Almost a full month after becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris has yet to give a formal interview. Instead, her campaign continues posting videos in an attempt to endear her to voters, making her seem likable and relatable.
The videos were recorded and styled in a way that was designed to make them look candid and serendipitous, but it was later discovered that they were staged, as two different versions of the same video were uncovered. In the first video, her husband finds Doritos for her at the gas station, and Tim Walz is looking right at them. In the second video, Tim Walz locates the Doritos before handing them to the presidential hopeful, proving that they filmed the scene more than once, and it wasn't a genuine moment that happened to be captured on camera, but instead a calculated, scripted and rehearsed campaign move.
The videos were recorded in Sheetz — a gas station chain and beloved Pennsylvania staple — in what many recognized as a ploy to pander to voters in the crucial swing state. The gas station was cleared out so that they could film.
The Biden Harris administration is suing the chain, as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) claims their application process weeded out applicants that couldn't pass background checks, disproportionately affecting black, Native American and multiracial prospective employees. The lawsuit didn't stop Harris from using the chain to appeal to Pennsylvania voters this past week, and didn't stop Joe Biden from doing the same in April of this year when he was still on the campaign trail.
The lawsuit doesn't claim that the “discrimination” is intentional, but still alleges that Sheetz broke the law.
In a statement to the Associated Press, EEOC attorney Debra M. Lawrence said, “Federal law mandates that employment practices causing a disparate impact because of race or other protected classifications must be shown by the employer to be necessary to ensure the safe and efficient performance of the particular jobs at issue. Even when such necessity is proven, the practice remains unlawful if there is an alternative practice available that is comparably effective in achieving the employer's goals but causes less discriminatory effect.”
Aside from the controversy surrounding the Biden Harris Administration's lawsuit against Sheetz (despite both of them using the gas station chain in strategic campaign efforts), readers may want to note that Biden era inflation forced Doritos to begin skimping on chips, reducing their 9.75 oz. bag to 9.25 oz while the price remained the same.
This comes after the campaign shared a bizarre video of Tim Walz and Kamala Harris sitting down with one another to discuss their favorite music, “white guy tacos” and Walz's time as a football coach despite still not participating in any interviews.
When Kamala finally takes an interview, perhaps she'll be asked why she waited so long to do so, why she used a gas station chain her current administration is accusing of racism, and if she realizes the props she uses in her staged videos are costing everyday Americans more money for less product.
