Since Vice President Kamala Harris announced she would seek the Democratic presidential nomination after President Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, memes of her asking, "You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?" have been circulating online. Harris said this in May 2023 during a White House event for an initiative focused on expanding educational opportunities for Hispanics and Latinos. Here's a portion of her speech from which this now-viral "coconut tree moment" comes.

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