And the reports are that Democrats are whispering nervously about Biden's presidential reelection bid, both because of his age and because of his VP.

So a big gap there between the 41% and the 56% disapproval rating Kamala Harris currently has. 41% of Americans disapproved of Biden as VP at the time. In June, she had a 56% disapproval rating, according to the political data website FiveThirtyEight.įor context, the last Democratic vice president, the man who happens to currently be Harris's boss, Joe Biden, had a considerably better unfavorable rating at the end of the first Obama administration. Harris's approval ratings right now aren't where Democrats would want them to be. Well, due to President Biden's age - he'd be 86 by the end of his second term if he wins in 2024 - Vice President Kamala Harris is under extraordinary scrutiny as the No. HARRIS: We will assist Jamaica in COVID recovery by assisting in terms of the recovery efforts in Jamaica that have been essential to, I believe, what is necessary to strengthen not only the issue of public health, but also the economy.ĬHAKRABARTI: An uncertain word salad. But as vice president, this is the Kamala Harris often portrayed by the Republican Party and in the media. What I opposed is bussing ordered by the Department of Education.ĬHAKRABARTI: So, there you hear Harris as sharp and incisive, bold and courageous, speaking truth to power, even. JOE BIDEN: I did not oppose bussing in America. HARRIS: Do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in America then? (CLAPS) Do you agree? And here is then presidential candidate Kamala Harris, cornering candidate Joe Biden in a Democratic primary season debate later in 2019. Did you consult with DOJ ethics officials before you enlisted Rod Rosenstein to participate in a charging decision for an investigation, the subject of which he is also a witness?ĬHAKRABARTI: So there you hear Harris, the tough, formidable former prosecutor. But Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein is also a key witness in the firing of FBI Director Comey.ĭid you consult (CROSSTALK) with the - I'm not finished. KAMALA HARRIS: You said, quote, that you 'consulted with Rosenstein constantly,' unquote, with respect to the special counsel's investigation or report. I'm Meghna Chakrabarti, and this is then-Senator Kamala Harris in 2019 grilling then-Attorney General Bill Barr about his handling of the Justice Department's probe into the Trump administration's dealings with Russia. Founder of Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies. Author of ' First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power,' ' Team of Five' and ' First Women.' Also FeaturedĬornell Belcher, Democratic strategist. Today, On Point: Is vice president Kamala Harris a liability or an asset in Joe Biden's re-election campaign? GuestsĮugene Daniels, White House correspondent and co-author of POLITICO’s Playbook, a rundown of stories driving the day in politics. 'What you're seeing with Republicans is, and a Republican told this to me recently, is that ‘We are going to be using her as the boogeyman,'' Eugene Daniels, a White House correspondent, says. During her trip she focused on issues such as economic development, food insecurity and women's issues.Due to President Joe Biden's age, Vice President Kamala Harris is under a lot more scrutiny than No. On her first overseas trip in office, Harris visited Mexico and Guatemala in June with the aim of lowering migration from the region. President Joe Biden highlighted the threat Washington sees from China this week, saying that Chinese leader Xi Jinping was 'deadly earnest about becoming the most powerful military force in the world, as well as the largest and most prominent economy in the world by the mid-40s, the 2040s.' read more

On Sunday, the United States shipped 3 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam and it has sent doses to other Southeast Asian countries too, but an agreement it reached in March with Japan and Australia and India to provide a billion doses to the region stalled due to an Indian export ban.ĭeputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman visited Indonesia, Cambodia and Thailand in late May and early June and Japan, South Korea and Mongolia this month before heading to China for talks that appeared to do little to ease deeply strained ties. 'Austin was under pressure to deliver this message and Harris will do the same.'

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