Vice President Kamala Harris has kept a low profile since losing the
election to President-elect Trump, vacationing in Hawaii with second
gentleman Doug Emhoff since last week.

Harris arrived in Kalaoa, Hawaii, on Tuesday for what is expected to be a
weeklong trip, a break from the rigorous campaign schedule she kept over
the last couple of months but also from her duties as vice president,
where she retains her tie-breaking vote as president of the Senate during
the last few months of President Biden�s administration.

The timing of the vice president�s trip has generated questions, with some
noting that many DNC staffers are uncertain about their futures while
others had been surprised by sudden layoffs.

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended the Harris
vacation during a Thursday briefing, arguing there was nothing "wrong"
with the vice president taking a vacation.

"The vice president has taken time off to go spend time with her family. I
don�t think there�s anything wrong with that. I think she deserves some
time to be with her family and to have some downtime. She has worked very
hard over � for the last four years, and her taking a couple of days to be
with her family, good for her. Good for her," Jean-Pierre said.

Harris is still expected to play a critical role in helping Biden push
through several judges as Democrats race against the clock to top the 234
that were confirmed during Trump�s first term, according to an NBC News
report last week.

With the Democrats holding such a slim majority in the upper chamber,
Harris broke the record last year for casting the most decisive votes of
any vice president in history, the report notes, with Democrats expected
to lean on the vice president once again in the coming weeks.

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