On Politics: ‘If somebody breaks in my house, they’re getting shot’

The remarkable utterance underscored Democrats’ increasing comfort with the country’s gun culture. 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But then, after Winfrey, a campaign surrogate, changed the subject to Harris’s own gun ownership, the vice president reached for a different kind of message entirely. “If someone breaks in my house,” Harris said, as her voice broke into a laugh, “they’re getting shot.” It was a remarkable utterance from a generally guarded candidate who expressed immediate regret. As Oprah tried to Oprah — “I hear that, I hear that,” she said — Harris admitted that she “probably should not have said that,” and joked that her aides would clean up her comment. “My staff will deal with that later,” Harris said, still laughing. But it also underscored her party’s increasing comfort with aspects of the country’s gun culture even as it campaigns against its dangers — and how Harris is seizing on it in the slim window she has to introduce herself to a country that has never elected a woman as president. “Here’s my point, Oprah,” Harris said. “I’m not trying to take everyone’s guns away.” Guns and the presidency have gone hand in hand for much of American history. 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Democratic politicians, from left, Jared Golden, Jason Kander and Joe Manchin have all appeared in campaign commercials sporting firearms. Harris’s comment — an ostensibly off-the-cuff moment from a candidate who spoke [just this week](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOS8xNy91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9oYXJyaXMtdHJ1bXAtaGFpdGlhbi1taWdyYW50cy1wZXRzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyNDA5MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTM0ODkyJm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzg0MjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmbsZgHuZoh3KlJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) about choosing her words carefully — came at a time when she is working hard to portray herself as tough in a campaign against a male opponent who cares deeply about his own image of strength. 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When Senator JD Vance of Ohio accepted his nomination as vice president, he spoke of finding his grandmother’s 19 loaded handguns, and last year, when the country was obsessing over Chinese spy balloons, he posted a [photo of himself peering skyward while holding a rifle](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0THaHR0cHM6Ly94LmNvbS9KRFZhbmNlL3N0YXR1cy8xNjIxNjIyNDY1MDk2MDI4MTYwP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjQwOTIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEzNDg5MiZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc4NDIxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpm7GYB7maIdypSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). And Trump [visited a gun store last year](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yNS91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1nbG9jay1ndW4tc291dGgtY2Fyb2xpbmEuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDI0MDkyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMzQ4OTImbmw9b24tcG9saXRpY3MmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3ODQyMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZuxmAe5miHcqUlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) and said he wanted to buy a firearm — though his criminal indictments raised legal questions about such a sale. My colleagues reported over the summer that the New York Police Department was [seeking to revoke](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8wNS9ueXJlZ2lvbi90cnVtcC1ndW4tbGljZW5zZS1ueXBkLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyNDA5MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTM0ODkyJm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzg0MjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmbsZgHuZoh3KlJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) his concealed carry permit after he was convicted on 34 felony charges. Harris has been trying to make the idea of a female president seem like nothing unusual. Her talk about her gun may be a way of portraying herself as not so different from the men she is running with and against, and those she is running to follow into the presidency. [Ad] [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0SjaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYyMjA4JmxpPUNOJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1DTl8yMDI0MDkyMCZzdHBlPWRlZmF1bHQmdGU9MSZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDI0MDkyMFcDbnl0Qgpm7GYB7maIdypSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0SjaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYyMjA4JmxpPUNOJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1DTl8yMDI0MDkyMCZzdHBlPWRlZmF1bHQmdGU9MSZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDI0MDkyMFcDbnl0Qgpm7GYB7maIdypSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) Kenny Holston/The New York Times THE MOMENT Watching the crowd Our photographers are on the road with presidential candidates all the time, and I’m using this space to highlight one image every week. Tonight, we’re looking at a picture made by [Kenny Holston](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkva2VubnktaG9sc3Rvbj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDI0MDkyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMzQ4OTImbmw9b24tcG9saXRpY3MmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3ODQyMSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZuxmAe5miHcqUlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) in Greensboro, N.C., last week. I spoke with Kenny today, and he explained what struck him about a photograph that captures members of a group that Harris needs to do well with: Black men. These men were so hyped up that it didn’t take much for them to start cheering. You could tell they had arrived with this energy. It wasn’t so much that Harris was amping up the crowd — it was the other way around. They were amping her up. [Ad] [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0SjaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzIzMjk3JmxpPUNOJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1DTl8yMDI0MDkyMCZzdHBlPWRlZmF1bHQmdGU9MSZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDI0MDkyMFcDbnl0Qgpm7GYB7maIdypSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0SjaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzIzMjk3JmxpPUNOJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1DTl8yMDI0MDkyMCZzdHBlPWRlZmF1bHQmdGU9MSZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDI0MDkyMFcDbnl0Qgpm7GYB7maIdypSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) An overwhelming number of Black supporters had shown up for this rally — more than I typically saw when covering rallies for President Biden. These men had done a lot to get to the front row — they really wanted to be part of the action that was going on. They were hanging on every word that she said. It was one of those moments that a photographer kind of dreams of, where your subjects are so engaged in what they’re doing that they kind of forget that there are photographers there at all. — Kenny Holston MORE POLITICS NEWS AND ANALYSIS [[Former President Donald J. Trump pointing to the audience from a stage, with the American and Israeli flags behind him.] Kent Nishimura for The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOS8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1qZXdzLWFudGlzZW1pdGlzbS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjQwOTIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEzNDg5MiZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc4NDIxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpm7GYB7maIdypSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [Trump’s Suggestion That Jews Could Cost Him Race Creates Fear of Antisemitic Reprisal Twice on Thursday, the former president said he believed “the Jewish people would have a lot to do with” a loss if Kamala Harris defeated him. By Jonathan Weisman](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOS8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1qZXdzLWFudGlzZW1pdGlzbS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjQwOTIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEzNDg5MiZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc4NDIxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpm7GYB7maIdypSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [[Lt. Gov Mark Robinson standing with a large crowd outside, with American flags in the background.] Veasey Conway for The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOS8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9kZW1vY3JhdHMtbWFyay1yb2JpbnNvbi1ub3J0aC1jYXJvbGluYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjQwOTIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEzNDg5MiZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc4NDIxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpm7GYB7maIdypSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [Democrats Seize on Robinson Scandal, Hoping to Sink Trump in a Key State Kamala Harris’s campaign quickly released a new ad to run in North Carolina featuring Donald Trump’s effusive praise for Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor. By Nicholas Nehamas and Maya King](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOS8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9kZW1vY3JhdHMtbWFyay1yb2JpbnNvbi1ub3J0aC1jYXJvbGluYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjQwOTIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEzNDg5MiZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc4NDIxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpm7GYB7maIdypSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [[Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview in Philadelphia on Tuesday. She is sitting in a chair and gesturing while talking into a microphone.] Kenny Holston/The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOS8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1oYXJyaXMtaXNyYWVsLWdhemEtd2FyLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyNDA5MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTM0ODkyJm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzg0MjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmbsZgHuZoh3KlJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [A G.O.P.-Linked Group’s Contradictory Ads Cast Harris as Friend and Foe of Israel The Future Coalition PAC is targeting voters in Pennsylvania and Michigan, both swing states, with contradictory messages about the vice president’s level of support for Israel. By Neil Vigdor and Katie Glueck](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOS8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1oYXJyaXMtaXNyYWVsLWdhemEtd2FyLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyNDA5MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTM0ODkyJm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzg0MjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmbsZgHuZoh3KlJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [[Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson walks on a stage in front of a row of American flags and points up with his right hand.] Doug Mills/The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOS8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1tYXJrLXJvYmluc29uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyNDA5MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTM0ODkyJm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzg0MjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmbsZgHuZoh3KlJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Trump’s Impulse After Robinson Bombshell Report: Ignore, and Power Through CNN’s article scrambled G.O.P. plans for winning North Carolina. People close to Donald Trump are holding out hope Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will decide to quit the governor’s race. By Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacher](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOS8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1tYXJrLXJvYmluc29uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyNDA5MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTM0ODkyJm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzg0MjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmbsZgHuZoh3KlJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [[Kamala Harris speaking on the small display screen of a video camera, as she herself appears blurred in the background. ] Kenny Holston/The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRo0IZmP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOS8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9rYW1hbGEtaGFycmlzLXRydW1wLWNhbXBhaWduLXNwZW5kaW5nLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyNDA5MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTM0ODkyJm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzg0MjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmbsZgHuZoh3KlJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Harris, With an Online Avalanche, Outspends Trump by Tens of Millions The week of their debate, Kamala Harris outspent Donald Trump by 20 to 1 on Facebook and Instagram. 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