‘She Could’ve Waited’: MAGA Crowd Bashes Kamala Harris for Taking Hawaii Vacation As Karine Jean-Pierre Shut Downs Reporter Who Questions Vice President’s ‘Down Time’

Twelve years after he was soundly defeated by Republican Richard Nixon in the 1972 election, former Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern was asked how long it had taken him to recover. “I’ll let you know when I get there,” the South Dakota Democrat quipped. So it stands to reason that Kamala Harris, who entered Election Day with even odds and ended it far behind Donald Trump in the electoral count, could use a vacation. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the American Federation of Teachers’ 88th National Convention on July 25, 2024 in Houston, Texas. The American Federation of Teachers is the first labor union to endorse Harris for president since announcing her campaign. (Photo by Montinique Monroe/Getty Images) “Part of the problem is you’ve been going nonstop for 18 months,” said former Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis, who lost decisively to George H.W. Bush in 1988. “Your time clock is all screwed up. Walter Mondale told me for months after he lost to [Ronald] Reagan [in 1984] he kept waking up at 2 a.m.” Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, arrived on Hawaii’s Big Island on Tuesday and are scheduled to remain through next week. The Federal Aviation Administration imposed...