Vice President Kamala Harris opened a can of Miller High Life and took a sip during an appearance on CBS's “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Tuesday.
“When you first became a candidate and you named Tim Walz as your running mate, people called it a vibe election. The vibe was all good,” late-night host Stephen Colbert told Harris. He spoke about his enthusiasm for a new Democratic candidate after President Biden withdrew from the race.
“But I think you can win elections on atmosphere,” Colbert continued in a clip shown on the show. “Because I'm one of those old saws. They just want someone to have a beer with.”
“So, would you like to have a beer with me? So we can tell people what it's like?” the comedian asked.
Harris, 59, nodded affirmatively before Colbert downed several cans of the vice president's favorite beer.
“I asked in advance, because I can't give the vice president of the United States a drink without his permission,” the “Late Show” host admitted.
“You asked for Miller High Life. I'm just curious-” Colbert wondered.
“Okay, the last time I had a beer was at a baseball game with Doug,” the vice president said of her husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.
Mr. Harris and Mr. Colbert exchanged a “cheers,” then both took a sip.
“Champagne in beer!” Harris exclaimed, the brand's slogan, before letting out his trademark laugh.
The American-style lager is brewed in Wisconsin, one of seven swing states on sale on Election Day.
Colbert, who attended a lavish New York City fundraiser for President Biden earlier this year, spent his monologue fact-checking former President Donald Trump's claims and praising Harris.
Harris was clearly critical of Trump, accusing him of spreading “crude” “misinformation” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helen and trying to “manipulate” voters.
“You can't empathize with the suffering of others?” Harris said, without naming the former president.
“If you claim to be a leader, you don't have the sense of purpose to understand that being a leader means lifting people up in times of need, not manipulating them. ” she added.
When Colbert asked what the “big changes” and “things remained the same” between Harris's and Biden's presidencies, the vice president rolled out one of his boilerplate statements:
“Well, I'm obviously not Joe Biden, so that would be a change,” she responded, later adding, “I'm not Donald Trump.”
Colbert, 60, also asked his running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, if he had explained what it meant to be No. 2 in the White House.
“I did. Throughout the three and a half years that I served as vice president, I pointed out that it was a 'vice' president,” Harris said.
When Colbert lamented that, a year after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, some Americans “don't seem to want any kind of peaceful resolution” to conflicts in the region, the Democratic candidate immediately said, advocated a cease-fire and a hostage agreement.
The funny man went on to say, “I have heard several times that a cease-fire agreement is very close.”
“What does that mean?” he asked.
Harris responded that “a deal means a lot of details have been ironed out, but there are still details left,” adding that the “progress” achieved through talks between the terrorist group Hamas and Israel is “not real. There is no point unless we reach an agreement.”
Harris' appearance on Colbert's show came a day after CBS' “60 Minutes'' aired an exclusive interview with the vice president, in which she dodged questions about the border crisis and discussed how her economic proposals would cost. It was not possible to say whether the company would pay for it. tried to explain why she has flipped on several issues since her 2020 White House bid.
Harris' appearance on “The Late Show” marks her first appearance on a late-night talk show as a Democratic presidential candidate.
The network said it was Harris' seventh interview with Colbert overall and her first since March 2023.
