“Vice President-elect Kamala Harris enjoyed some comic relief Saturday when a reporter asked for her reaction to the possibility of Donald Trump running again for president in 2024. “Please,” she responded, deadpan, before bursting into laughter — along with the journalists and spectators around her. First, she made a “scoffing sound,” noted Atlantic reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere, who asked the question. And VPE @KamalaHarris reaction when @IsaacDovere asks about her and President- elect Biden potentially running against President Trump in 2024 pic.twitter.com/Fw8gAY0nqF— Jasmine Wright (@JasJWright) November 28, 2020 Reporters were tagging along as a masked Harris and husband Doug Emhoff shopped the outdoor Downtown Holiday Market in Washington, D.C., on Small Business Saturday to support retailers and workers amid the pandemic. They were joined by Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser. Some people shouted out “congratulations” to Harris, and Emhoff purchased a T-shirt reading “Madame Vice President,” created by artists’ “Pop-Up Collaborative: Made in D.C.,” WTOP radio reported. Had a wonderful time getting some Small Business Saturday shopping done with @DouglasEmhoff this morning at the outdoor @dtwnholidaymkt. Thank you, @MurielBowser, and everyone who supported small businesses not just in our communities but all over the country today. pic.twitter.com/4KAbCF85X9— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 28, 2020 Madam VPE @KamalaHarris does some Holiday shopping in DC this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/B1Jydz1Efs— Jasmine Wright (@JasJWright) November 28, 2020 The couple also bought puzzles from the New York Puzzle Company and a print of types of cheeses from Marcella Kriebel Art and Illustration, according to pool reports. “We want to support our small businesses they are always really an essential part of the lifeblood of the community, part of the civic and social fabric of the community,” Harris told reporters. “Sadly, since COVID started, one in four small businesses in our country has closed.” People’s response on Twitter to Harris’ reaction to the idea of yet another Trump campaign was positive, though many scolded journalists for their own failure to move on. Don’t know why one even needs to ask that question. Here’s hoping the media resists the money-making implications of giving the #LoserInChief a platform beyond Jan/20th. He needs to permanently be out of our lives. #BidenHarris need the media space to govern their chosen way.— Linda Kyambadde (@globalcitizenln) November 28, 2020 I can already tell she will be a lot more real, more fun and more competent than Pence.— AKisASocialisolationist wash yer damn hands (@AKLienhartMinn) November 28, 2020 The energy Kamala gave here pic.twitter.com/tlIUileMur— 🏖 (@nickitellem) November 28, 2020
