{"id":2371065,"date":"2024-11-20T05:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T10:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-escapes-to-hawaii-as-democrats-reel-from-2024-losses-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T05:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T10:38:35","slug":"kamala-harris-escapes-to-hawaii-as-democrats-reel-from-2024-losses-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-escapes-to-hawaii-as-democrats-reel-from-2024-losses-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris escapes to Hawaii as Democrats reel from 2024 losses &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-escapes-to-hawaii-as-democrats-reel-from-2024-losses-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2371065&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President Kamala Harris \u2064has largely \u200cretreated\u2062 from \u2064the public eye following her significant \u200celectoral defeat to President-elect Donald Trump, which occurred \u2064two weeks ago. As the Democratic Party struggles with a Republican \u200dresurgence, Harris traveled\u2064 to Kalaoa,\u200c Hawaii, marking\u2063 a\u200d period of diminished visibility within the Biden administration. While President Joe Biden has resumed his international engagements after suspending his 2024 reelection bid, Harris&#8217;s public appearances have been sparse, including\u2062 her\u2064 concession speech at Howard University. Critics\u200d note that she has never \u2062held a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trial-what-to-know-as-closing-arguments-begin\/\" title=\"Trump Trial: Key Points Ahead of Closing Arguments\">strong leadership position<\/a> within the party and her \u2063absence \u2062during this \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">tumultuous\u200d time raises questions<\/a> about her future role.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the\u2063 disarray \u2064among \u200dDemocrats, her schedule indicates minimal engagement with official duties, casting doubt on her \u200cinvolvement in pivotal Senate votes necessary for \u200cconfirming Biden&#8217;s judicial nominees before\u200d transitioning power. Her recent campaign, described as\u200d untraditional and poorly managed, \u200dsparked extensive criticism, particularly concerning her\u200b spending of over $1.5 billion within a \u200bmere 15 \u2064weeks. As she navigates this post-election phase, it remains\u2064 uncertain what Harris&#8217;s role will be moving forward,\u2063 particularly as she is needed\u200b in Washington\u200d for crucial tie votes in the Senate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kamala Harris escapes to Hawaii as Democrats reel from 2024 losses<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1878946\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> has retreated from the public spotlight since her resounding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220158\/donald-trump-defeats-kamala-harris-top-takeaways-election-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">loss<\/a> to President-elect Donald Trump two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>As Democrats reel from a Republican takeover of Washington, Harris traveled to Kalaoa, Hawaii, on Tuesday evening, capping a postelection period in which she has shifted back into the background of the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>, who ceded the spotlight after he was pressured into ending his 2024 reelection bid, has resumed his role on the world stage with international meetings at the G20 and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation this past week. He will celebrate his 82nd birthday on Wednesday, and some of his allies say Harris may be all but forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s never been the party leader,&rdquo; one Democratic strategist close to the White House said. &ldquo;She couldn&rsquo;t get through a primary on her own, so it&rsquo;s fitting that she&rsquo;d slink off to Hawaii while the party falls apart.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris has appeared in public just a handful of times following her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2024<\/a> electoral loss to President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, including her Nov. 6 concession speech at Howard University.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The outcome is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we hoped for, but hear me when I say, the light of America&rsquo;s promise will always turn bright as long as we never give up and as long as we keep fighting,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3226193\/which-biden-executive-orders-first-to-go-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HERE&rsquo;S WHICH BIDEN EXECUTIVE ORDERS WILL BE THE FIRST TO GO UNDER TRUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s OK to be sad or disappointed, but please know it&rsquo;s going to be OK,&rdquo; Harris continued. &ldquo;Sometimes the fight takes a while. Don&rsquo;t ever give up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris also joined Biden for a pair of Veterans Day memorial services at Arlington National Cemetery, where First Lady Jill Biden appeared&nbsp;to give her the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/jill-biden-s-apparent-cold-shoulder-for-kamala-harris-ignites-social-media\/ar-AA1tYyOT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"cold shoulder\">cold shoulder<\/a> and reignited narratives of tensions between the Biden and Harris teams in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> was next seen at the White House the following Tuesday, where she was greeted by administration staffers in between the West Wing and Eisenhower Executive Office Building ahead of a lunch with Biden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3223892\/president-elect-donald-trump-cabinet-picks-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP CABINET PICKS: WHO&rsquo;S BEEN TAPPED TO SERVE IN THE PRESIDENT-ELECT&rsquo;S ADMINISTRATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s schedule also gives little insight into what official duties the vice president has done over the past two weeks, reading simply, &ldquo;The&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President&nbsp;will be in Washington, DC where she will receive briefings and conduct internal meetings with staff. These meetings will be closed press.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-the-nras-strategy-to-escape-disaster\/\" title=\"Inside the NRA\u2019s Strategy to Escape Disaster\">office declined<\/a> to answer questions about her trip to Hawaii, what she and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff would be doing there, and when they would be returning.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are currently working to approve as many of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3235436\/trump-fury-biden-judges-sends-vance-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Biden's judicial nominees\">Biden&rsquo;s judicial nominees<\/a> as possible before surrendering control of the Senate, and the vice president would be needed in Washington to cast her tiebreaking votes if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She will definitely be available for any tie votes,&rdquo; a Harris senior aide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/kamala-harris\/kamala-harris-break-ties-biden-judicial-nominees-rcna180776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told NBC News\">told NBC News<\/a>. Another aide said those votes would wait until December when Harris returns from Hawaii. <\/p>\n<p>The break out of the public eye comes after an untraditional 100-day campaign for the presidency that ended in total defeat. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3222249\/how-kamala-harris-plowed-through-1-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOW KAMALA HARRIS PLOWED THROUGH $1 BILLION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>National pundits have thoroughly dissected her campaign, and critics on both sides of the aisle have openly&nbsp;questioned her campaign&rsquo;s mismanagement of a historic war chest. Harris reportedly spent more than $1.5 billion in just 15 weeks on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>previously reported that Harris&rsquo;s spending bonanza, an average in excess of $100 million per week, included upwards of $654 million on advertising.&nbsp;Backed by celebrities who showed up at her events, Harris&rsquo;s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3222249\/how-kamala-harris-plowed-through-1-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"paid $1 million\">paid $1 million<\/a> for Oprah Winfrey&rsquo;s Harpo Productions as the talk show mogul campaigned for her.<\/p>\n<p>None of Harris&rsquo;s campaign shortfalls, however, have quelled speculation about her political future.<\/p>\n<p>A poll published by the University&nbsp;of California Berkeley&rsquo;s Institute of Governmental Studies found Harris atop a list of possible 2026 California gubernatorial candidates. Outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has been floated as a Democratic presidential candidate for 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, who&nbsp;previously served as California&rsquo;s junior U.S. senator and the district attorney of San Francisco, earned 33% support in the UCB poll, far outpacing the second-place 13% posted by Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A poll published by Echelon Insights on Monday found Harris to be Democrats&rsquo; overwhelming favorite to be nominee again in 2028. <\/p>\n<p>The vice president earned 41% in Echelon&rsquo;s poll, compared to 8% for Newsom, 7% for Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), 6% for Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and 6% for Harris&rsquo;s own running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1878946\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1878946\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamala Harris retreats to Hawaii after 2024 election loss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2371066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/where-is-kamala.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33399,3685,10364,32438,32076],"class_list":["post-2371065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-elections","tag-democrats","tag-hawaii","tag-kamala-harris","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/where-is-kamala.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371065"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371069,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371065\/revisions\/2371069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}