Author name: Shay Bottomley

A writer for Jimmy Kimmel directed an ad for the Kamala Harris campaign with the hope of attracting support from male voters – and it may actually be the funniest thing to come out of the Kimmel writers room ever.

The 90-second commercial largely features men from different backgrounds. Some are rural voters, while a biker and a gymgoer are among the characters in the blatantly choreographed advertisement.

Each character introduces themself with a little bit of information such as their background, as well as their hobbies and interests.

Before long, the characters begin repeating policy pledges already made by Vice President Harris. One, a rural farmer, raises a deeply unnatural in-depth argument about abortion “rights.”

The video then proceeds to feature each man saying they are “man enough” to support women. Some continue to hammer home the abortion argument, while others shift the focus to the female Democratic nominee before the commercial concludes.

As you’d expect, none of them are actually “totally ordinary white dudes for Harris,” but rather sycophantic left-wing activists. As X user “Bad Hombre” explains in the tweet below, the men featured in the ad are:

• Wayland McQueen is a far-left, pro-Antifa comedian and actor who has, until now, found limited success. He does improv gigs at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles. In a Twitter post from 2022, he explains what white privilege is and tells you why you need to acknowledge your white privilege. As of 2024 he is single.
• Lanre Idewu is an immigrant from Nigeria. He is also an actor who works at the D.C.-based OCTET Productions. He has many intimate pictures with the Obamas and the Bidens. Idewu, who is bisexual, has done gay-for-pay movies and nude solo shoots. In the “Men for Kamala” ad, he says he is “man enough to f-ing braid his daughter’s hair,” but the only problem is that he doesn’t have a daughter. Idewu isn’t braiding anyone’s hair.
• Mike Leffingwell, a gay man, also works at the Upright Citizens Brigade, where McQueen works. He is an acting coach, cartoon writer for Netflix and DreamWorks, and an actor in TV commercials. On his public Instagram page, he showcases his participation in his latest project—the “Men for Kamala” ad.
• Winston Carter, the heavyset fellow in the ad who claims to be a mechanic and rancher, lives in Los Angeles signed with Taft Broadcasting Company. He has found limited success in the acting world, mainly as an extra in films and as a character in the low-budget superhero film Spaghettiman.
• Tony Ketcham, the tough, rugged, bearded grandpa in his garage in the “Men for Kamala” ad, is also an actor. He now mainly does low-budget independent films like Car Botz, where he played the role of PePaw. Tony is unmarried in real life. In 2001, he played the extra role of “alcoholic consumer” in the movie Ghost World.

Harris has struggled to capture male voters throughout the campaign, with a recent NBC poll finding Donald Trump leading by 12 percentage points among men (52-40%).

When the latest commercial was shared on social media, many were unsure whether the commercial – clearly aimed towards heterosexual males – would be effective.

Those who were less concerned over potential sexualities still remained unconvinced by the commercial’s effectiveness.