Kamala Harris picks up a to-go order, and this Phoenix restaurant owner is still smiling
While [Harris and Walz] didnt stay at the restaurant long, Zapata said she wasnt expecting the meaningful conversation she had with Harris. Both her and the governor were excited, she said. The governor didnt want very spicy food. (Harris) made a joke that even pepper is spicy for him.
Zapatas 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. Its just someone we havent 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 thats 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/
speak easy
(10,367 posts)wordstroken
(644 posts)Thank you, speak easy!
Botany
(72,283 posts)We need that up on DU.
grumpyduck
(6,640 posts)The right is going to go apeshit over this.
AZLD4Candidate
(6,243 posts)claiming she is pro China.
wordstroken
(644 posts)Thanks for the post, Ramsey Barner!
Katcat
(341 posts)She actually made sure the shop was paid unlike the orange blob.
Ramsey Barner
(649 posts)Tweet text:
VP Harris and Coach Walz went to a local Mexican restaurant after the rally. Kamala kindly asked the owner to retell the restaurants story for the press, knowing such exposure can generate a great amount of publicity and business.
Link to tweet
moose65
(3,284 posts)Can you imagine Trump doing ANYTHING like this? I can't. Has he ever interacted on a personal level with anyone?
Trueblue Texan
(2,886 posts)ShazzieB
(18,444 posts)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)squirm every time he has to shake JD's hand or when JD touches him.
TBF
(34,022 posts)Wounded Bear
(60,513 posts)going local, interacting with people on a personal level.
Retail politics at its best.
DENVERPOPS
(9,859 posts)hammering nails, right next to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton......
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,544 posts)Lucky wife.
NBachers
(18,073 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(153,851 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(153,851 posts)Upthevibe
(9,019 posts)barbtries
(29,684 posts)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