Kamala Harris was caught in a damning hot mic moment admitting her campaign is struggling with male voters with just over a week until Election Day.
The moment occurred while she was enjoying a beer alongside Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Trak Houz Bar & Grill while on the campaign trail in the critical swing state of Michigan over the weekend.
‘We need to move ground among men,’ she can be heard saying in a low voice to Whitmer, clearly not thinking that anyone was privy to their conversation.
She then looked up abruptly and cut off the private chat.
‘Oh, we have microphones and listening to everything,’ a surprised Harris says. ‘I didn’t realize that.’
‘Okay… you’ll bleep my F words hopefully,’ Whitmer joked.
‘We just told all the family secrets, s***,’ Harris replies before her busting out into a loud laugh.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer stop at the Trak Houz Bar and Grill October 26, 2024 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. During the event Harris told Whitmer what demographic group her campaign is honing in on with just days until the election
Just before the Democrats saw the microphones they were in conversation about how Harris needs her campaign to win over men.
‘We need to move ground among men,’ she can be heard saying in a low voice, clearly not thinking that anyone was privy to their conversation.
Her sentiment is not unfounded as Harris has consistently trailed Trump in the polls when it comes to male voters.
A recent USA Today/Suffolk University poll found Trump leading with men 53 percent to Harris’ 37 percent.
The same survey found the inverse with women as it found Harris leading with them 53 percent to Trump’s 36 percent.
Similarly a Quinnipiac University poll found that Harris leads with women by 57 percent in Michigan, while just 40 percent of men pledged her their support. Michigan men were found to back the ex-president by 56 percent and 37 percent of women were backing Trump.
While drinking beers at the bar with Whitmer, Harris admitted she is trying to make up ground with male voters
Harris also greeted people in the bar like this young girl shown above
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and former First Lady Michelle Obama campaign together at the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan, October 26, 2024
Gender gaps like these have been present in countless polls this cycle ever since Harris stepped in as the Democratic nominee following Joe Biden’s choice to cancel his reelection campaign.
The decision to stop at a bar and drink beers while football is on may be indicative of the Harris campaign’s strategy to draw more men over to her side.
Recently the 60-year-old Democrat did a town hall event in Detroit with popular radio host Charlamagne tha God, who is popular among young men, particularly those who are black.
Her campaign announced Monday that she will be doing an additional interview with the radio host on Tuesday, which would make it her second interview with him this month.
She also appeared on former NFL player Shannon Sharpe’s show where the two drank cognac and talked sports on Monday.
Kamala Harris spoke about the election with former NFL star Shannon Sharpe on his podcast
US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris greets union workers as she tours an International Union of Painters and Allied Trades training facility in Macomb, Michigan, on October 28, 2024
Most major polling is showing that the presidential race is a dead head.
Recent surveys have often showed that Harris and Trump are within one to two points of each other.
Frequently the difference between the Republican and Democrat is with the margin of error, meaning that the election really could go both ways.
