say, “I eat no for breakfast.” (Laughter.)
Palmer: Ah! I love when you say that. I love when you say that.
Laughs serious matter
Palmer: I mean, I know personally, for me, that just seems ridiculous. And it really puts me in an apathetic space to feel like, “Well, if you can come back and change things that are already settled, what is going to happen next?”
So I have to ask you: What — where were you when you heard the news? And, I mean, what do we do now? How do you feel, you know?
Harris: This is a serious matter.
About the viral meme:
Palmer: But there was something I wanted to ask you. You know, we have something in common. I didn’t get to say it then, but, you know, I’ve been meme’d a couple of times. But you are a part of my favorite meme with, “We did it, Joe.” (Laughter.) And so, I have to ask you — obviously, the excitement of the election hitting you in that moment: What were you thinking when you saw how that just went so viral?
Harris: Well, so you’ll remember, the election happened but it took a while for the — for it to be declared.
Palmer: Right.
Harris: And so, my husband and I were staying in Delaware so we could be near the Vice President-elect — I mean, President-elect at the time. And I work out every morning. And so, he and I worked out together, and we were then going back to the house. And he was like, “I’m going to walk a little bit more and cool down.” And so, he started to walk. I went up to the house, and I went upstairs to go take a shower.
Palmer: Yeah.
Harris: I’m just — I’m going to give you all kinds of information you weren’t expecting. (Laughter.)
And so, I turned on the shower — because it was cold. Remember, it was winter. And so, I turn on the shower so the water could heat up. And I got a text. And it said, “They declared the race.”
Palmer: Whooo!
Harris: I ran downstairs. I didn’t even turn off shower.
Palmer: Ah! Water bill high.
Harris: I ran downstairs. And I come out the house, “Doug! Doug!” I’m trying to find my husband. He’s down the hall — or down the pathway, and he’s got his earbuds in. So I’m they’re saying, “They called the race.” And I’m waving at him. And he’s just waving back because he’s listening to music. (Laughs.)
Palmer: He’s like, “Hey.”
Harris: He’s just waving back.
And then he came up. And then the President called — Joe Biden called. And so that meme is from my husband standing there videotaping me having the call with the President. That’s what that was.
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Kamala Harris laughs at Americans struggling to afford gas & refers to Joe Biden as “the Vice President” again.