Kamala Harris Draws Viral Mockery Over 'Hope' as a Verb, Leaves 2028 Run Open

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 20

Harris’s Friday podcast answer defining “hope” as something that “should be a verb” spread quickly online, with critics branding the clip a rambling “word salad.”
Don Lemon’s interview captured Harris urging Americans not to let “an election or an individual” dim their “light,” delivering a long, abstract answer that fueled the backlash.
X users mocked both the phrasing and the premise, with several noting that “hope” is already used as both a noun and a verb.
Lemon also pressed Harris on 2028, and the 2026 presidential candidate said, “I have not decided,” while describing a listening tour around the country and calling for leaders willing to take risks.