Vice President Kamala Harris stuck it to critics who have been calling her out for avoiding the press since she swallowed President Joe BIden’s re-election campaign.

Unfortunately for the Democratic nominee, she did little to assure anyone that she had a clue and managed to reinforce to many viewers that she has avoided talking off the cuff to reporters for good reason.

Harris and running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, tried connecting with voters while on a bus tour through Pennsylvania. But without a teleprompter or preparation, it appeared the VP just delivered more of her signature word salads.

You wonder why they won’t usually let her take questions. Good lord. https://t.co/1h1SeRjbwh

— DavidH (@DHeaton_47) August 18, 2024

A reporter asked the vice president about the much-panned economic proposals that she announced in North Carolina, asking her how she proposed to pay for the giveaways she plans if elected.

But Harris gave a non-answer in which she repeatedly talked about a “return on investment” and the child tax credit.

I think she just learned about “return on investment” and really wanted to show off the new knowledge

— Jon (Kennesaw State Superfan) (@KSUOwlHowl) August 18, 2024

Wait, did she say she’s creating first-time home buyers with the child tax credit? And she’s calling tax credits an investment? Whose investment? In what? It’s not the government’s money. This woman has an Econ degree?

— TexanByBirth&Choice (@Txnbybirth) August 18, 2024

The question was “how do you pay for this?”

It’s like “Honey, I got so many beautiful things, and we saved so much BECAUSE IT WAS ON SALE!”

— Maggie Leber (@MaggieL) August 18, 2024

I don’t think she said “return on investment” enough times to really get the point across that it’s going to be a great return on investment

— Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) August 18, 2024

Many social media users wondered about the body language and facial expressions of those listening to Harris.

Look at Kamala’s husband and Tim Walz in the background. They are standing on pins and needles, scared of what she might, or might not, say. Kamala is dumb as hell and that’s why she has been hidden from unscripted questioning like this one. She knows nothing about policy. https://t.co/UD8RqZd9A0

— Carl Dean (@carlpdean5) August 18, 2024

But the Democrat nominee wasn’t done impressing with her verbal skills as she lectured a Pennsylvania crowd about “democracy.”

“And that’s what our election is about. Our election is about understanding the importance of this beautiful country of ours in terms of what we stand for around the globe as a democracy,” she said.

“As a democracy, we know there’s a duality to the nature of democracy. On the one hand, incredible strength when it is intact. What it does for its people to protect and defend their rights, their liberty, and their freedom, incredibly strong and incredibly fragile,” Harris added.

Kamala word salads are so back: “Our election is about understanding the importance of this beautiful country of ours in terms of what we stand for around the globe as a democracy. As a democracy, we know there’s a duality to the nature of democracy. On the one hand, incredible… pic.twitter.com/GeMmgVESFk

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 18, 2024

“What does this even mean?” Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) asked on X.

“Not a good look when everyone on X is calling you a drunk,” Collin Rugg added.

“This is why they don’t let Kamala speak without a script. Yikes,” the “End Wokeness” account posted.

The Trump War Room account highlighted another moment from Pennsylvania of “Kamala ‘Cringe’ Harris.”

Kamala “Cringe” Harris tells a Pennsylvania football team: “You will be undefeated even if you don’t win every game” pic.twitter.com/tmBlsBW660

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 18, 2024