'Cry babies': Kamala Harris mocked for admitting she's 'scared as heck' of potential Trump election win

WASHINGTON, DC: In a candid appearance on 'The View' on Wednesday, January 17, Vice President Kamala Harris said she was "scared as heck" regarding the possibility of former President Donald Trump being reelected in the upcoming 2024 presidential election.

Harris claimed that she has encountered similar sentiments among many Americans she has interacted with in recent weeks. Highlighting the perceived anxiety, the veep insisted that she has been listening to these concerns and is committed to providing both a listening ear and concrete policy solutions.

Responding to concerns from the Obamas

The discussion took an interesting turn when co-host Joy Behar questioned Harris about recent comments from former President Obama and Former First Lady Michelle Obama expressing concerns about a potential Trump win.

"Are you scared?" Behar asked on the ABC network show. "What could happen if Trump ever became, God forbid, president again?"

"I am scared as heck," responded Harris. She elaborated, "There is an old saying that there are only two ways to run for office, either without an opponent or scared. So on all of those points, yes, we should all be scared, but as we know, and certainly, this is a table of very powerful women, we don’t run away from something when we’re scared. We fight back against it."

The audience and co-hosts, including Joy Behar, applauded her comments. Harris continued, "Right? So many of us know, when we are scared for our future of our children [sic], do we stay in bed with the covers over our head? No." 

Addressing the need to earn reelection, Harris explained, "We have to earn the re-elect, and we have to communicate what we have achieved. And that is going to be one of our big challenges. We've done a lot of good work, we have to let people know who brought [sic] it to them."

Social media backlash

However, Harris faced criticism on social media for expressing her fears about Trump's potential reelection.

"Cry babies," one posted on X (formerly Twitter).

"If things are so great, why are they so scared?" another wrote.

"What a fearmongering clown show," a comment read.

 

"She kinda ran from the border crisis," someone else added.

"The fact that’s the VP has the country scared as heck," another quipped.

Approval ratings and legal challenges

Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pressed Harris on President Biden's low approval ratings and Trump's rise in the polls despite his legal challenges.

Harris responded, "We are all starting to narrow in on what this election will mean and, frankly, in the midst of so many big issues challenging our world that, you know, are not binary, it's not just one side or the other, on this one, there is a split screen you can throw up and see."

"And it’s going to be the choice between, what is about respecting our democracy, what is about competence, versus chaos," she added. 

President Biden's approval rating recently hit a record low, standing at just 31%, according to an ABC News poll. The survey found that 58% of respondents disapprove of Biden's performance, surpassing even former President Trump's lowest rating of 36%.

This comes after Harris exuded confidence just last week during an interview in South Carolina, telling ABC News, “No matter who the Republican nominee is, we’re winning. I don't know, but look, if it is Donald Trump, we beat him before and we'll beat him again."

Since the beginning of 2024, Harris has been actively traveling to battleground states like Georgia, Nevada, and North Carolina to bolster the Biden administration's message.

Concerns about Biden's campaign operation have been raised by Democratic figures, with former President Obama's ex-campaign strategist David Axelrod emphasizing the need to "get into gear" after Trump's successful Iowa caucus win, per the New York Post.

Despite concerns about Biden's age, with the possibility of being the oldest-ever president serving a full term, Harris has continued to defend him.

“Let me just address the issue directly. I spend a lot of time with our president, be it in the Oval Office, the Situation Room,” she said Wednesday. “We have a president in Joe Biden who is forward-thinking in a way that we’ve not seen in a long time.”

 

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