Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris signed the inside of her desk in her ceremonial office this Thursday (16), and told employees and the press gathered there that she “will not go quietly into the night” when she leaves the charge.
“As you all know me, because we’ve spent long hours, long days, months and years together, it’s not in my nature to go quietly into the night, so don’t worry about it,” Harris told the assembled employees.
Asked by reporters in the room what her next step will be after leaving office in four days, she declared that she “will continue working until Monday”.
The vice president joined her predecessors in a tradition that began with President Harry Truman, who used the table at . Harris made history when she became vice president, becoming the first woman as well as the first Black or Asian American person in the position.
“I follow a long tradition as the 49th vice president of the United States, in a long tradition of vice presidents who have signed this table, and I do so with great honor and with the knowledge that our work here has been important,” said Harris .
President Joe Biden’s signature is among those inside the desk drawer — he signed the desk in the final days of January 2017.
