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Sen. Kamala Harris sought to put a halt to Vice President Mike Pence’s talking over her during their Wednesday debate.
While Wednesday night’s vice-presidential debate was much more civil than last week’s interruption-intensive face-off between the presidential candidates, Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris also talked over each other at times — and Joe Biden’s running mate wasn’t having it.
“Mr. Vice President, I am speaking.”
“If you don’t mind letting me finish, we can have a conversation.”
“He interrupted me, and I’d like to just finish, please.”
Harris’s repeated refusal to let Pence talk over her led to these quotes trending on Twitter on Wednesday night. And many tweets featured other women calling out how often they have experienced similar interruptions in their lives, particularly at work.
When Kamala said “IM SPEAKING” every single woman felt THAT
— mackenzie (@87kenzie) October 8,