Harris repeated the word 'holistic' three times in just 23 seconds to emphasize a point about how to increase available housing.

'For example, some of the work is going to be through what we do in terms of giving benefits and assistance to state and local governments around transit dollars,' she first replied.

'... and looking holistically at the connection between that and housing, and looking holistically at the incentives we in the federal government can create for local and state governments to actually engage in planning in a holistic manner that includes prioritizing affordable housing for working people,' Harris explained to Ruhle.

The elaborate emphasis on the word 'holistic' left viewers puzzled about what Harris was talking about as critics ripped into her latest word salad on social media.