Harris takes up 'consoler in chief' mantle to eulogize Sheila Jackson Lee

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a eulogy at the funeral of former Democratic Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in Houston on Thursday following the congresswoman’s battle with cancer.

The mantle of consoler in chief is usually filled by the president. President Joe Biden routinely speaks about his own personal history of loss at events like these, and arguably the most memorable recent presidential eulogy came during a memorial service for the victims of 2015’s racially motivated mass shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where former President Barack Obama led the congregation in singing “Amazing Grace.”