Vice President Kamala Harris giggled when asked how she was dealing with the stress of the campaign trail Monday night.
With just over two weeks to go before the 2024 presidential election and the race in a dead heat, Harris spent her evening in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, alongside Republican Liz Cheney, who has become one of Harris’ fiercest advocates.
Both Harris and Cheney were interviewed by Maria Shriver, the former first lady of California under Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who asked the Democratic candidate what she does to de-stress.
“Everyone I talk to says, ‘I have to turn off the news, I can’t read anything, I’m meditating, I’m doing yoga, I’m so anxious I just don’t even know, I’m eating gummies, everything’” , said the evening’s moderator Maria Shriver.
‘What are you doing?’ Shriver asked.
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney react during a conversation Monday evening in Brookfield, Wisconsin
Democratic presidential candidate Harris sits with former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for a town hall with Maria Shriver at the Royal Oak Music Theater in Royal Oak, Michigan
The crowd laughed as Harris cackled, “Don’t eat gummies!”
While Harris may not eat gummies, marijuana is legal in the state of Michigan, something Harris advocated nationally last week.
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Harris said she smoked in college.
However, Harris admitted she was feeling the pressure of the ongoing campaign.
“I usually wake up in the middle of the night these days, to be honest,” the vice president admitted to an audience of supporters.
Harris told Shriver that Americans should not despair and that in a democracy, everyone has the ability to make a decision about the future through their vote.
“Let’s not feel powerless,” she said. ‘That’s not in our nature.
Despite the smile, Harris admitted she was feeling the pressure of the ongoing campaign
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, center, with former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, right, and moderator Charlie Sykes, left, together on stage during a town hall at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield, Wisconsin
“In a democracy, the people, every individual, has the power to decide what this will be,” she said. “So let’s not feel powerless.”
“We are standing at a moment and we are standing on the broad shoulders of people who have fought this fight for our country before,” Harris added.
“Then let us look at the challenge before us and not let it overwhelm us. The baton is now in our hands. We must fight for it, not against it.’