How Kamala Harris lost the debate with her body language

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What can be deemed as superficial is often the determiner of debates: body language. And the strong nonverbal signals Sen. Kamala Harris was giving Vice President Mike Pence and debate viewers didn’t make any of us want to sit down and have a beer with her, or jam along to Tupac.

Body language is often the hardest to contain when one candidate is listening to the other. Whether you call it a smirk, a squint, or “resting bitch face,” not even the plexiglass barrier prevented the rest of us from noticing the mom glares she was tossing Pence’s way. Complete with raised eyebrows, the agitated looks she was giving Pence showed complete disdain.

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