Former Vice President Kamala Harris was floored by her loss to President Trump this past November, having “bought the hype” that her campaign was in good shape in the run-up to Election Day, according to the author of a new book on the 2024 presidential election.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris was so taken aback by President Donald Trump’s shocking win in November that she could barely speak. As the reality of her defeat set in, Harris repeatedly asked her aides “if they’d actually lost” and whether “they were prepared to do a recount.

The world has not heard much from Kamala Harris since Donald Trump took office in January for his second term as president. That changed Thursday. Harris appeared as a speaker at the Leading Women Defined summit in Dana Point, California, and she opened up about what is taking place now with Trump in charge.