In a hilarious video from December of 2021 that reemerged on social media, namely X (formerly Twitter) in July of 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris could be seen trying to charge and electric vehicle and struggling heavily while doing so. Namely, she held the cable the entire time and cackled about not being able to tell if it was on.
That came when VP Harris was in Prince Georges County, Maryland, to receive a briefing about the electric vehicles being used there, and was to announce the Biden Administration’s electric vehicle charging plan, one that has since gone less than well. While doing so, she tried plugging in an EV and said, “There’s no sound or fume! .. How do I know it’s actually working.”
She then discussed the importance of “the lessons learned by the rollout of broadband” in the context of building an EV charging network. Doing so, VP Harris said, “When we think about the rollout of electric vehicles, we have those lessons in mind. Parity and equity and … thinking about communities that usually get overlooked.”
More attention was drawn to the embarrassing video of Kamala with the charger recently by The Post Millennial account on X, saying: “FLASHBACK: Kamala Harris held the cable the entire time while charging an electric vehicle. ‘There’s no sound or fume.’”
Watch the funny video here:
Commenting on the funny video, people said things like “And this person is the next president Potential candidate,, great” and “Was shy trying to “squeeze the handle” to pump “juice” into it?” Another commenter on the post joked about holding a cable like that while charging a phone, saying, “Don’t you hold the cable while charging your phone?”
VP Harris also said, during her speech about EVs, “The pollution from vehicles powered by fossil fuels has long harmed the health of communities around our country — communities overlooked and underserved. But there is a solution to this problem, and it is parked right behind me. Electric cars, trucks, and buses — they don’t produce tailpipe emissions that irritate the nose and eyes, decrease lung function, and increase susceptibility to respiratory illness.”
She continued, “And so, putting more electric vehicles on our roads will make communities like Mira Loma healthier for our babies. Which brings me to my second point: the strength of our economy. Sales are up, driven by consumer demand. The auto industry is clearly moving toward electric. We need to make the shift faster and make sure it is driven by the United States.”
She also said, “That means manufacturing millions of electric cars, trucks, and buses right here in our country. That means outfitting thousands of EV — elective vehicle — repair garages, just like this one. And it means installing a national network of EV chargers. When we ask people what is the biggest barrier for them to buy an electric car, the answer is almost always: figuring out where and how to charge it. People who live in apartments, for example, might not have a private driveway where they can install a plug. You heard the Secretary talk about that. Well, when we install public chargers, in rural, urban, and suburban neighborhoods, we make it easier for people to go electric. It’s that simple. It’s about being clear about what we need to get done and then to do it.”