Former Vice President Kamala Harris sharply criticized the Trump administration on Monday during the “Day of Unreasonable Conversation” writers’ summit at The Getty Center in Los Angeles, framing today’s politics within a broader historical context.
“We are living history right now, and you all storytellers are living this,” Harris said in a video shared on the social media platform X. “You’re not passive observers, you know that. You’re living it, and I would ask you that all the emotions that we are feeling — give those emotions, give that experience to those people that you are writing about and writing for.”
She added that “there is so much about this moment that is trying to make people feel like they’ve lost their minds, when in fact, these mothaf—as are crazy!”
Harris started to laugh, prompting the audience to also laugh and applaud.
“There is so much about this moment that is trying to make people feel like they’ve lost their minds, when, in fact, these mothafuckas are crazy.”
Oh, Kamala Harris, you have charmed me🤭 pic.twitter.com/XKQ8GQOVro
— kamala book tour (@madampolitick) October 7, 2025
The event was co-chaired by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, screenwriter Greg Berlanti, and Kerry Washington with her Simpson Street producing partner, Pilar Savone.
“In this moment, when the algorithm really only feeds us what we already believe and fractured media silos us into polarized corners, content matters more than ever,” Washington said at the start of the one-day event, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Harris has been touring the country promoting her new book, 107 Days, which recounts her brief 2024 campaign and reveals tensions with former President Biden. In one excerpt published by The Atlantic, she wrote, “At 81, Joe got tired,” referencing his decision to drop out and endorse her. Some Democrats have criticized the book, with strategist Garry South saying it shows Harris “blaming everyone but herself for her loss.”
