Newsmax hosts criticize Kamala Harris for smiling: “It's not presidential”
Mercedes Schlapp: “There is this hyper-emotional behavior that comes out of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz”
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From the August 19, 2024, Newsmax broadcast of the Democratic National Convention
GREG KELLY (CO-HOST): Do you think, Mercedes, she realizes -- man, she acts like she just won a billion dollars —
MERCEDES SCHLAPP (CO-HOST): Oh my.
KELLY: In some ways, she did.
SCHLAPP: It is. It's like The Price is Right. I mean, just like, you know, winning the car or something like that. It's kind of insane.
KELLY: It's not presidential, right? Fair enough. I mean, it's totally out of sync. I understand people are happy, but --
SCHLAPP: There is this hyper-emotional behavior that comes out of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. It's like they're always beyond giddy and everything is just fine. And what you realize is that, yes, you can be the happy warrior. Yes, you can, you know, crack some jokes. But things are tough in America right now. Family — American families are hurting, OK? It is chaos. There is growing — expanding wars. And yet you've got Kamala Harris calling for this — what is it? Love of country, this optimism, which I just don't think is necessarily going to sell.