Kamala Harris has a knack for delivering speeches that leave people scratching their heads, and her recent remarks to the Broadway cast of A Wonderful World were no exception. If you were looking for a clear, coherent message, well, you were out of luck. But if you enjoy word salads with a side of awkward cackling, then Harris delivered a five-star performance.
Let’s set the stage. The former vice president—who was soundly rejected by voters in 2024—stepped in front of a very friendly audience and immediately kicked things off with her signature nervous laughter. “I don’t get out much these days!” she quipped. Now, that’s an interesting way to describe the post-Biden era, where she’s been relegated to political irrelevance. But hey, at least she still gets invited to speak at Broadway shows, so there’s that.
Then came the philosophical musings. “The spirit is tired, but it cannot be defeated,” Harris declared. Now, if this were a scene from a dramatic play, maybe that line would work. But coming from someone who just lost in historic fashion, it lands a little differently. One might ask: Whose spirit, exactly? The Democratic Party’s? Her own? The mainstream media, after spending four years propping her up only to watch her collapse under the weight of her own incompetence?
But wait—there’s more. She then attempted to weave together an analogy about “nature abhorring a vacuum” and how “where there’s a vacancy, let’s fill it.” Now, that’s an interesting choice of words from someone whose vice presidency often felt like one long, empty space. It’s also a little ironic, considering voters just filled the “vacancy” she and Joe Biden left with Donald Trump—something she might not want to remind people of.
And then, of course, came the predictable Democrat talking points. “The progress of our nation has always been about the expansion of rights, not the restriction of rights,” she warned before declaring that the country is making a “U-turn.” Now, when she says “rights,” what she really means is the leftist agenda—open borders, taxpayer-funded abortions, and whatever other radical policies they can slap the word “rights” onto. But if Harris wants to talk about U-turns, maybe she should look at her own political career. She went from being the media’s golden girl in 2020 to a political afterthought in 2024. Now that’s a U-turn.
She continued with more vague warnings about needing to be “vigilant” and “clear-eyed” before launching into a bizarre monologue that sounded more like a high school poetry reading than a political speech. “And it doesn’t mean we don’t see the beauty in everything,” she philosophized, pointing her finger to the sky like she was delivering some great revelation. “These things all coexist!” she exclaimed, shaking with enthusiasm. But here’s the thing—what things? What is she even talking about?
KAMALA: When we think about, like these moments, where, we see things that are being taken, but also, let’s see it as m-, you know, nature pours a vacuum, so where’s – where there’s a vacancy, then, let’s fill it.
CROWD: Mm!
KAMALA: Right?pic.twitter.com/1MYTW8vFOH
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 16, 2025
At some point, you have to wonder if even the audience understood what was happening. The crowd responded with polite “mmm”s and nods, but let’s be honest—half of them were probably just trying to figure out what she had just said. Some people on X even speculated that maybe she’d indulged in a little too much “liquid inspiration” before stepping up to the mic. And honestly, who could blame them for wondering? Her speeches have always had that slightly rambling, “I just had one too many at happy hour” quality to them.
This is exactly why Kamala Harris was never a serious contender for 2024. When a politician can’t even deliver a basic speech to a room full of supporters without losing the plot halfway through, how can anyone trust them to lead a country? Harris always gave the impression that she was trying to sound profound, but when you actually broke down her words, there was nothing there. And that’s precisely why voters sent her packing.
The Democrats are now left scrambling, with Harris as their so-called leader, and if this speech is any indication, they are in for a rough ride ahead. If she’s planning a comeback—whether it’s a run for California governor in 2026 or another presidential bid in 2028—she’s going to have to do better than this. Because as history has shown, Americans aren’t interested in empty platitudes, nervous laughter, and incoherent rambling. They’re interested in leadership. And Kamala Harris? She’s just not up to the task.
