Last week saw Vice President Kamala Harris faced with a resounding defeat in her race against President-elect Donald Trump.

While Harris' loss led to rumors that her stepdaughter sought medical treatment following a mental breakdown, those claims are being denied. 

Images show Ella Emhoff crying after stepmother's loss

According to Breitbart, one social media user wrote this past weekend, "Woah! Ella Emhoff, Kamala’s step-daughter, suffered a mental breakdown yesterday afternoon due to the grief from Kamala’s humiliating loss, and was admitted to an in-patient mental health crisis center in NY."

Comments such as those began circulating online after the New York Post reported that Emhoff "appears to be losing her mind" in the wake of Trump's election victory.

That report was accompanied by photographs which showed a tearful Emhoff leaning on the shoulder of her father, outgoing First Gentleman Doug Emhoff.

Meltdown video when? pic.twitter.com/SwA8W4F1C8

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However, Emhoff put out a statement on Instagram which denied the allegations, declaring, "There's a rumor about me having a mental breakdown and getting checked into a hospital. Not true."

Ella Emhoff: "Nothing wrong with showing emotion and crying"

"Also f–k you if you’re out there spreading that. There's nothing wrong with showing emotion and crying. Anyone who says there is probably needs a good cry," she continued.

"I've struggled with my mental health my whole life and I'm not ashamed of it," Emhoff stressed before adding that she had spent time playing with her dog.

Film producer Kerstin Emhoff is Ella Emhoff's mother, and she released a statement of her which decried "MAGA bs against my family.

"Leave my kids alone!!! Ella is doing great and spending a lovely day with her mom!" Mrs. Emhoff went on to demand.

Political analyst predicts "greatest mental health crisis" in American history

"Having the ability to show your emotions is something we should all hope for. It's ok to not feel great right now. We aren’t letting anyone break our family down," she asserted.

Meanwhile, political analyst Mark Halperin said late last month that a Trump win would "be the cause of the greatest mental health crisis in the history of the country."

"I think tens of millions of people will question their connection to the nation, their connection to other human beings, their connection to their vision of what their future for them and their children could be like," he predicted.