Throwback Vid Of Kamala Harris At 2013 Pride Parade Has The Internet In A Tizzy

By Kristin Conard
Kamala Harris waving Maxim Elramsisy/Shutterstock

In 2013, years before Kamala Harris made history as the first woman of color to hold the office of vice president, she was the Community Grand Marshal for the San Francisco Pride Parade. At the time, she was the San Francisco Attorney General. Harris has received a number of accolades for being a trailblazer, and this was another of those times. The role goes to someone who represents "a mix of individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community." A video of Harris being interviewed at the parade has resurfaced and is making the rounds on the internet. And there's lots of people lamenting what could have been when they saw the clip, and calling out Harris as looking particularly good.

The video of Harris was posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) in response to a shared article about how Democrats should be looking for more physically attractive candidates. And the video seems to be a strong example of how the Democrats already had an attractive candidate. One person replied: "Didn't the 2024 election completely refute this? Nobody thinks Trump is more attractive than Kamala Harris."

Kamala Harris got people's attention for her looks and her political perspective

Kamala Harris waving in the 2013 San Francisco Pride Parade Arun Nevader/Getty Images

More responses to the Kamala Harris video from the 2013 San Francisco Pride Parade echoed compliments of Harris's appearance. One person posted, "Truly floored by how gorgeous she was here." 

And another person quipped, "Doug Emhoff, can you fight?" The video is about the time when Emhoff and Harris went on their first date. And from the responses, it sounds like he wasn't the only one who would have been interested in Harris at the time.

Others seemed to comment on the content with a fan on X saying, "We fumbled a bad b****." In the video, Harris was asked about the United States Supreme Court's opinion in Hollingsworth v. Perry, which had happened not long before. The decision essentially confirmed that Proposition 8 in California, which said marriage was solely between a man and a woman, was unconstitutional. Harris talked about how it was celebrating "the accomplishment of a long-standing fight and struggle for civil rights," via X (formerly known as Twitter). Two days before the parade, Harris officiated the wedding of Kris Perry and Sandy Stier in San Francisco City Hall, the couple at the heart of the case.

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