At a memorial service in Houston for recently deceased Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Vice President and presumed Democrat nominee for president Kamala Harris referred to herself as the president. Joe Biden, who dropped out of the race a few weeks ago and endorsed Harris for president, is actually still the president until January.
Harris was speaking about Lee's life in public service. Standing alongside Bill and Hillary Clinton, Harris praised Lee and her work, bringing up her own work with the late representative on a bill to create the federal holiday Juneteenth, marking the day enslaved persons in Texas realized they were free after Lincoln emancipated all enslaved persons in the US.
"Which, as a US Senator, I was proud to co-sponsor and then as presi—" Harris checked herself, realized her error, and continued "As vice president it was my honor—with the president! With the president!" She emphasized. The crowd cheered for her, for her slip, for her candidacy.
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