..."Kids in clip produced by Canada-based Sinking Ship Entertainment had to audition for the part - despite being presented as normal"
..."Other conservatives also took to Twitter to rib the vice president for over-the-top enthusiasm with the children.
" 'Too much DayQuil,' wrote American Conservative Union chair Matt Schlapp, while Donald Trump Jr said Harris' 'commitment to cringe is truly impressive' on Twitter.
" 'She's not allowed to speak to adults anymore,' Representative Lauren Boebert, of Colorado, commented caustically.
"At one point in the video, Harris suddenly became enthusiastic with wide-eyed wonder over what her visitors would see through the Naval Observatory's high-tech telescope.
" 'You guys are gonna see, you're gonna literally see the craters on the moon with your own eyes!' she enthused, pointing to her own peepers for emphasis — even though its craters can be seen with the naked eye. "...
"I'm speaking!" ...
..."Harris, who is the chair of the cabinet-level National Space Council since May, also struggled to identify reasons for space exploration, earlier in the video."...
White House Used Child Actors for NASA Video Featuring Kamala Harris
One of the child actors, Trevor Bernardino, told KSBW Action News 8 that he completed a screening process in which he submitted a monologue of himself discussing something he is passionate about, as well as three questions he would like to ask a world leader. Bernardino then spoke with the director of the production to test his interviewing skills.
One of the child actors had a political history as a trusted Democrat operative for such videos, having interviewed Michelle Obama as a "student journalist" a few years back in a video designed to make Michelle Obama look good. She was an experienced professional in more ways than one.