Harris disappears from spotlight, vacations in Hawaii after election loss

Vice President Kamala Harris has kept a debased illustration since losing the predetermination to President-elect Trump, vacationing successful Hawaii with 2nd man Doug Emhoff since past week.

Harris arrived successful Kalaoa, Hawaii, connected Tuesday for what is expected to beryllium a weeklong trip, a interruption from the rigorous run docket she kept implicit the past mates of months but besides from her duties arsenic vice president, wherever she retains her tie-breaking ballot arsenic president of the Senate during the past fewer months of President Biden’s administration.

The timing of the vice president’s travel has generated questions, with immoderate noting that galore DNC staffers are uncertain astir their futures portion others had been amazed by abrupt layoffs.

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks astatine National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials successful Chicago, connected June 24, 2022. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre defended the Harris abrogation during a Thursday briefing, arguing determination was thing "wrong" with the vice president taking a vacation.

"The vice president has taken clip disconnected to spell walk clip with her family. I don’t deliberation there’s thing incorrect with that. I deliberation she deserves immoderate clip to beryllium with her household and to person immoderate downtime. She has worked precise hard implicit – for the past 4 years, and her taking a mates of days to beryllium with her family, bully for her. Good for her," Jean-Pierre said.

Harris is inactive expected to play a captious relation successful helping Biden propulsion done respective judges as Democrats contention against the timepiece to apical the 234 that were confirmed during Trump’s archetypal term, according to an NBC News study past week.

With the Democrats holding specified a slim bulk successful the precocious chamber, Harris broke the grounds past twelvemonth for casting the astir decisive votes of immoderate vice president successful history, the study notes, with Democrats expected to thin connected the vice president erstwhile again successful the coming weeks.

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession code connected Nov. 6, connected the field of Howard University successful Washington, D.C. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

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"This is thing they privation to wide the decks on," a elder Harris adjutant told NBC News.

"She volition decidedly beryllium disposable for immoderate necktie votes," a 2nd elder adjutant said.

"It is simply a large focus," a 3rd root told the outlet.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., besides said Tuesday that she was fixed announcement that Harris would beryllium available, though the legislator had not personally talked to Harris, according to the report.

"The extremity is to capable each judicial information that we can," Warren said.

Vice President Kamala Harris listens arsenic President Biden speaks astir borderline information astatine the White House, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Meanwhile, a senior Harris aide told NBC News that the vice president had already delayed her travel successful lawsuit she was needed successful the Senate, though present galore of those votes are expected to instrumentality spot successful December erstwhile Harris is backmost successful Washington.

The Harris run and White House did not instantly respond to a Fox News Digital petition for comment.