A deflated-looking Vice President Kamala Harris reemerged on Tuesday, filming a quick video message for her supporters that was posted on the X account for the Democratic Party.
'I just have to remind you, don't you ever let anybody take your power from you. You have the same power that you did before November 5th,' she said, referencing the date of the presidential election that she lost to President-elect Donald Trump.
In the past three weeks, Trump has gotten his transition going by naming a flurry of Cabinet appointees.
Earlier Tuesday, his team announced they had ended a transition stalemate with the Biden White House.
Harris, in the meantime, decamped to Hawaii for a post-election-loss vacation and then arrived in the Bay Area Monday to spend Thanksgiving break among family.
She was dressed in work-wear for the video in what appeared to be a living room and looked bleary-eyed as she delivered the 28-second message.
'And you have the same purpose that you did. And you have the same ability to engage and inspire,' she continued. 'So don't ever let anybody or any circumstance take your power from you.'
It's unclear what prompted the VP to deliver the pep talk, though online commenters suggested she wasn't sober.
'Have you been drinking?' asked actor Kevin Sorbo, in an X post replying to the Democrat's video.
'Ooof she looks rough. Couple too many drinks?' another commenter said.
Harris and her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, spent six days at a $1,300-a-night vacation property on Hawaii's big island, rarely venturing out in public, DailyMail.com reported on Monday.
The home is a 5,200-sq.-ft., five-bedroom property owned by a scion of the Mondavi wine family.
And according to the online listing, the rental included 'three complimentary bottles of Mondavi family wine with every reservation.'
The vice president is reportedly leaving the door open for a future presidential run.
She first ran for the White House during the 2020 cycle but ended up dropping out in late 2019 even before the Iowa caucuses.
Biden then picked her to be his running mate.
She was thrust to the top of the ticket in July after leaders of the Democratic Party pushed the now 82-year-old Biden to step aside after his disastrous debate performance against Trump in late June heightened old-age concerns.
While polling showed her ahead of in spitting distance of Trump, she ended up losing all seven battleground states to the incoming Republican commander-in-chief.
Questions have been swirling as to how the Harris campaign blew through more than a billion dollars - with fingers being pointed at the celebrity-filled concert rallies in swing states that took place in the final days of the campaign.
The Democrats had also touted that they had a more organized ground game compared to Trump, but his team's messaging - that he was better on the economy and on immigration - outfoxed them.
Harris officially conceded the afternoon after the election - on the campus of her alma mater Howard University - where her election night shindig had been held.
A number of her supporters in the crowd were openly sobbing.
Her first post-election public appearance alongside Biden came on November 11 when they both attended a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington Cemetery.
The venue allowed for a somber appearance, with Dr. Jill Biden memorably sitting stonefaced next to the vice president.
Two days later, the Bidens invited Trump to join them at the White House, where the Democrat congratulated the Republican on his election win.
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