Kamala Harris walked into the Los Angeles Sparks locker room with a pep talk. Her critics heard another helping of word salad.
The former vice president drew mockery after delivering a motivational speech to the WNBA team over the weekend, praising its players for influencing Americans they may never meet and whose identities they may never know.
“I travel our country. Young girls, boys, people of every gender background, race, watch the ‘W’, and understand how inspiring it is,” Harris told the team.
“So keep doing what you’re doing. You guys are impacting people who you may never meet,” she continued.
The speech then took the familiar, winding turn that has made Harris’ public remarks a recurring target for conservatives.
Harris said the players were reaching people who “may never know your names or mine but they are aware of what you are.”
“And it is giving them a sense of their value, their dignity, and what they have a right to expect from this world,” she said. “So congratulations on this game, but congratulations as much as anything else for the path you guys are charting. It is extraordinary to watch.”
The message was meant to celebrate the Sparks and the WNBA’s cultural reach. Online critics quickly turned the appearance into another referendum on Harris’ speaking style and her post-White House political standing.
OutKick founder Clay Travis said the former Democratic presidential nominee made “zero sense.”
“This league has still never had a team visit the White House with Trump in office,” Travis added.
Other commenters described the remarks as “delusional word salad nonsense,” echoing years of criticism over Harris’ tendency to use circular language and broad motivational phrases.
“I still thank God every single day that this woman lost the election,” an account called One Bad Dude wrote.
“She’s like a party clown at this point,” another critic posted.
A third added: “Total mystery how this person lost every swing state.”
Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines used the appearance to accuse Harris’ political allies of applying a double standard to locker-room visits by public officials.
Gaines pointed to FBI Director Kash Patel’s February appearance with the U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team following its upset of Canada. Patel’s critics questioned why the nation’s top federal law enforcement official was delivering a sports pep talk.
“Was there any outrage like there was when Kash Patel was in the men’s locker room after the Olympic team won a gold medal at the Olympics? No, I don’t think so,” Gaines said Monday on Fox News.
Watch the clip below:
Kamala Harris gave a locker room speech to a WNBA team that made zero sense and then led a together cheer with them. This league has still never had a team visit the White House with Trump in office. pic.twitter.com/cwjA9mRjzK
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 12, 2026
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