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Kamala Harris Isn’t Focused on 2024, But Those Around Her Should Be
The vice president hasn’t been set up to thrive in her position—and she’s done her public image no favors, either
Given we are slugging towards year three of living through a plague, it would not be politically expedient for any politician to openly tout their ambitions in this climate of exhaustion and frustration. That’s why it was unsurprising to read Vice President Kamala Harris stress to the Wall Street Journal in mid-December that she and President Biden have not discussed whether he plans to seek re-election. Harris noted they are too consumed with dealing with the litany of issues they were elected to help solve to focus on the political goals of tomorrow.
“I’m not going to talk about our conversations, but I will tell you this without any ambiguity: We do not talk about nor have we talked about re-election, because we haven’t completed our first year and we’re in the middle of a pandemic,” she explained. When asked if she assumed Biden would run again, Harris said, “I’ll be very honest: I don’t think about it, nor have we talked about it.”
I believe that President Biden and Vice President Harris have not had a direct conversation about re-election yet, but certainly their staffs and all those in…
