CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris appeared to have a minor verbal stumble Tuesday night at her rally in Milwaukeevowing to “put in the hard work” to win the White House — when she meant to say work.
“We know this is going to be a tight race right to the end. We have some hard work ahead of us. We have hard work ahead of us but we like hard work. Hard work is good work,” the Democratic presidential nominee said.
“And with your help in November, we will win – we will, because we will bet hard [sic] for the next 77 days.”
One participant in the rally said they winced when they heard the slip.
The term “awakened” is often used by Republican officials to denounce what they see as excessive political correctness.
“You’ve already won!” one participant shouted back.
“No, we haven’t won already, 77 days of work to do, my friends,” she replied.
Outgoing President Biden, 81, regularly made mistakes in his public statements — though Harris, 59, has yet to develop a reputation for doing so.
Harris, who replaced Biden as the party’s nominee when he announced his retirement on July 21, will deliver his nomination acceptance speech Thursday on the final night of the Democratic convention in Chicago.