‘Chills’: Kamala Harris' 'electric' speech channels '08 Obama energy
Kamala Harris’ speech in Atlanta reverberated among her base, as supporters harkened back to the energy surrounding then candidate Barack Obama’s 2008 run.
“I am not lying when I tell you chills went through my body, this was a MOMENT,” wrote Carter Christensen, communications strategist for Act Blue.
Harris seemed to hone her charisma on stage at the Georgia State Convocation Center·to a crowd of energized supporters as she egged on a debate with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has backed out of committing to going toe-to-toe with the former prosecutor.
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“I do hope you'll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage. Because as the saying goes, if you got something to say, say it to my face,” Harris said, nearly being drowned out by the roars of applause from the crowd.
The response echoed on social media, drawing comparison to Obama’s triumphant run.
"That rally was *electric,*" wrote @Angry_Staffer. "I haven’t seen this kind of momentum behind a candidate since Obama."
“I covered Obama rallies in ‘08. He’d get the crowd revved up by having one side yell 'fired up!' and the other side yell 'ready to go!' back and forth, then point to them all and say 'let’s go change the world' and they’d absolutely go nuts," wrote @kristin__wilson “This is that. She caught that fire.”
“This 120 seconds. I’m reenergized as a voter,” wrote @Schmoofy “Let’s make it happen.”Watch the clip below or at this link.