Harris, Like Lincoln’s Second Vice President, Is Teased About Appearing Tipsy After, in Her Case, Lighting Up the Internet With Remarks to Supporters

‘I just have to remind you,’ she says. ‘Don’t let anybody take your power from you.’

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Detail of Matthew Brady's photograph of Lincoln's second vice president, and successor, Andrew Johnson. Via Wikimedia Commons

After Vice President Harris’s first public remarks since losing the election, the public is joking about her sobriety. Whatever a breathalyzer might say, the 49th vice president can take comfort that the humiliation is nowhere near that suffered by the 16th.

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