Elon Musk, who has been accused of performing the salute at an inauguration event this week, shared social media post that questioned why other public figures hadn't been scrutinized.

Harris, born in Oakland, California, in 1964, is a natural-born U.S. citizen under the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.

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The appearance marks the end of her term as vice president and comes after her high-pressure run against Trump for the Oval Office. Earlier this month, on the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, she presided over the electoral vote count, pointing out that the ceremony was “a peaceful transfer of power.”

Richard Nixon was infamously defeated in his 1962 bid for California governor after having been a VP–turned-unsuccessful presidential hopeful thanks to John F. Kennedy. Nixon later went on to win the White House in 1968.

Kamala Harris hasn’t made any public decisions about what her political future is going to be — but she has already created the organization that will help fuel it. The former vice president established an LLC called Pioneer49 last month in her home state of California,

The former vice president’s first acts as a nonelected official for the first time in decades could be a sign of what comes next.

On the final Friday of her vice-presidency, Kamala Harris partook in one last ritual. She looked disbelievingly as she walked into her ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, across the street from the White House,

President Biden and Kamala Harris arrive together at the Capitol building for the President-elect, Donald Trump, inauguration

Former US president Joe Biden and former US vice president Kamala Harris listen as US President Donald Trump (L) delivers remarks after being sworn in as the president of the United States in an inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, January 20, 2025. —Reuters/Shawn Thew

Follow live updates from Donald Trump's presidential inauguration as he is sworn in as the 47th US President to succeed Joe Biden.

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