Skip to main content
  • Online media
  • Tariffs
  • Epstein
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • RSS
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate

Media Matters for America

  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives

Media Matters for America

  • Nav
  • Search
  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives
  • Online media
  • Tariffs
  • Epstein
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • RSS
Stylized image of Kamala Harris with podiums

Audrey Bowler / Media Matters

Right-wing media waste no time launching sexist and racist attacks against Kamala Harris during debate

Conservatives called the historic vice presidential candidate “vile," “bitchy,” “smug,” and a “clown”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 10/07/20 10:54 PM EDT

Minutes after the October 7 vice presidential debate started, right-wing media figures and online extremists began attacking Democratic nominee Sen. Kamala Harris’ looks, body language, and behavior. Harris, the first Black woman and the first Indian American to serve on a major party’s presidential ticket in U.S. history, was quickly subjected to significant vitriol from conservatives, often connected explicitly to her race or gender. This behavior is nothing new; right-wing media figures began launching clearly racist and sexist attacks on Harris the moment she was nominated as presidential candidate Joe Biden’s running mate in August.

The Latest

  1. Jesse Watters on the deportation process: “We want them treated humanely, don't get me wrong. But this is not high on our list of priorities.”

    Video & Audio 07/29/25 6:38 PM EDT

  2. Joe Rogan calls Donald Trump’s mass deportations “scary” and “fucking crazy”

    Video & Audio 07/29/25 4:49 PM EDT

  3. Laura Loomer pushes baseless Islamophobic claims in the wake of NYC shooting

    Article 07/29/25 1:06 PM EDT

  4. Charlie Kirk says Sen. John Thune should turn off the Senate air conditioning to force through Trump nominees

    Video & Audio 07/29/25 12:50 PM EDT

  5. Charlie Kirk: “The Jezebel spirit has just infected an entire generation of young ladies”

    Video & Audio 07/29/25 11:27 AM EDT

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • …
  • Next page ››

In This Article

  • Kamala Harris

    Kamala Harris
  • Diversity & Discrimination

    Diversity & Discrimination

Related

  1. Charlie Kirk's executive producer: “What is an American? .... Just by stats, by history, yeah, white probably helps be an American.”

    Video & Audio 07/25/25 3:20 PM EDT

  2. Matt Walsh denies that some citizens are actually “American” — starting with a Cuban American GOP congresswoman born in Miami

    Article 07/25/25 12:20 PM EDT

  3. Greg Gutfeld says women were more skilled before DEI because “they had to be better than everybody else”

    Video & Audio 07/22/25 6:39 PM EDT

Media Matters for America

Sign up for email updates
  • About
  • Contact
  • Corrections
  • Submissions
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • RSS

© 2025 Media Matters for America

RSS