Kamala Harris ate a massive bag of Doritos on election night 2016 to cope with Trump winning

In this Friday, March 8, 2019, photo, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, speaks at a town hall gathering in Hemingway, S.C. Harris was a guest on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" where she discussed the upcoming 2020 election. less In this Friday, March 8, 2019, photo, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, speaks at a town hall gathering in Hemingway, S.C. Harris was a guest on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" where she discussed the ... more Photo: Meg Kinnard / Associated Press Photo: Meg Kinnard / Associated Press Image 1 of / 20 Caption Close Kamala Harris ate a massive bag of Doritos on election night 2016 to cope with Trump winning 1 / 20 Back to Gallery

Many liberals turned to alcohol on election night 2016 to cope with Donald Trump's stunning victory over Hillary Clinton, but Sen. Kamala Harris turned to Doritos.

During a Thursday night appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, the 2020 presidential candidate reflected on a "bittersweet" night in which she was elected to the Senate, but Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton for the presidency.

"It was extremely bittersweet, and I tore up all the notes I had prepared to read and I just took the stage and said, 'We will fight, we will fight,'" Harris said of her planned Senate victory speech.

"And then I went home and I sat on the couch with a family-sized bag of [nacho cheese flavored] Doritos and I did not share one chip with anybody," she laughed. "I just watched the TV with utter shock and dismay."

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"Well I think there were very few stores that had Doritos left by the following morning," Meyers joked.

Harris, who announced her presidential campaign in January, also discussed her proposal to give every teacher in the United States a raise of around $13,500.

"Frankly, I think you can judge a society based on the way it treats its children," she said. "One of the greatest expressions of love that a society can give to its children is to invest in their education, and by extension that means investing in teachers, who are right now working two and three jobs to pay the bills."

The plan is estimated to cost $315 billion.

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Harris also discussed the Mueller report, running against some of her Senate colleagues in the Democratic primaries, and her record as a prosecutor. You can watch her full appearance in the videos above.

Eric Ting is an SFGATE staff writer. Email him at eric.ting@sfgate.com and follow him on Twitter

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