Kamala Harris has a credibility crisis

At a recent news conference, Vice President Kamala Harris pounced into action, quickly defending her boss, President Joe Biden, after the Justice Department special counsel investigating Biden’s handling of classified documents called him a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” in a blistering 345-page report.

But if Harris wants to help her running mate keep the White House in November, she must unlearn cliched tricks from staid media and speech training of the 1990s. They don’t work in a new 21st-century era of selfie videos and camera-to-audience authenticity.

“What I saw in that report last night, I believe, is — as a former prosecutor,” Harris stated, speaking in disjointed sentences as she moved her open palm to her heart in the outdated “Me” gesture meant to convey sincerity but having the opposite effect. “The comments that were made by that prosecutor. Gratuitous. Inaccurate. And inappropriate.”

While Harris scored points in her speed to defend the commander-in-chief, she fell flat in authenticity.

It’s not just what Harris is saying; it’s how she is saying it