Posted on 06/21/2026 6:47:03 AM PDT by DFG
Former Vice President Kamala Harris offered podcast host Don Lemon her own definition of the word “hope” on Friday, resulting in a clip that has since gone viral on social media as a “word salad” response.
“I really, truly believe this,” Harris said. “We each have light inside of us. And we need to know that that is what inspires our hope as much as anything external to ourselves.”
The former vice president and 2026 presidential candidate continued her long-winded response, imploring Americans not to lose sight of their vision of the future when faced with political or personal loss.
“And when we feel that and and and not allow an election or an individual to dampen that light, and instead light, let that light kind of carry us in particular through moments of darkness, that that we not only act on that hope, but we inspire that hope in each other,” Harris added.
“And, in particular, at this moment, it is so important that we not only have hope, but that we understand that that should be a verb.”
Harris’ seemingly meandering answer quickly gained traction on social media, with critics blasting the former vice president.
“Good word salad answer that can be summed up in two words: stay positive,” one user wrote on X.
“When the teacher told you to write a 300-word essay but you could only think of 100 words,” another poster said.
Others pointed out that the word is already defined as both a verb and a noun.
“It’s a noun: ‘I have hope that she never runs for any government office again,’” a user posted to X. “And it is a verb: ‘I hope she never runs for any government office again.’”
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““And when we feel that and and and not allow an election or an individual to dampen that light, and instead light, let that light kind of carry us in particular through moments of darkness, that that we not only act on that hope, but we inspire that hope in each other,” Harris added. Someone help me figure out what the hell that means.
It’s an intransitive verb (whatever that means)
Pick out something you like out of it and there you have it.
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Goofy as she is, I don't have a problem with that statement.
🦇💩😵💫
Coconut tree and yellow school bus are also verbs.
Too stupid to shut up and go away
Booze therapy is working great.
Look for Harris-AOC ticket in 28
Well, yes, it’s a verb when used as a verb. As in, “I HOPE Democrats are stupid enough to run Kamala Harris again in 2028.”
You combine those twos’ IQs and it’s still a struggle to reach 60.
except someone dropped the box and is just tossing up words at random.
Karmela Harris, the chef at Word Salad making....If James Beard gave out awards for word salad. She be the best... 🤓

Rhett Butler:
“No, I don’t think I will mock you, although you need mocking, badly. That’s what’s wrong with you. You should be mocked and often, and by someone who knows how.”
[of course, we all know that the probability of the above happening is close to zero, given that LIV Dems are just responding to name recognition, and that there's no HOPE that Kamala will be funded again by the same folks she hood-winked the first time ... There's re-funding and then there's refunding, and i'm sure the original suckers would choose the later if it was an option.]
Fist is also a verb.
She should check the dictionary.
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