A Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives just revealed an awkward encounter that she had with Vice President Kamala Harris. 

The lawmaker, according to Fox News, is U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA).

This comes after Harris's big loss to President-Elect Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.

She lost not only the Electoral College vote, but, it is looking as though she lost the popular vote as well.

Background

Gluesenkamp Perez revealed what happened between her and Harris to the New York Times. 

The Times starts off by providing some background about Gluesenkamp Perez.

The outlet writes:

For two years, Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Democrat from a rural, red district in Washington State, has been criticizing her party for being too dismissive of working-class voters. That message appears to have helped Ms. Gluesenkamp Perez, long considered perhaps the most vulnerable Democrat in the House, defy the odds in this week’s election.

To further bolster this point, Gluesenkamp Perez, unlike many of her fellow House Democrats, has indeed voted with Republicans at times. She, for example, opposed President Joe Biden's student loan handout.

In other words, it is fair to say that she is not your average Democrat these days, but, at the same time, she is also no Republican.

The alleged incident

While speaking to the Times, Gluesenkamp Perez revealed a strange encounter that she had with Harris.

"When Harris first came out, I was open to talking with her. I know she called a lot of my colleagues; she never called me. I’ve had one interaction with Harris, at her Naval Observatory Christmas party," Gluesenkamp Perez recalled.

She continued:

I’m not super comfortable at that kind of thing. I’d had a couple of beers, and I noticed that almost all of the garlands were plastic. My district grows a hell of a lot of Christmas trees. I was strong-armed into taking a picture. I said, “Madam Vice President, we grow those where I live.” She just walked away from me. There was kind of an eye roll, maybe. My thinking was, it does matter to people where I live. It’s the respect, the cultural regard for farmers. I didn’t feel like she understood what I was trying to say.

Gluesenkamp Perez is probably correct about that.

Harris, according to Fox News, has not responded to this report from the Times. In fact, Harris seems to be in hiding since her loss in the election.