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Ramsey Barner

(649 posts)
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 10:28 AM Aug 10

Kamala Harris picks up a to-go order, and this Phoenix restaurant owner is still smiling

While [Harris and Walz] didn’t stay at the restaurant long, Zapata said she wasn’t expecting the meaningful conversation she had with Harris. “Both her and the governor were excited,” she said. “The governor didn’t want very spicy food. (Harris) made a joke that even pepper is spicy for him.”

Zapata’s kids and nieces also got the chance to speak to Harris and Walz. Her niece, Arlette Adame, who is starting her first year of college this fall, said Harris advised her on what classes she should take. “She told me to stay in college,” she said. “It felt so surreal. She is extremely nice and the most calm person.”

[Davida Cisneros] said the new Harris-Walz ticket is energizing her about the election. “(Walz) is the teacher, the veteran, the coach,” Cisneros said. “It’s just someone we haven’t seen in politics in a while.”

Another customer at the restaurant, Shelley Hubbard, 59, of Phoenix, had been at the Harris-Walz rally in Glendale. She said it was a great introduction to Walz as a vice presidential candidate. “We think Donald Trump is unfit for office, and that’s why we are a little more politically engaged than before,” she said.

Zapata said she was considering putting a vice president-themed item on the menu. "They take their job so seriously, and they are great people," she said. "There's this perception that they are intimidating, but they are really nice."

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/10/harris-walz-ticket-stops-for-tamales-at-cocina-adamex-after-rally/74747040007/
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Kamala Harris picks up a to-go order, and this Phoenix restaurant owner is still smiling (Original Post) Ramsey Barner Aug 10 OP
(pics) speak easy Aug 10 #1
Great pics! Harris Walz are a breath of fresh air!! wordstroken Aug 10 #4
A custom made table marker with a beautiful drawing of the Vice President Botany Aug 10 #2
Ooooo nooooo grumpyduck Aug 10 #3
The right went ape shit over a tan suit. They would go apeshit if she said the sun rises in the east AZLD4Candidate Aug 10 #8
Excellent!! wordstroken Aug 10 #5
I bet Katcat Aug 10 #6
Twitter link: Short video of this visit Ramsey Barner Aug 10 #7
Great! moose65 Aug 10 #9
well...he's never laughed, so there's that... nt Trueblue Texan Aug 10 #10
He is incapable of connecting with anyone in a personal way. ShazzieB Aug 10 #13
Plus tRUMP is afraid of getting cooties from the common folks. He seems to japple Aug 10 #18
Well, to be fair, if JD touched me I would squirm also! Ewwww .... nt TBF Aug 10 #19
All of our recent Democratic presidents have been good at shit like this... Wounded Bear Aug 10 #11
I have a picture of my wife DENVERPOPS Aug 10 #14
Ohhh, lucky you. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 10 #20
Such decent people- They make me smile inside and out. NBachers Aug 10 #12
Stopped by Phoenix's Cielo Rojo today. This staff is something else. Thank you for the great meal. LetMyPeopleVote Aug 10 #15
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Aug 10 #16
Ramsey Barner......... Upthevibe Aug 10 #17
they are truly nice. barbtries Aug 10 #21

Botany

(72,283 posts)
2. A custom made table marker with a beautiful drawing of the Vice President
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 10:51 AM
Aug 10
La V.P. Can you say get the Latino vote?

We need that up on DU.

AZLD4Candidate

(6,243 posts)
8. The right went ape shit over a tan suit. They would go apeshit if she said the sun rises in the east
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 11:57 AM
Aug 10

claiming she is pro China.

Ramsey Barner

(649 posts)
7. Twitter link: Short video of this visit
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 11:40 AM
Aug 10

Tweet text:

VP Harris and Coach Walz went to a local Mexican restaurant after the rally. Kamala kindly asked the owner to retell the restaurant’s story for the press, knowing such exposure can generate a great amount of publicity and business.


moose65

(3,284 posts)
9. Great!
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 12:16 PM
Aug 10

Can you imagine Trump doing ANYTHING like this? I can't. Has he ever interacted on a personal level with anyone?

ShazzieB

(18,444 posts)
13. He is incapable of connecting with anyone in a personal way.
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 01:38 PM
Aug 10

That's because he has no interest in other people beyond what they can do for him. As a sociopath, people are props to be used to make him look good, or tools to be used to accomplish something he wants to accomplish. Often both at the same time.

He has no concept of other people's feelings or needs and no interest in such things. In his eyes, everyone is either on his side or against him, nothing in between. "Against him" can mean a wide range of things to him, from disagreeing with him about anything whatsoever to being unwilling to commit crimes for him.

Kamala, of course, is the exact opposite. She seems to have the same knack Joe has, of taking a real interest in the person she is speaking to and making them feel special and important. These little clips of her interacting with voters on the campaign trail remind me ao much of ones we've seen of him.

Tim Walz has that same ability to connect with people on a personal way, and I believe that is is going to be one of the Harris-Walz campaign's super powers. Kamala and Tim are both really good at making people feel listened to, cared about, and important, and I think this country is hungry for leaders that make them feel that way. That's what a lot of the enthusiasm and, yes, the joy are about, imo.

TSF and Shady Vance have no idea of how respond, because they're both mean-spirited trolls with shriveled little black hearts. They can't comprehend things like caring about other people and wanting to do good things to make people's lives better. They can't comprehend the kind of joy the Harris-Walz campaign is creating, and they never will.

That's why Kamala and Tim are going to win this thing!

japple

(10,280 posts)
18. Plus tRUMP is afraid of getting cooties from the common folks. He seems to
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 06:42 PM
Aug 10

squirm every time he has to shake JD's hand or when JD touches him.

Wounded Bear

(60,513 posts)
11. All of our recent Democratic presidents have been good at shit like this...
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 12:33 PM
Aug 10

going local, interacting with people on a personal level.

Retail politics at its best.

barbtries

(29,684 posts)
21. they are truly nice.
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 10:55 PM
Aug 10

good people. it's been good having a good person in the WH and it's all looking up from here, to me.

pinch me if i'm dreaming

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