Harris lacked confidence, presidential demeanor in first TV interview: body language expert
Susan Constantine tells Fox News Digital that Vice President Kamala Harris needs to make 'tweaks into her body language to appear more confident'
By Greg Norman Fox News
Published August 30, 2024 1:05pm EDT
A body language expert who analyzed Vice President Kamala Harris’ first interview with the media since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee tells Fox News Digital that she believes Harris was "not confident in what she's saying" and lacked a presidential demeanor.
The vice president sat down alongside running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday night for a CNN interview after largely avoiding the press since ascending to the top of the Democratic ticket, yet she appeared to frequently look down while responding to questions.
"When I look at her overall demeanor, she does not carry the confidence or the presidential appearance in her demeanor to command in her position," body language expert Susan Constantine told Fox News Digital. "So for everything that I saw last night, she definitely needs to make some tweaks into her body language to appear more confident."
"The fact that she's looking down a lot removes a lot of the fluidity and the authenticity," she added.
Near the beginning of the interview, Harris was asked twice about her "day one" agenda but gave overarching answers instead of responding with a specific executive order or directive.
"When she struggles, you start to see a lot of the head bobbling. You know, the head bobbling is ‘what part of the file in my subconscious am I going to pull out? Which ones are my answers?’" Constantine said about Harris. "She couldn't come up with a crystal clear answer, and that's why she tends to bobble."
"When you bobble and waffle like that," Constantine continued, "that's another signal that she's not really... prepared. She doesn't really have confidence in her own answers."
"When you're breaking gaze, that is a form of deflection," Constantine also said. "So when you're removing an eye gaze, not making good eye contact, it's just showing me that she's not confident in what she's saying."
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