Former Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in Georgia on Thursday ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, appearing alongside Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms.
According to FOX 5 Atlanta, Harris’s itinerary included stops in Atlanta and Macon, as well as an NAACP town hall at Elizabeth Baptist Church. The appearances were part of a multi-state campaign swing that has kept Harris visible on the national political stage, fueling continued speculation about a possible 2028 presidential bid.
At the Georgia event, Harris delivered a line urging voters to focus on actions over rhetoric, saying people are “too busy watching what you’re doing to listen to what you’re saying” when it comes to assessing candidates ahead of Election Day. She also repeated a line about ambition, telling the crowd: “Never let someone else’s limited ability to see your capacity be a limitation on your ambition.”
Video of the Georgia remarks circulated widely on social media, with critics on the right arguing that Harris altered her speaking cadence depending on the audience she addressed. Social media users also resurfaced footage from an appearance in Mississippi roughly two days earlier, where commentators claimed Harris used a different vocal style than one she used days later while campaigning in New Hampshire. Critics have pointed to the contrast as evidence of inauthenticity, a line of criticism commentators have leveled at Harris and other politicians in the past, including former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.
Harris was born and raised primarily in California before building a political career in the state and later serving as a U.S. senator, vice president and the Democratic presidential nominee. Her campaign has not issued a response to the social media commentary about her speaking style.
The Georgia stops come as Democrats work to turn out voters for Ossoff and Bottoms in a closely watched midterm cycle, with Harris continuing to campaign across multiple states in the lead-up to Tuesday’s elections.
