Joe Biden turned out all the lights in the White House before the election had even been called in a subtle dig at Kamala Harris.
The president appeared to head to bed early on Tuesday rather than stay up to watch his vice president’s spectacular defeat.
Fox News’ Peter Doocy reported that around 11pm ET all the lights in the main house were slowly turned off room by room signaling everyone had gone to sleep.
It came after Biden chose to ditch Harris’ Election Night watch party, choosing to stay home and watch the votes roll in alongside his wife Jill Biden.
The brutal snub came as the First Lady made a bold statement at the polling booth on Tuesday, donning a scarlet pantsuit, while hoping the electoral map stays blue.
Joe Biden turned out all the lights in the White House before the election had even been called in a subtle dig at Kamala HarrisÂ
The president appeared to head to bed early, rather than stay up to watch his vice president’s spectacular defeat
Some wondered if the Republican red outfit was a secret sign that she’d flipped and voted for Donald Trump.
The couple have reportedly been struggling to come to terms with Biden’s sidelining during the final push of the campaign.
While Harris deployed a star-studded crew of political big names to the tightest swing states on Sunday, the sitting president was nowhere to be found.
An embarrassing gaffe in which he referred to Trump’s supporters as ‘garbage’ days before appeared to be the reason he was put even further out to pasture.
Publicly, the White House insisted he hadn’t in fact said what everyone had heard.
But, behind closed doors, the Harris campaign insisted that he stay away from the final high profile events.
As such, Biden’s last few days in office have been characterized by those close to him as ‘lonely’ and ‘lost’.
It is a far cry from how he started the year, insisting he was fit enough to run again and beat Trump.
Biden has been increasingly sidelined by Harris’ team in the final days leading up to the election
He chose to ditch Harris’ Election Night watch party, choosing to stay home and watch the votes roll in alongside his wife Jill BidenÂ
Biden finally dropped out of the race on July 21, endorsing Harris as his replacement the same day.Â
Last month, according to a report by Axios, the Harris campaign has been rebuffing the president’s repeated offers to help her on the trail.
Privately, Jill Biden has described the situation as ‘tough’ for her husband as she herself was deployed to the campaign trail as he stayed behind.
In late August, at a White House reception, the president joked that he needed a new job, before appearing to tear up a little during his speech.
Elsewhere, he’s been seen wandering around stiffly, with some noting he appears ‘lost’.
Insiders tell the Mail that the president has been ‘watching more television’, with his grandchildren giving him recommendations for what to stream on Netflix.
Ultimately, the decision to sideline Biden may have been a moot point given Harris’ stunning defeat.Â
Trump is on track to win by a landslide, having stormed ahead in both the popular vote and electoral college votes.
Jill Biden was seen out and about voting in a bright red pantsuit, which made some to jokingly wonder if she’d flipped and voted for Donald Trump
Both the president and first lady – who have largely been shut out of the campaign since Harris took the top of the ticket – will be watching the returns from home
Harris is yet to publicly concede the election and chose to forgo a celebration event she had planned for Howard University on Tuesday night
Harris is yet to publicly concede the election and chose to forgo a celebration event she had planned for Howard University on Tuesday night.
However she has called the president-elect to offer her congratulations and emphasize a peaceful transition of power, CBS reports.
Her team said she is due to give a speech at her alma mater at 6pm ET. Â
Infighting within the Democrats’ camp has reportedly already begun as the party looks to pin blame for Harris’ defeat.
DNC Chair Jaime Harrison has announced he will not be seeking re-nomination when voting opens early next year.
Many pundits have blamed Harris’ failure on her inability to both distance herself from the issues with the Biden administration and argue that she has been an active vice president.
