Kamala Harris says she 'stood up to veterans' in major gaffe, trolls call it 'rare moment of honesty'

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN: Vice President Kamala Harris said she "stood up to veterans" in a major slip-up at a Wisconsin rally.

The Democratic presidential nominee made the gaffe while speaking about her California attorney general days and mistakenly claimed she stood up to the war heroes of the US while addressing the swing state supporters on Thursday, October 17.

"I stood up to veterans and stood up for — excuse me," Harris said, as per the New York Post. However, she immediately corrected her slip of the tongue as some of the attendees groaned while others dismissed it with a laugh.

"[I] stood up for veterans and students being scammed by big, for-profit colleges," the vice president stated.

Kamala Harris introduced as 'president of the United States' to 4000 rallygoers

The campaign rally took place right across the NFL's Green Bay Packers' home, Lambeau Field.

According to a campaign official, more than 4000 people took part in the event to listen to Harris at the Resch Expo when a concert by the southern rock band Alabama was taking place simultaneously close to the rally arena.

Local Union leader Jim Ridderbush referred to Harris as "the president of the United States" while introducing her.

Harris' speech highlighted her policies targeting the middle class, as well as caregivers, women, and seniors. She touted her plan to extend Medicare to include seniors' home healthcare, claiming it would alleviate the burden on family members who have to take care of their older parents along with bringing up their children or working.

"It's about dignity, but the reality is it is expensive if you don't have the ability to do it," Harris said about taking care of seniors.

"It is expensive to try and bring somebody in, and far too many people have to quit their job to try and take care of their elderly relatives," she added. "And that's not right."

With only around three weeks left for Election Day, the vice president who took over the campaign from President Joe Biden in July is at her final stretch of the campaign to boost her support among swing state voters.

Biden won Wisconsin by a narrow margin against former president Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

The latest polls suggest Harris and Trump are in a neck-to-neck race in the Badger State. According to FiveThirtyEight's polling average, the vice president holds 47.9% support while Trump trails slightly, standing at 47.7%.

Internet mocks Kamala Harris for saying she 'stood up to veterans'

Netizens ridiculed Kamala Harris' stupidity over her latest gaffe at the Wisconsin rally where she mistakenly said she "stood up to veterans."

"She is so flustered after her embarrassing interview with Bret Baier She is cooked," a user said.

"She couldn’t block all the lies," another quipped.

"Well, she hasn't been standing up for us. So I'd call it a rare moment of honesty," added a third user.

"She misspoke. All politicians do it. But Kamala is quickly getting a track record as she campaigns," read a fourth response.

"Again! How dumb is she??!! Are you kidding me!" someone else wrote.

"When all you do is read a teleprompter and generate word salad - what do you expect," one user commented on Facebook.

"She's been hanging around Biden too long," an individual joked.

"She’s actually a rare kind of stupid," read another remark.

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