What would you do if you’d just been dealt┬аa devastating, extremely public defeat?
If your answer is “drink wine in leggings,” then vice-president and former Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris can do you one better: Drink wine in leggings, sporting a messy bun, while playing Connect 4.
“Back to where it all began only a few months ago,” Harris’s 40-year-old niece, Meena Harris, wrote in an Instagram post Sunday┬аthat depicted a smiling, laughing┬аHarris sitting cross-legged┬аon the floor playing the old-school board game with Meena’s daughters, Amara and Leela.
“My eternal gratitude to everyone who showed up. We love her so much,” wrote┬аMeena, a lawyer, media executive, and┬аauthor.
In the photos, Harris is wearing leggings and┬аa┬аHoward University sweatshirt, and there’s a glass of white wine on the ground beside her.
“They cannot kill the joy on her face,” wrote one user.
“So glad to see this amazing woman surrounded by family. She deserves some serious downtime,” wrote another.
Some Donald Trump supporters, however, have zeroed in on the glass of wine in the background. In the past, Republicans have┬аfalsely accused her of having a drinking problem. At a rally in October, Trump┬аasked his supporters,┬а“Does she drink? Is she on drugs?”
It’s become a frequent topic┬аof criticism from the right,┬аas Harris, notably, is not a teetotaller, unlike Trump and U.S. President Joe Biden. The San Francisco Chronicle reported┬аshe was┬аa member of the┬аwine club at Rock Wall Wine Co. in Alameda, Calif. And in October, Harris cracked a beer with late-night show host Stephen Colbert.
In her first address after losing the 2024 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris thanked her supporters and emphasized that there will be a peaceful transfer of power.
‘It’s going to be OK’
Harris┬аconceded the presidential election to┬аTrump┬аlast Wednesday after┬аa sweeping rejection by American voters. She trailed in┬аevery battleground state┬аto Trump, a Republican whom she described as an existential danger to the country’s foundational institutions.
And Trump appeared on track to win the popular vote for the first time in his three campaigns for the White House тАФ even after two impeachments, dozens of felony convictions and an attempt to overturn his previous election loss.
“It is OK to feel sad and disappointed, but please know it’s going to be OK,” Harris told supporters in her concession speech Wednesday as some of them wiped tears from their eyes.
But on Sunday, Harris appeared relaxed with her family.┬аHarris reportedly┬аloves to dote┬аon her grand-nieces, and┬аthey’ve even appeared at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where they gave the audience a lesson in how to pronounce “Kamala.”
Meena Harris has posted dozens of photos of her daughters supporting their great-aunt, including in 2020, when Biden defeated Trump to become the 46th president of the United States тАФ with Harris as his running mate.
“VICE PRESIDENT AUNTIE,” wrote Meena on Nov. 7, 2020, alongside a photo of Harris┬аholding┬аAmara and Leela’s hands.
Last week, she posted a┬аvideo of the girls reminding people to “get out and vote!”
And as for the wine, well, for as many people criticizing, saying “of course,” or repeatedly calling Harris a “wine aunt,” there are people on both sides of the political spectrum applauding her, or simply saying “who cares.”
“I would do the same thing,” wrote a user on X.
“I voted for Trump but since he won, we don’t have to pick on her for this. Being with your family is wholesome,” wrote another person on X.
“Who cares? Having a glass of wine & laughing with your family is actually very normal behaviour,” added another.
