Kamala Harris’ niece shared a photo of the vice president with her great nieces after her loss to President-elect Donald Trump following the 2024 presidential election.
“Back to where it all began only a few months ago. My eternal gratitude to everyone who showed up. We love her so much,” Meena Harris wrote in a post on Instagram on Saturday.
In a lighthearted moment, Harris, sporting a Howard University sweatshirt with her hair neatly pulled back into a bun, is seen laughing as she enjoys a game of Connect Four with her two great-nieces.
The scene captures a glimpse of the vice president in a relaxed, family-oriented atmosphere.
On Tuesday, Trump won a decisive victory over the vice president, securing 312 Electoral College votes to Harris’ 226. Sweeping all key swing states, Trump’s landslide victory signaled a nationwide shift to the right as Americans embraced a red wave.
Harris conceded the 2024 presidential election during a speech to her supporters on the campus of Howard University late Wednesday afternoon while vowing to keep fighting against a “dark time” for some Americans.
Harris, 60, addressed a subdued crowd at her alma mater’s main quad, known as “The Yard.”
“I know many people feel like we’re entering a dark time,” Harris said. “But for the benefit of us all, I hope that’s not the case.”
“My heart is full today, full of gratitude,” she told several thousand supporters in a concession speech peppered with optimism. “Hear me when I say the light of America’s promise will always burn bright.”
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Harris became the Democratic nominee for the top job following President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the race in July.
Democrats have lined up to point fingers following a stunning comeback by Trump, who becomes the first convicted person to become president.
It comes after the president-elect announced on Truth Social that neither Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in Trump’s first administration, nor former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be given roles when he returns to the White House next year.
“I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join the Trump Administration, which is currently in formation,” Trump wrote. “I very much enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously and would like to thank them for their service to our country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
In response, Haley posted on X, formerly Twitter: “I was proud to work with President Trump defending America at the United Nations. I wish him and all who serve great success in moving us forward to a stronger, safer America over the next four years.”
Haley initially ran against Trump and was his final challenger in the 2024 GOP primary before she exited the race after Super Tuesday in March. She made history as the first woman to win a Republican primary in the U.S., with victories in Washington, D.C., and Vermont.
Meanwhile, Trump’s team has shut down a former adviser’s claim that the incoming Republican administration’s priority for Ukraine would be on establishing peace and not restoring territory lost to Russia, including Crimea.
Bryan Lanza, a Republican strategist who worked on Trump’s presidential campaign and is not involved with the transition, said in an interview that the incoming Trump administration would be asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a “realistic vision for peace.”
“If President Zelensky comes to the table and says, well we can only have peace if we have Crimea, he shows to us that he’s not serious. Crimea is gone,” Lanza said on the BBC World Service’s Weekend program.
