Kamala Harris Cracks Open a Miller High Life With Stephen Colbert on ‘The Late Show’

Vice President Kamala Harris returned to CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on Tuesday night, marking her first late-night appearance since accepting the Democratic presidential nomination in August.

After a daylong media blitz, Harris cracked open a can of Miller High Life with host Stephen Colbert in front of his studio audience in New York City. “The last time I had beer was at a baseball game with Doug [Emhoff],” Harris said, before saying the lager brand’s slogan, “The Champagne of Beers.”

During the taped interview, Colbert asked Harris about revelations from journalist Bob Woodward’s upcoming book, “War,” including former President Donald Trump reportedly having as many as seven phone calls with Russian president Vladimir Putin since leaving office.

“Yeah, so I heard about it today. I haven’t read it. But look, I said even at the debate, Donald Trump – he openly admires dictators and authoritarians. He has said he wants to be a dictator on day one if he were elected again as president,” Kamala said. “He gets played by these guys. He admires so-called strongmen and he gets played because they flatter him or offer him favor.

“The commander-in-chief of the United States of America must stand strong and defend the principles that we hold dear. We should stand with our allies,” she continued. “We should strengthen the alliances that we have, such as Nato, which is the strongest military alliance the world has ever seen. We must stand with our friend Ukraine where Russia is attempting to change borders by force.”

Harris noted the “whirlwind” presidential campaign she’s had the past few months, saying, “There’s a lot of catching up to do. My opponent, the former president, has been running since 2020… People are exhausted by that old tired playbook of Donald Trump’s… Folks are ready to turn the page.”

When Colbert asked the vice president if Trump lost the 2020 election, Harris referred to her rallies and said, “Quite a few people show up by the way.” She then listed Trump’s various losses, describing him as a “loser.”

“This is what happens when I drink beer,” she said, jokingly.

Harris’ appearance on “The Late Show” is set to air on CBS at 11:35 p.m. ET.