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Jack Kessler

OPINION - From brat to coconuts, Kamala Harris is now a meme. Will it make a difference?

Kamala Harris is having a moment. In the space of a few days, the vice president has not only locked up her party's nomination for president, she has also become a meme. Depending on who you ask, Harris is 'brat' or 'Momala' while also intimately associated with the coconut emoji.

I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain the first two, but let's dwell on the third for a second. Harris, hitherto known as something of an awkward public performer in unscripted moments, was filmed last year telling this seemingly inconsequential personal anecdote: 

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