Kamala Harris releases defiant message before certifying her own election defeat in final humiliation

Vice President Kamala Harris released a video Monday morning saying she will fulfill her constitutional duty to certify the results of the 2024 election.

“Today at the United States Capitol, I will fulfill my constitutional duty as Vice President of the United States to certify the results of the 2024 election,” Harris said. “This duty is a sacred duty, one that I will uphold, guided by love of country, loyalty to our Constitution, and my unwavering faith in the American people.”

And as promised, she sat center stage as Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over her own candidacy.

It marks a final humiliation after Trump defeated the Democratic nominee in all seven swing states after she took over the top of President Joe Biden’s ticket in late July.

“The peaceful transition of power is one of the most fundamental principles of American democracy,” Harris said in the video. “Like every other principle, this is what distinguishes our system of government from monarchy and tyranny.”

She alluded to the attack on the Capitol on January 6, marking the fourth anniversary of the riot.

“As we have seen, our democracy can be fragile,” she noted. “And it will then be up to each of us to stand up for our most cherished principles and ensure that our government in America always remains of the people, by the people and for the people.”

Harris is not the first vice president to chair the hearing overseeing an election loss.

Vice President Kamala Harris (left) gives the gavel in the joint session of Congress to certify the victory of President-elect Donald Trump along with newly re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson (right)

Democratic Vice President Al Gore found himself in the same position after losing the Electoral College vote — but not the popular vote — to Republican George W. Bush after the 2000 election, going to one swing state: Florida.

Gore presided over the session, as did Vice President Richard Nixon when he lost the 1960 election to Democrat John F. Kennedy.

When Vice President Hubert Humphrey lost the 1968 election to Nixon, he skipped the January 6 session to attend the funeral of the UN’s first secretary general.

Several vice presidents also had to chair the session after voters decided not to keep them in that position for a second term.

That includes Vice President Mike Pence.

Trump wanted Pence to use his role as chairman of the joint session to throw out the results of swing states that Biden won as part of his broader effort to overturn the 2020 election.

Pence refused and remains persona non grata in Trumpworld.

Trump chose Ohio Senator JD Vance to replace Pence on the 2024 presidential ticket.

President George HW Bush’s No. 2, Vice President Dan Quayle, had to oversee the seat when they lost re-election in 1992, as did Walter Mondale, President Jimmy Carter’s vice president.

Reporters take photos of Vice President Kamala Harris as she walks to the House chamber on Monday to confirm the election of President-elect Donald Trump, her 2024 opponent

Vice President Kamala Harris smiles as she arrives in the House chamber to announce President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory. Monday’s count went smoothly, unlike four years ago, when it was interrupted by the violent attack on the Capitol

Vice President Kamala Harris is captured Monday as she arrives in the House chamber as she presides over the hearing to confirm the victory of her 2024 opponent, President-elect Donald Trump

During Friday’s Senate swearing-in ceremonies, Sen. Ruben Gallego’s son went viral for telling the vice president he wished she would have won the 2024 election.

“You know what, honey?” Harris responded to 8-year-old Michael. “Don’t worry, there’s still so much work to do.”

She asked the youth if he knew what “defeated” meant.

‘Are we defeated? No,” Harris said. “We are not defeated.”