Harris was the highly anticipated speaker at a gala for women’s leadership group Emerge, located at downtown San Francisco’s Palace Hotel, and the event nearly coincided with the 100-day mark since Trump took office. She last addressed the public in her concession speech on November 6 at Howard University.

The former Democratic presidential nominee offered no suggestion of a vision for her party’s future — or shed any light on her own.

The speech would be the former vice president's first major public remarks since losing the 2024 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump.