Harris' expressive reactions offer fresh fodder for campaign ads, experts said.
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during an ABC News presidential debate with former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Philadelphia, on Sept. 10, 2024.Vice President Kamala Harris' debate with former President Donald Trump Tuesday marked the high-water mark of their election-year matchup. Now, Democrats want to see it on voters' television and phone screens until November.
She successfully got him off talking points on inflation and the border, instead sparking stemwinders that didn't pack as much of a punch. When he dubbed her father a "Marxist" professor, she put her hand on her chin in confusion. And when he brought up debunked theories of migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, she laughed.
"What I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country, one who brings a sense of optimism about what we can do. We all have so much more in common than what separates us, and we can chart a new way forward," Harris says in the digital ad, resurfacing quotes from her debate performance. Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris gestures as she speaks during an ABC News presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia.The content coming out of the debate could play the role of past debate rules that the campaigns negotiated to put aside.
But Joe Navarro, a former FBI agent and the author of "The Dictionary of Body Language: A Field Guide to Human Behavior," added that Harris' range of expression offered a chance at an introduction for a candidate who has less cemented voter perceptions of her than her opponent does -- an opportunity on which ads could seize."I think in her quiver of behaviors, she just has a very wide variety, which interestingly enough is what people find attractive in others," he said.
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