Kamala Harris Is Giving Us Snark — And It’s The Energy We’ve Been Waiting For

On any given day, reporters get dozens or even hundreds of press releases from politicians, celebrities, organizations, companies and other public figures and institutions. Most of them are extremely forgettable.

But on Thursday morning, when Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign sent reporters an email with the subject line: “Statement on a 78-Year-Old Criminal’s Fox News Appearance,” it was such a contrast from the usual stream of dry and generic emails that inundate our inboxes that it didn’t even seem real at first.

“After watching Fox News this morning we only have one question, is Donald Trump ok?” the press release began, before laying out a bulleted list of “takeaways” from the former president’s appearance Thursday on his favorite program “Fox & Friends,” where he often goes on rants and makes baseless claims.

Among the Harris campaign’s list of bullet points: “Trump is old and quite weird?” Naturally, that line quickly got the internet’s attention.

Hours later, the campaign sent another press release with a similarly saucy subject line: “Happy World IVF Day To Everyone Except JD Vance,” referring to the GOP vice presidential nominee’s resurfaced comments criticizing “childless cat ladies.” This week, many people — including celebrities like Jennifer Aniston — have pointed out how Vance’s remarks are disrespectful to people who have struggled with infertility, and how they are especially galling as Republicans try to restrict access to IVF, as part of their continued efforts to gut reproductive rights.

It’s hard to imagine any other major party presidential campaign in recent history sending out that set of press releases. Their finely calibrated balance of clarity and concision, combined with