Kamala Harris' 'chuckling mood slowly evaporated' as she wore 'mask of misery'

A body language expert has revealed ' jovial mood "slowly evaporated" to the point where she wore a "mask of misery" as she delivered after losing the US election to .

Speaking to supporters at Howard University in Washington DC yesterday, Harris admitted there was no pathway for her to became US President and that Republican Trump had bested her in the race to the White House. Coming out to applause, as though she was still on the campaign trail with a cheery upbeat attitude - although the dire situation for the Democrats soon set in.

Harris told supporters: "The fight for freedom, for opportunity, for fairness and the dignity of all people, a fight for the ideals at the heart of our nation, the ideals that reflect America at our best. That is a fight I will never give up.”

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The Vice President's concession speech was soon picked over and examined by analysts who aimed to pinpoint key elements to draw from her comments that could be a reflection of her campaign. Body language expert Judi James analysed her speech and noted Harris performed as though she had won and was not conceding the election.

Speaking on behalf of , Judi said: "After packing up early during the polling results and then the long delay before appearing to deliver this concession speech, Kamala Harris should have been on the back foot for this appearance but she decided to perform it, from the start at least, in the style of someone who had just won.

"Muscle memory might have kicked in and taken over her delivery style but there were verbal and visual echoes of her buoyant campaign appearances, with the grinning, the giggling and the crowd-hailing repeated cry of ‘Good afternoon.' There was little reason to verbally crowd-surf like this given the occasion, but Harris clapped them like a winner until the chuckling mood slowly evaporated."

James said Harris' running mate Tim Waltz' "tragic, tearful facial expression" summed up the mood of the crowd. His mouth being pulled down at the corners was in direct contrast to the Vice President's body language that appeared at times

“Her familiar, signature grin was still in place and it converted to laughter as she patted her chest in what looked like love and thanks," James said. "The start of her speech was the same signature sign-in that she has used when out campaigning. Her repeated ‘Good afternoon!’ cry was issued six times as though waiting for wild cheering to die down and she even giggled, laughed and pointed into the crowd."

James said the comments gave and impression "the needle had got stuck in the record" and that Harris appeared oblivious to what had happened earlier.

"But then her hands clasped in a ‘pray’ gesture in front of her lips as she began to speak and her ‘My heart is full’ and ‘I love you guys’ came from a voice that appeared to be cracking with emotion," James continued. "She appeared to be using some deep swallows to prevent actual tears breaking through."

Hoping to and disappointed Democrats who found themselves facing down four years of a revitalised Trump administration that also looks set to not only control the Senate but also the House. But even as she hoped to rally her supporters to carry on fighting for their cause, Harris exit appeared to close a chapter on her time in politics, James said.

“Her body language tone was still heavy with gestures of authority though," James continued. "She wagged her finger and she performed constant head batons. She claimed to be ‘so proud’ with both hands held up, and the remainder of her speech contained a constant repetition of the word ‘fight’ with her finger raised in the air to emphasise a sense of cautious authority. She used the word ‘peaceful’ but said ‘I do not concede the fight’.

“Her smile dropped and her face looked drawn as she spoke in her usual word-salad style before her sign-off. Her husband stepped out to collect her with his usual rather dominant pose and they placed an arm around each other before he turned and crooked an arm and she walked off holding it in a rather old-fashioned-looking gesture of accepting support and being led. It was a rather stately exit look that implied she was being led off into the building and out of the of politics.”