Global Courant 2023-05-31 01:03:19
President Biden and the White House reportedly publicly “staged” Vice President Kamala Harris alongside the president in an effort to support Harris heading into the 2024 election.
Harris was “symbolically caught in the middle” between Biden and House Speaker McCarthy during the White House debt limit negotiations, according to the report.
“The public staging of those moments, Democratic operatives say, is part of a concerted effort to bolster Harris’ image in the weeks since Biden announced his reelection,” The Washington Post reported.
Anita Dunn, a close ally of Biden, is reportedly tasked with planning events for Harris, the Post reported.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about abortion at Howard University on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
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Dunn told White House teams to plan events for Harris that focused on abortion and infrastructure spending. according to the Washington Post.
“Harris’ stumbles over the past two years have irked Democrats across the country and in the White House, and aides say there is a nuanced but determined effort to reshape the reputation,” the Post’s report said.
Joel Goldstein, a law school professor at the University of St. Louis, told the outlet that her early “sound bites” continue to define her.
“We deal with sound bites a lot, and her sound bites ended up being Lester Holt and Border Patrol… employee turnover, things like that,” he said. “And you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. Those kinds of early sound bites continue to be her hallmark.”
President Joe Biden speaks about border security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, January 5, 2023, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris is on the left. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ((AP Photo/Patrick Semansky))
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Democrats have repeatedly criticized Harris for lacking “basic political skills” during her vice presidency.
“People are ready to pounce on anything — every misstep, every blunder, anything she says — and so she probably won’t get the benefit of the doubt,” said former Cobb County Democrats chairman Jacquelyn Bettadapur, a supporter of Harris, in January to the Washington Post. .
She added, “it doesn’t help that she’s not (so) adept at communicating.”
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks with President Joe Biden at an event celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act on the South Lawn of the White House on September 13, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Biden argued that Harris deserved more credit in early May.
“Look, I just think Vice President Harris didn’t get the credit she deserves,” Biden said. “She was California Attorney General. She’s been a United States Senator. She’s really, really good. And with everything going on, she hasn’t gotten the attention she deserves.”
Hanna Panreck is an associate editor at Fox News.
