Kamala Harris: The absentee VP by design

Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Douglas Emhoff, wave as they board Air Force Two to return to Washington from the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Aug. 26, 2021. PHOTO: Star Advertiser/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AP

By Joe Concha | 30 August 2021

THE HILL — She was supposed to be a major player in the Biden administration after being lauded as an historic, consequential figure in her role as America’s first female vice president.

“Harris Has the Potential To Change the Face of U.S. Politics,” read a November 2020 Politico headline that echoed many others at the time. And not long after Joe Biden was sworn in as the nation’s 46th president, the administration insisted she should be known as her boss’s equal.

“Please be sure to reference the current administration as the ‘Biden-Harris Administration’ in official public communications,” a March directive read, emphasizing Biden-Harris in boldface.

Kamala Harris may have crashed and burned as a 2020 presidential candidate, dropping out well before the first votes were cast in Iowa. But Biden chose her as his running mate anyway. It’s not clear exactly what Harris brought to the ticket outside of checking off a few demographic boxes.

Foreign policy credentials? Nope. Business experience? None. A track record of working with Republicans to pass important legislation? Not even close. In fact, an analysis by the non-partisan GovTrack showed that she was the most liberal member of the Senate, even further to the left than democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). […]

1 Comment on Kamala Harris: The absentee VP by design

  1. That image looks faked. The foreground looks pasted with the airplane either being a stock shot or having been dropped in during “post”.

    If you look at the thread regarding the Afghanistan airport, not only will you see what is being done overall, but you will also see a link that I post there of Harris walking up stairs to no airplane.

    Best,
    SC

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