Phoning It In: Kamala Harris Roasted for Faking Phone Calls to Dodge Press Questions [Watch]

She has the headphones in AND she has the phone to her ear? She’s really bad at this…

X users are roasting Kamala Harris for her new strategy for ducking questions from the press — the ol’ pretend-to-be-on-the-phone gag (and nobody’s buying it).

From The New York Post:

Vice President Kamala Harris brushed past reporters and boarded Air Force Two on Monday with her cellphone out and headphones firmly planted in both ears, a time-honored trick in Washington to avoid pesky questions from the press.

The Democratic presidential candidate offered an awkward salute before shaking hands with a US service member and striding up the steps of her official jet, one hand pressed carefully to her ear as if listening intently to what she was being told.

Harris, 59, glanced back and waved at the scrum of reporters near the plane’s steps, pausing again at the top of the ramp to adjust her headphone while at the same time holding her phone up to her left ear.

“She may not have been a senator long, but mastered the ‘Can’t talk, on a call’ play,” noted NBC News White House correspondent Mike Memoli on X.

“PRO TIP: When pretending to be on the phone when you walk past the press to your plane, do not plug in the headphones so others can see and ALSO HOLD THE PHONE TO YOUR EAR,” former Trump 2020 campaign communications director Tim Murtagh also posted.

“This destroys the illusion and tells everyone you’re full of it … again,” added Murtagh, who is a columnist for the Washington Times. “She truly is bad at this.”

“She’s so fake,” groaned former Utah GOP Congressman and current Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz.

“Sorry, too busy to answer questions. I’m listening to the new Taylor Swift song,” joked Breitbart reporter Elizabeth Weibel.

Watch the clip below:

Kamala Harris departs Joint Base Andrews, headed to Detroit, Michigan pic.twitter.com/QQY9UiXlQL

— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) September 2, 2024

[h/t The New York Post]