Harris, Like Lincoln’s Second Vice President, Is Teased About Appearing Tipsy After, in Her Case, Lighting Up the Internet With Remarks to Supporters
‘I just have to remind you,’ she says. ‘Don’t let anybody take your power from you.’

After Vice President Harris’s first public remarks since losing the election, the public is joking about her sobriety. Whatever a breathalyzer might say, the 49th vice president can take comfort that the humiliation is nowhere near that suffered by the 16th.
“I know this is an uncertain time,” Ms. Harris told supporters on Tuesday in a video on the Democratic Party’s X account. “I’m clear-eyed about that. I know you’re clear-eyed about it, and it feels heavy. I just have to remind you: Don’t you ever let anybody take your power from you.”
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