Kamala Harris is on a media spree.In recent days, the Democratic nominee sat down with CBS’s 60 Minutes, ABC’s The View, the Call Her Daddy podcast and Howard Stern’s radio show. To cap it all off, Harris joined late-night host Stephen Colbert on Tuesday evening in front of a live audience.Off the bat, Colbert asked Harris if she would crack a cold one with him, referencing the old adage that people want politicians that they can sit down and have a beer with. Colbert disclosed that, of course, he asked the vice-president beforehand if she would be willing to drink with him.
She requested they drink “the Champagne of Beers” — a Miller High Life.“That tastes like the beautiful city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,” Colbert joked after taking a sip.Afterwards, the late-night host asked Harris if Donald Trump, indeed, lost the 2020 election, something the former president still denies.Harris responded: “You know, when you lost millions of jobs, you lost manufacturing, you lost automotive plants, you lost the election. What does that make you? A loser. This is what somebody at my rallies said.
I thought it was funny.”Harris broke out into laughter and added, “This is what happens when I drink beer!”The interview also tackled serious topics, including a new report that Trump sent COVID-19 test machines to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in 2020. The claims emerged in journalist Bob Woodward’s book War. Trump denies the allegations.Harris commented on the report, saying: “He openly admires dictators and authoritarians. He has said he wants to be a dictator on day one if he were elected again as president.
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