The bizarre jewelry ad that came from VP Kamala Harris presidential debate
BlackTechLogy: Tiffany's Double Pearl Hinged Earrings in Sterling Silver versus Nova H1 audio earrings
I have been waiting on a presidential debate between Donald Trump and then-Senator Kamala Harris since she announced her first run for president in 2019. When she dropped out at the end of the same year, never being able to see those two debate (after she did a good job with President Joe Biden) was one of my biggest disappointments. So you can only imagine my giddiness when Round 2 was on the table this past month.
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While I expected the debate to go exactly as it did, the one thing I was not ready for was accusations that she had an earpiece. An imaginary person was supposedly coaching the former prosecuting attorney as she talked. Never mind that Harris has a laundry list of cases that she could’ve pulled from to get herself ready for public speaking and oral arguments. This accusation felt more like somebody had watched one too many episodes of ‘80s high school sitcoms.
And she didn’t even have to take off her earrings or put Vaseline on her face to destroy him.
More importantly, the earring conspiracy theories are involuntarily confirming she won the debate. MAGA is trying to find any excuse for why a black and Indian woman couldn’t have possibly done it on her own. (This is the part where someone who has no black friends says, “Why do they make everything about race?”)
The ACTUAL earrings
Anyone with working eyes can see the little loop at the bottom of the Tiffany Double Pearl Hinged Earrings that Harris was actually wearing. From a side view, they look sorta like a one-loop paper clip — only with $800 freshwater pearls on the other end of her sterling silver jewelry. This earring is completely sold out on the Tiffany & Co.’s website. On ebay, these earrings are around the same price at $799.95.
The CONSPIRACY THEORY earrings
Created with a Kickstarter campaign, the Icebach Sound Solutions Nova H1 Audio Earrings, on the other hand, remind me of a fancy version of Pac Man. With the appearance of clip-on earrings and no hook whatsoever, the tech-centric pearl earrings hide a Bluetooth device that can connect to your smartphone to discreetly make phone calls and listen to music. The patented out-of-ear hearing technology called “Directional Sound” has a freshwater pearl attached to a silver- or gold-plated clip. And after the debate, these formerly $600 Nova H1 audio earrings are now available on ebay for $1,898.
It looks like Harris may have won the debate, but Nova definitely got some free press out of desperate attempts at not wanting to admit some people’s presidential pick didn’t do so well. Who would’ve ever thought his other tactics didn’t work — rambling about a “concept of a plan,” accusing Haitians of eating cats and dogs, suddenly not caring that Harris is black, freezing up at a 5’4 woman marching over to shake his hand, and being appalled that a woman had the audacity to say people were bored and leaving his campaign rallies.
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And she didn’t even have to take off her earrings or put Vaseline on her face to verbally dropkick him.
After showing up in the “Spin Room” to try to convince all the journalists that he won the debate didn’t work, a jewelry fight is the new go-to. Don’t be surprised if he starts selling gold Trump earrings to match his shoes and his autographed Bibles.
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