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Fight Club: Would You Have a Drink with Kamala?
Kamala Harris at the White House Correspondents’ dinner in April 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images).
Peter Savodnik wouldn’t waste a martini on Harris. Francesca Block eagerly would. They debate.
By Peter Savodnik and Frannie Block
08.08.24
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This is an election about vibes—God forbid we should have any understanding of where, say, Kamala Harris stands on anything; we just want to see her laugh to Beyoncé tunes. So the beer question—meaning, which candidate would you rather grab a beer with—is sort of the only one that seems to matter. In short, would you like to grab a glass of Chianti with…

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Peter Savodnik
Peter Savodnik is a senior editor at The Free Press. Previously, he wrote for Vanity Fair as well as GQ, Harper’s Magazine, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Wired, and other publications, reporting from the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, South Asia, and across the United States. His book, The Interloper: Lee Harvey Oswald Inside the Soviet Union, was published in 2013.
Frannie Block
Frannie Block is an investigative reporter at The Free Press, where she covers the forces shaping American life—from foreign influence in U.S. politics and national security to institutional overreach and due process failures. She began her career covering breaking news at The Des Moines Register.
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