The White House fired back at former Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday after she called members of the Trump administration “motherf***ers” and “crazy” during a stop on her book tour — pointing our her weird new “cackle” laugh she used on stage.
“[T]here is so much about this moment that is trying to make people feel like they’ve lost their minds, when in fact, these motherf—ers are crazy,” Harris said at the “A Day of Unreasonable Conversation” summit in Los Angeles on Monday.
The Los Angeles crowd erupted in applause after Harris’ remark. Harris appeared amused and forced a laugh at the response.
White House spokesperson Kush Desai responded with a direct shot at Harris’ laugh.
“Kamala Harris should listen to an audio recording of her cackle of a laugh before calling anyone crazy,” Desai said in a statement to TMZ.
Harris has faced criticism for years over her strange laughter, and critics have questioned whether it is genuine.
The former vice president laughed at criticism frequently on the campaign trail and attempted to deflect attacks from President Donald Trump with it. During their only presidential debate, Harris laughed when Trump accused her of being a Marxist.
Former second gentleman Doug Emhoff recalled at the 2024 Democratic National Convention that he fell in love with Harris and her laugh after she returned an awkward voicemail he left her.
“She called me back and we talked for an hour. We laughed — you know that laugh! I love that laugh,” Emhoff said of his wife.
Harris made similar comments the day before her Los Angeles event, when she used profanity during an appearance in San Francisco on Sunday while promoting her memoir “107 Days” about her failed presidential campaign.
“Part of this moment requires us to also debunk some of this stuff they’re trying to sell the American people: to scapegoat, instead of owning up to the responsibility that the powerful have to have some level of concern and care, if not just basic f—ing curiosity for the well-being of other people,” Harris said.
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