WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday thanked deep-pocketed Democratic donors who raised record sums in last month’s election loss to President-elect Donald Trump and urged them not to lose hope and to remain politically engaged.

The annual party was held at the VP’s home in Washington D.C., the Naval Observatory, complete with red velvet ropes separating the VP from the invited hoi polloi, and she gamely took pictures with the fawning crowds — but deflected any questions about the president.