Harris, the former vice president, boarded a plane bound for her home state to visit firefighters fighting wildfires raging across Southern California and assist in food distribution with nonprofit World Central Kitchen, just after Vice President JD Vance took his oath of office and Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20.
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Harris' exit was historic, much like her vice presidency. After all, according to MSNBC, it was the first time a C-32 was flown by an entirely female crew for the U.S. Air Force.
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Her husband, former second gentleman Doug Emhoff, accompanied Harris on the flight. A trip to the West Coast during her last days in office never happened, despite the 60-year-old, who ran against Trump in the 2024 presidential election, telling her team that she wanted to meet with Californian first responders sooner, according to Politico.
On January 10, Harris posted on X, formerly Twitter, that «President Biden and I convened local, state, and federal officials for a briefing on our coordinated response to the wildfires across Southern California.» «We stand with you, fellow Californians. And as communities heal and