The Wall Street Journal learned that Vice President Kamala Harris plans to campaign hard for President Joe Biden despite fellow Democrats not giving her full approval.
Harris wants to target urban centers, black people, liberals, and young people in swing states.
The sources close to Harris told WSJ she would stress the administration’s devotion to baby murder abortion and green energy agenda. Medicare and Social Security popped up, so I imagine she’ll go on about how the right wants to do away with it.
Mother Angelica said something brilliant (when didn’t she!?) before the 2000 election. She said no politician would ever get rid of Social Security or pensions. No check, no vote!
Anyway!
Democrats do not want to rely on Harris:
Some top Democratic lawmakers and donors have been questioning Ms. Harris’s future behind closed doors for months, saying they don’t think the vice president has used her platform effectively, according to attendees at these events.At one recent Zoom event organized by a former speechwriter for Mr. Biden, one of the Democrats aired frustrations with Ms. Harris, questioning whether she would be a liability to the 2024 ticket, according to people familiar with the call. Former California Sen. Barbara Boxer responded saying they could share concerns with Mr. Biden if they wanted. CNN earlier reported the event. The exchange during the call spurred further private discussion on the topic among some who had attended, those people said.Missteps in high-profile interviews have also raised concerns that she doesn’t perform consistently when speaking in public. Her backers said Ms. Harris, the first woman to hold her position and the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, is being held to a different standard from past vice presidents, including Mr. Biden.
Harris is reportedly snubbing Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) after she raised doubts about Harris being Biden’s vice president:
“I really want to defer to what makes Biden comfortable on his team,” she responded. “I’ve known Kamala for a long time. I like Kamala. I knew her back when she was an attorney general and I was still teaching, and we worked on the housing crisis together, so we go way back. But they need — they have to be a team, and my sense is they are — I don’t mean that by suggesting I think there are any problems. I think they are.”…Warren spoke to Harris’ chief of staff, Lorraine Voles, according to CNN, who returned the phone call.“But the Warren moment is infuriating many in Harris’ circle: To them, it’s the latest in a long string of snubs to a vice president whom they say has never gotten the respect or support she deserves. Warren’s words sting even more, they say, because they came from a former rival who in 2020 hoped to be picked as Biden’s running mate instead,” CNN’s Jasmine Wright and Edward-Isaac Dovere reported.
Shruthi Mohana Sundaram, president of College Democrats at Georgia Institute of Technology, attended a climate event hosted by Harris. What does Sundaram think?
“Her position is historic, but I don’t think I can definitively say that in the past two years now that she’s been vice president that like, people are still excited about the fact that she holds this historic position.”
Yikes.
The Washington Post found numerous Democratic leaders in key states who feel the same way:
“Every fiber in my body wants her to be president; everything I’ve ever fought for is for someone like her to be president,” said one South Carolina Democratic strategist who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of damaging professional relationships. “I think she’s a good person with a good heart who can lead the country. But I don’t know that the people who have to make that happen feel that way right now. I don’t know that she has what it takes to get over the hump in our present environment.”—Many of the activists reached by The Washington Post said they like Harris personally and would support her if she became the nominee, but they are not convinced she has separated herself sufficiently from other potential White House aspirants. Several Democratic governors in particular have emerged in recent months, from Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer and California’s Gavin Newsom to, more recently, Maryland’s Wes Moore and Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro.
Four Democrats or Independent senators wouldn’t tell The Daily Caller if they endorse Harris as vice president. Four “deferred” to Biden. Nine endorsed Harris.
Of course, Harris’s defenders scream racism. They think a woman of mixed race is “held to a different standard.”
Okay, bro.
Harris’s former communications director Jamal Simmons claimed the criticisms are “to diminish her standing should she run for president years from now.”
Crying. That’s funny.
Harris’s office offered a vanilla statement: She “remains laser focused on delivering for the American people and ensuring they see the impacts of the Biden-Harris administration’s work to lower costs, defend access to lifesaving care from extremists, and restore our reputation on the international stage.”
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