Tensions between Biden and Harris: According to a recent report, President Biden is frustrated with Vice President Kamala Harris’ performance, but remains committed to keeping her as his running mate in the 2024 election. Despite Biden going out of his way to praise Harris in recent public remarks, he has reportedly complained about her reluctance to take on risky assignments. One former White House official stated that “the president sees her as somebody who takes nothing off of his plate due to a fear of messing up.”
Another former White House official suggested that Biden intends to seek a second term partly because he’s concerned that Harris may not be able to beat former President Donald Trump, who is seeking the GOP nomination. This official acknowledged that Biden picked Harris because he thought she was capable but said that it’s a question of consistently rising to the occasion. “I think his running for re-election is less about her and more about him, but I do think that she and the Democratic bench [are] a factor.”
However, a third former White House official defended Harris, pointing to her role in advocating for legal access to abortion after the Supreme Court last year ended federally guaranteed access. This official said that Harris took this off Biden’s plate.
Despite these tensions, Biden has made a point of praising Harris recently. At an event celebrating the 13th anniversary of former President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law, he thanked her for everything she’s done to defend the law as vice president, without specifying what that was.
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Earlier reports hinted at the tensions between Biden and Harris, with author Chris Whipple writing in his book “The Fight of His Life” that Biden considered Harris to be a “work in progress.” The book claimed that Biden vented to a friend about Harris in 2021 after he got word that her husband, Douglas Emhoff, was complaining about the tasks assigned to her, including mitigating migration and pushing for a federal voting-rights law.
Biden selected Harris as his running mate in 2020, despite an acrimonious primary in which she blasted him for opposing federally mandated desegregation through busing students to different school districts. During a 2019 debate, Harris famously said to Biden, “that little girl was me!”
First lady Jill Biden reportedly was angry about the exchange and told supporters afterward that Harris should “go f–k” herself.
In conclusion, while tensions may exist between President Biden and Vice President Harris, Biden appears committed to keeping her as his running mate in the 2024 election. However, there are concerns about Harris’ ability to rise to the occasion, and Biden may be running for re-election more for himself than for Harris. Despite this, Biden has recently praised Harris publicly.
