Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged to her supporters Tuesday that her loss to President-elect Donald Trump nonetheless “feels heavy” in extensively mocked remarks delivered after her post-Election Day trip.
“I know this is an uncertain time. I’m clear eyed about that,” Harris, wanting dejected, stated throughout a digital assembly along with her grassroots supporters.
“I know you’re clear eyed about it, and it feels heavy,” she continued in her first public remarks since her concession speech at Howard College earlier this month.
“I just have to remind you, don’t you ever let anybody take your power from you,” Harris added. “You have the same power that you did before November 5th, and you have the same purpose that you did, and you have the same ability to engage and inspire.”
“So don’t ever let anybody or any circumstance take your power from you.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz preceded Harris on the decision and likewise appeared glum.
“Candidly, it’s a bit scary,” he stated of Trump’s win.
“I hope all of you take care of yourselves, take care of your families, find a place in your community to heal – both yourselves and your community,” Walz added, earlier than introducing the vp.
Neither supplied a proof on how their well-funded marketing campaign (Harris raised greater than $1 billion between July and November) managed to lose each swing state, the Electoral School and the favored vote to Trump.
A snippet of Harris’ 10-minute-long pep speak to supporters was shared on X by the Democratic Nationwide Committee and roundly ridiculed.
“The dial-up modem sound played on an infinite loop is more bearable than 28 seconds of whatever this is,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wrote on X.
“I’d read a 5,000 word article on how this got approved for release,” Ben Williamson, a Home GOP staffer and former Trump White Home aide, tweeted.
“A final 30 seconds of circular references for the road,” one other social media person remarked, referencing Harris’ frequent “word salad” on the marketing campaign path.
“No video like this would ever have been released by a politician who is not hated by her staff,” Dan McLaughlin, a author for Nationwide Assessment, wrote.
RNC staffer Gates McGavick urged that Harris’ “best play is to lay low for like 6 months” however famous that ”the actual fact she doesn’t understand that’s completely on-brand.”
Final week, Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff jetted off to Hawaii for a trip – opting to skip the so-called “losers party” on the White Home throughout which donors and insiders converged on the government mansion over the weekend.
“We are all in this together, all right? We are all in this together,” Harris stated close to the top of remarks, earlier than wishing her supporters “a Happy Thanksgiving.”
“I want for you that you’re surrounded by the individuals you’re keen on and who love you –
I encourage you to be round household in no matter means you compose that household,” she continued.
“We are powerful, those of us who love our country, and we’ve got a lot of work to do.”
