Vice President Kamala Harriswith just a few days left in office, she assured staff she would not “go quietly into the night” as she added her signature to a desk drawer in her formal office.
“And I’m not going to go through the list of all of our accomplishments. We know what they are. But I will tell you that everyone here has so much to be proud of, and our work is not done,” Harris said. “And as you all know me, since we have spent long hours, long days, months, and years together, it is not in my nature to go quietly into the night.”
Harris is the first woman to participate in the decades-long tradition of signing drawers. The vice president noted that she had met with everyone who signed the office, with the exception of Presidents Eisenhower and Truman.
Harris signs the inside of the center drawer of his desk, as part of a long-standing tradition, in the Vice President’s Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 16, 2025. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz)
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After Harris signed the desk, a crowd of current and former employees began chanting “MVP!”
“Each of us has embraced a life and a calling that consists of doing work in the service of others in a way that is fueled, yes, by ambition; yes, with a sense of almost stubbornness not to hear no; and knowing that we can make a difference,” she said. is Harris to his staff.
Biden and Harris walk through the White House Colonnade in Washington, DC, on Monday, April 11, 2022. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
While Harris participated in a long tradition, her journey to this point was anything but traditional.
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After becoming America’s first female vice president in the midst of a pandemic, Harris, along with President Biden, has overseen years filled with crises from COVID-19 to crime, inflation and borders. In addition to the challenges of the Biden-Harris administration, the vice president has also faced frequent ridicule for her “word salad.”
Harris’s path to becoming Democratic presidential candidate it was also historic, taking on President Biden after he suddenly dropped out of the race in 2024. Furthermore, the election cycle itself was full of controversy and multiple assassination attempts on the now President-elect Trump.
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The results are in with President-elect Donald Trump beating Vice President Kamala Harris. (Fox News)
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After a crushing defeat to President-elect Trump in November, Harris’ political future became murky. Some have speculated that she will run for governor of California in 2026, since Governor Gavin Newsom will not be able to run for a third term due to term limits. Others are wondering if she will skip running for governor and try again for president in 2028.
Harris has not spoken publicly about her future, so Thursday’s comment was the first on what she might be planning next Trump takes office.
