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Assuming you mean "why?" not "who?"
Harris gave a speech where she said this:
https://youtu.be/ZiRSLYV1X4A
I guess you needed the context... ;)
So wait ... that laugh she has after saying "... coconut tree" ... is that her laughing at a joke her mum was making that she and her siblings and fellow younger people are coconuts?
Otherwise, her mum was Southern Indian (Chennai, Tamil Nadu IIRC), and I'd bet coconut trees and phrases about them are pretty common in Southern India and she just has humorous recollections about her mum's coconut tree phrases (I would if I was raised western with an Indian mum ... the word "coconut" probably emphasises the indian accent quite well).
So Kamala is kind-of known for her somewhat awkward/ inappropriate giggle laugh.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4626161-vice-president-kamala-harris-laugh-criticism-advice/
I think its kind of a dumb thing to be critical of and both Biden and Trump have far more annoying speech idiosyncrasies. But her giggle laugh has also happened at some weird and inappropriate times.
Oh I'm aware. It's a dumb thing to be critical of for sure. And my bet would be that originates from her attempt to be more politically amicable while her inner personality is probably a bit more "aggressive" or blunt. And of course she's navigating the misogynistic politics that force women to find some nearly impossible balance between "being nice" and "appearing competent and strong" at the same time.
All that being said, that laugh was odd and I couldn't help wonder what it was about ... as you imply, it may have just been a gesture of some kind in this political persona she's deploying.
She said on Drew Barrymore's show that its her Mom's laugh.
It is a bit of a tic though. Who cares. She's 1k better than Biden would have ever been in terms of beating Trump, so its fine.
The most important thing is that she needs to court some demographics. She needs muslim voters in the upper mid-west and she needs black women in GA and NC. If she picks Shapiro, and he can deliver PA, thats the ball game.
WTF - She has an awesome, borderline infectious, laugh.
People criticize it? Is that really the best they can do?