Kamala Harris takes a sip of Miller High Life with Stephen Colbert during ‘Late Show’ appearance
Vice President Kamala Harris cracked open a can of Miller High Life on Tuesday, and took one sip, during an appearance on CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
“When you first became the nominee and named Tim Walz as your vice president nominee people were calling it the vibe election. The vibes were all good,” late-night host Stephen Colbert told Harris, referring to the enthusiasm for the new Democratic nominee after President Biden dropped out of the race.
“But elections, I think, are won on vibes,” Colbert continued, in a clip released his show. “Because one of the old saws is I – they just want somebody they can have a beer with.”
“So would you like to have a beer with me? So I can tell people what that’s like?” the comedian asked.
Harris, 59, nodded in the affirmative before Colbert whipped out a couple cans of the vice president’s beer of choice.
“We asked ahead of time, because I can’t just be giving a drink to the vice president of the United States without asking,” the “Late Show” host admitted.
“You asked for Miller High Life. I’m just curious – “ Colbert wondered.
“Okay, the last time I had beer was at a baseball game with Doug,” the vice president said, referring to her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff.
Harris and Colbert both took a sip after exchanging “cheers.”
“The champagne of beers!” Harris exclaimed – the brand’s slogan – before breaking out in her trademark laugh.
The American-style lager is brewed in Wisconsin — one of seven swing states up for grabs on Election Day.
Colbert, who took part in a lavish NYC fundraiser for President Biden earlier this year, spent his monologue fact-checking claims made by former President Donald Trump and praising Harris.
In an apparent dig at Trump, Harris slammed the “crude” spread of “misinformation” and attempts to “manipulate” voters in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
“Have you no empathy, man … for the suffering of other people?” Harris said, without naming the former president.
“Have you no sense of purpose, if you purport to be a leader, to understand that being a leader means lifting people up in a time of need and not manipulating them,” she added.
When asked by Colbert what the “major changes” would be between a Harris presidency and Biden’s, as well as “what would stay the same,” the vice president deployed one of her canned lines.
“Well, I mean, I’m obviously not Joe Biden, and so that would be one change,” she responded, later adding, “I’m not Donald Trump.”
Colbert, 60, also asked the VP if she’s given her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, any description of what being the No. 2 in the White House would entail.
“I did – I have pointed out through my three and a half years of being vice president that it’s ‘vice’ president,” Harris said.
The Democratic nominee pushed for an immediate “ceasefire and hostage deal” when Colbert lamented that a year after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, some Americans appear to have “no hope for any sort of peaceful resolution” to the conflict in the region.
The funny man followed up by noting, “We’ve been told that a ceasefire deal was very close several times.”
“What does that mean?” he probed.
“Close means that a lot of the details have been worked out, but details remained,” Harris responded, admitting that any “progress” achieved through talks with the Hamas terror group and Israel is “meaningless unless a deal is actually reached.”
Harris’ appearance on Colbert’s show comes the day after “60 Minutes” – also on CBS – aired an exclusive interview with the vice president where she dodged questions about the border crisis, couldn’t say how she’d pay for her economic proposals and tried to explain why she’s flip-flopped on several issues since her 2020 White House bid.
Harris’ “Late Show” appearance is her first on a late-night talk show as the Democratic nominee for president.
Overall, it’s Harris’ seventh interview with Colbert and her first since March 2023, according to the network.