Vice President Kamala Harris gaffeed the Pledge of Allegiance Friday before taking the oath of new U.S. senators at the beginning of the 119th Congress.

Harris emerged as the top Democratic candidate months before the 2024 presidential election, but lost her race to President-elect Donald Trump and remains in her constitutional role as president of the Senate. In her official capacity, Harris asked senators to join her in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of Congress. (Related: FOX News contributor says her only prayer for Harris’ return to politics is the weakness of “Democratic voters”)

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“Please join me in pledging allegiance to the flag,” Harris told senators at the beginning of the session shortly after noon on Friday. “I pledge allegiance to the United States and to the Republic it represents, one nation indivisible, under God, with liberty and justice for all.”

Harris appeared to fumble at the beginning of the Pledge of Allegiance, but begins With the words, “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.”

During her tenure as vice president, Harris has given a number of responses that have been described as a “word salad.” In October, CBS reported that one of her answers to a question during an interview aired on “60 Minutes” was edited to create a more concise vice president’s response rather than broadcast immediately. I was told.

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