Former Vice President Kamala Harris continued to incorrectly claim that the 2024 presidential election was the “closest” of the 21st Century before standing up and shouting that President Donald Trump “does not have a mandate” during her weekend book tour stop in Houston.
Harris made the comments Saturday at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts, a 2,650-seat venue, while promoting her new book, 107 Days. She told the audience she was proud of what she called an “unprecedented” 3.5-month campaign against Trump, who she said “had been running for 10 years.”
“Here’s the other thing that is quite unprecedented — and it was the tightest, closest presidential election in the 21st Century,” Harris said, rising from her seat. “He does not have a mandate! That is not a mandate! That is not a mandate!”
The outburst drew loud cheers from the audience, with one attendee shouting back, “And he never did!”
Harris later joked that moderator Carlos Eduardo Espina — a self-described “community organizer and immigrant rights activist” — became so energized by her comments that he stood up too.
The former vice president has repeated the claim that the 2024 race was the closest of the century multiple times during her recent tour, including at her alma mater, Howard University, on Sept. 27, and during an MSNBC appearance last month.
