By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN

(CNN) — On what otherwise would have been her 247th day in the White House, Kamala Harris was in New York to finish the first stops of the tour for her book about the 107 days of the campaign that didn’t get her there.

Outside the venue, a collection of bouncers boosted the on-loan California officers by rearranging bike racks, trash boxes, a flowerpot and a few stacks of collapsed beer boxes borrowed from the busboys at the restaurant next door. They were trying to set up some sort of protected path to her car.

Inside, they were serving a custom “Madam VP” cocktail: gin, cassis, cardamom, lemon and honey. Outside, a street vendor set up with leftover “She Can Do It!” T-shirts in a wide selection of sizes and colors.

Pundits have lashed out at Harris over th

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