Kamala Harris Oversaw the Certification of Her Own Defeat

Kamala Harris went back to work on Monday to do something she desperately hoped would never happen.

The vice president presided over Congress for likely the last time to certify the election results of a rival she still believes is a threat to democracy.

She didn’t explicitly acknowledge that belief during the ceremony, sticking instead to the procedure for directing the certification as members of the House and Senate jointly totaled electoral college votes from each state.