WASHINGTON — Presidential elections are stressful – especially for the candidates campaigning for office.
But Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Monday said she’s not using one potential wellness technique to temper anxiety during her presidential campaign: marijuana edibles.
The topic arose during a town hall-style exchange between Harris and journalist Maria Shriver in Royal Oak, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
“Everybody I talk to says you know, ‘I have to turn off the news I can’t read anything, I’m meditating, I’m doing yoga. I’m so anxious… I’m eating gummies.’ All kinds of things. What are you doing?” Shriver asked, appearing to refer to cannabis gummies.
Laughing, Harris replied: “Not eating gummies.”
Harris then told Shriver that she usually wakes up in the middle of the night but tries to ground herself on the campaign trail by working out “every morning” and communicating with her family.
“In a democracy … the people, every individual, has the power to make a decision about what this will be,” she said. “So let’s not feel powerless.”
“We rise to a moment and we stand on broad shoulders of people who have fought this fight before for our country,” Harris added. “Let us look at the challenge then that we are being presented and not be overwhelmed by it. The baton is now in our hands to fight for not against.”
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Liz Cheney: ‘You can vote your conscience’
Harris appeared at the Michigan town hall with Liz Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman from Wyoming, as part of a swing through key midwestern swing states.
During the event, Cheney emphasized that she is an ardent conservative who believes that Harris will better defend and represent the United States.
“I want my children to know that there is someone sitting in the Oval Office that they can look up to, someone who can be a role model. And I’m incredibly proud, and I know that Vice President Harris will be that,” said Cheney, whose father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, has also crossed party lines to endorse the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket.
She also reminded Republican-leaning voters that their vote is secret.
“If you’re at all concerned, you can vote your conscience and not ever have to say a word to anybody. And there will be millions of Republicans who do that on November,” Cheney said.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Kamala Harris not eating edible gummies to combat election stress
