Kamala Harris gets crickets from Mississippi rally crowd after butchering motivational quote: ‘Let me repeat that’

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Nava, V., & Suleymanov, M. (2026, October 23). Kamala Harris gets crickets from Mississippi rally crowd after butchering motivational quote: ‘Let me repeat that’. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/22/us-news/kamala-harris-gets-crickets-from-mississippi-rally-crowd-after-butchering-motivational-quote/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-23 · by Victor Nava, Mark Suleymanov

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At a Democratic rally in Columbus, Mississippi, former Vice President Kamala Harris struggled to engage a sparse crowd while delivering a convoluted motivational quote aimed at encouraging young people’s ambitions. Her attempt to reiterate her message only garnered minimal response, highlighting the lackluster reception of her stump speech for Senate candidate Scott Colom.
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Victor Nava
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🔮 “Why would you do that?” Colom said he was asked.
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Columbus Democratic Miss. Mississippi Senate

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Harris PERSON · 3× Colom PERSON · 2× Democratic NORP · 2× Miss. GPE · 2× Senate ORG · 2× Cindy Hyde-Smith PERSON · 1× Columbus GPE · 1× Kamala Harris PERSON · 1× Mississippi GPE · 1× Scott Colom PERSON · 1×

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The applause line received barely any reaction from the crowd, prompting the stunned former vice president to painfully deliver it again. “Let me repeat that: Never let anybody else’s, somebody else’s limited ability to see your capacity to be a limitation on your ambition,” she said, eliciting more of a reaction from rally-goers “That’s their limitation.
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🔮 “Why would you do that?” Colom said he was asked.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ attempt to inspire voters at a Democratic rally in Mississippi fell flat Thursday after she was forced to repeat a confusing quote in a far-from-full high school gym. asserted
she → inspire → gym
“You know, I mentor a lot of young people, and I talk to them sometimes and part of the advice I give them is, you know, never let someone else with limited ability to see your capacity be a limitation on your ambition,” Harris said at the Columbus, Miss., rally for Democratic Senate hopeful Scott Colom. asserted
Harris → know → Colom
The applause line received barely any reaction from the crowd, prompting the stunned former vice president to painfully deliver it again. “Let me repeat that: Never let anybody else’s, somebody else’s limited ability to see your capacity to be a limitation on your ambition,” she said, eliciting more of a reaction from rally-goers “That’s their limitation. asserted
That → receive → goers
That’s not our limitation. asserted
That → ’ → ?
That’s their limitation,” Harris continued, before delivering more of her trademark “word salad.” asserted
Harris → ’ → salad
“We are not limited in our ambition and desire and ability to see what is possible and what can be,” she told the crowd. asserted
she → limit → crowd
Colom, a state district attorney who is challenging incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) in the midterm elections, said his decision to invite the failed 2024 presidential candidate to stump for him raised eyebrows. asserted
decision → challenge → eyebrows
“Why would you do that?” Colom said he was asked. asserted
he → do → that
“You know what I told them, ‘Why not?’” the Senate hopeful told the audience ahead of Harris’ fumbled speech. asserted
hopeful → know → speech
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