Joe Biden turned off all the lights in the White House before the election was even called in a subtle attack on Kamala Harris.
The president appeared to go to bed early Tuesday instead of staying up to watch his spectacular defeat of the vice president.
Fox News’ Peter Doocy reported that around 11 p.m. ET, all the lights in the main house slowly went out room by room, signaling that everyone had gone to sleep.
It came after Biden decided to abandon Harris’ election night watch party and opted to stay home and watch the votes come in with his wife Jill Biden.
The brutal snub came as the First Lady made a bold statement at the polls on Tuesday, wearing a scarlet pantsuit, while waiting for the electoral map to remain blue.
Joe Biden turned off all the lights in the White House before the election was even called in a subtle dig at Kamala Harris.
The president appeared to go to bed early, rather than staying up to witness his vice president’s spectacular defeat.
Some wondered if the red Republican suit was a secret sign that he had changed and voted for Donald Trump.
The couple has reportedly been struggling to come to terms with Biden’s sidelining during the campaign’s latest push.
While Harris deployed a star-studded group of big political names to battleground states on Sunday, the sitting president was nowhere to be found.
An embarrassing gaffe in which he referred to Trump supporters as “trash” days earlier appeared to be the reason he was further marginalized.
Publicly, the White House insisted that it had not actually said what everyone had heard.
But behind closed doors, Harris’ campaign insisted that he stay away from the final high-profile events.
As such, Biden’s final days in office have been characterized by those close to him as “lonely” and “lost.”
He’s 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 before the election.
He chose to abandon Harris’ election night viewing party and decided to stay home and watch the votes come in with his wife Jill Biden.
Biden ultimately dropped out of the race on July 21 and endorsed Harris as his replacement that same day.
Last month, according to a report from Axios, Harris’ campaign has been rejecting the president’s repeated offers to help her along the way.
Privately, Jill Biden has described the situation as “difficult” for her husband, as she herself was sent on the campaign trail while he stayed behind.
At a White House reception in late August, the president joked that he needed a new job, before appearing to cry a little during his speech.
Elsewhere, he has been seen wandering around stiffly, with some noting that he appears “lost.”
Insiders tell the Mail that the president has been “watching more TV” and that his grandchildren give him recommendations on what to stream on Netflix.
Ultimately, the decision to sideline Biden may have been a moot point given Harris’ surprising loss.
Trump is on track to win by a landslide, having swept both the popular vote and the electoral college votes.
Jill Biden was seen voting in a bright red pantsuit, causing some to jokingly wonder if she had gone crazy 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 watch the results from home.
Harris has yet to publicly concede the election and decided to forgo a celebratory event she had planned for Howard University on Tuesday night.
Harris has yet to publicly concede the election and decided to forgo a celebratory event she had planned for Howard University on Tuesday night.
However, he called the president-elect to congratulate him and emphasize a peaceful transition of power, CBS reports.
His team said he is due to give a speech at his alma mater at 6 pm Eastern time.
Infighting within the Democratic field has reportedly already begun as the party seeks to blame Harris for the loss.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison has announced that he will not seek a new nomination when voting opens early next year.
Many experts have blamed Harris’ failure on her inability to distance herself from problems with the Biden administration and argue that she has been an active vice president.