Kamala Harris sent out a fundraising email. In it, she confessed she was so disconsolate on the night Trump won the 2016 election that she took a family-sized bag of Doritos and ate the whole thing without sharing. And, heavens to Betsy, she still eats them. In her words:
“Do you remember the day after Donald Trump was elected?” I do. It was election night for me as well. It was incredibly bittersweet. When I took the stage for my acceptance speech—to represent California in the Senate—I tore up my notes. I just said, ‘We will fight.’
Then I went home and I sat on the couch with a family-sized bag of nacho Doritos. I did not share one chip with anybody. Not even Doug. I just watched the TV with utter shock and dismay.
Two things are true eight years later: I still love Doritos and we still have not stopped fighting.”
Comfort eating? Who has not tackled sadness with something sinfully salty or sugary? I am sure I also ate something reassuring that night. Although I can’t remember exactly what because of the accompanying alcohol.
If you are a Kamala fan, you will read this and nod in recognition of the emotions of that night. If you are not, your reaction will be to savor Harris’s upset and fantasize about a Trump repeat this November.
And surely that’s the end of it.
Of course it isn’t. A Fox News guest had to weigh in on why eating snacks is evidence that Kamala does not have what it takes to be President.
On Friday night, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, who once filled the ‘conservative chair’ on The View, explained this philosophy to Sean Hannity. In her words:
“You just talked about Kamala Harris supposedly eating a bag of Doritos, so emotionally charged after hearing this. That’s the commander-in-chief, potentially, that’s the emotional response of the leader of the free world is to binge-eat a bag of Doritos? Are you kidding me?”
To drive home her point, Hasselbeck contrasted Harris with the manly men — both friend and foe — that leave racing-heart MAGAs prostrate on the fainting couch.
“Can you imagine Putin, how he deals with things? Chugging down a bag of Sour Patch Kids because he’s depressed about something not going his way? Or back in the day, (Qasem) Soleimani, what is he binging on Funyuns?”
I doubt that’s the actual response of an elite leader. Whether you agree with what they are leading or not.”
I have no idea how Putin deals with stress — beyond assassinating people. But I guarantee he has a coping mechanism. We all do. Except perhaps the truly stupid. I will have to ask Hasselbeck for data on that subject.
Her guy Trump has more than most. The minute that thin-skinned baby gets his feelings hurt, the whining starts. Toddlers have more emotional stability. Then factor in the name-calling and lying. Add fast food, cake and ice cream, Diet Coke, and God only knows what pharmaceuticals. And despite all that, he still has to throw condiments around to deal with his emotions.
The man is way too hormonal to be an effective leader.
We all grew up with the advice, “Don’t believe everything you read in the newspapers.” But since the advent of Fox News, what you hear now is, “Can you believe what they just said on TV?” Sadly, if you’re a MAGA watching Fox News, the answer is ‘yes’.
