Not only have has the media been a slimy and disgusting disseminator of false facts but also attempts to wage its own war against Democracy. In my opinion, VP Harris has been far more productive at serving the best interests of society and U.S. affairs as President Biden's trusted subordinated as a friend of Democracy, and who has accomplished far more than Pence who was basically tRump's stool lap dog against Democracy, society and humanity as an overall complete failure as some so-called VP:
Kamala Harris made history. After 100 days, where does she go from here?
WASHINGTON — When President Biden delivered a rare nationally televised address last week, he shared the platform with Vice President Kamala Harris, who helped him make the case that former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd created an urgency to change policing laws.
That moment following the Chauvin trial would have seemed improbable 20 months ago in the heat of a Democratic presidential primary debate: Then-candidate Harris lectured rival Biden on the nation’s racial history, accusing him of wounding young Black girls like her when he opposed busing in the 1970s to desegregate schools and hurting her personally when he boasted of working with segregationist senators long ago.
As she and Biden approach the 100-day mark of their administration Thursday, however, Harris has established herself as a highly visible partner — and, as the first woman of color in the role, a symbolically important one as the country confronts systemic racism. He’s featured her prominently, too, as part of the administration’s offensive against the COVID-19 crisis. And she’s traveled and met with key constituencies to sell the president’s agenda, broken tie votes in the Senate and stood by Biden’s side in public and private moments.
Her choreographed role has begun to dispel concerns that Harris’ desire for the top job could prompt her to undermine Biden or break from the administration’s disciplined public relations strategy.
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But it also seems likely to keep Harris from stepping out or establishing an identity and a policy record that she can call her own.
“Her number one goal coming into this White House was to be a good partner,” said Bakari Sellers, a co-chair of Harris’ presidential campaign and a CNN political commentator who has remained a close ally.
He dismisses any talk that she’s positioning for a possible presidential run should Biden, 78, fail to run for a second term, or that her relationship with him is at all strained by their previous rivalry: “The largest misconception people have about her: People assume there is 2024, or maybe even some animus there going back to the [2020] debate.”
Sellers said Harris, whose presidential campaign was undone in part by a sense that she was overreacting to events and polling rather than sticking with long-term themes, has learned from Biden to block out the noise.
“That’s something that’s really good that’s rubbing off on the vice president,” he said.
Her advisors point to a number of items on Biden’s legislative agenda that Harris pushed behind the scenes, and say she shares credit for the administration’s successful delivery of more than 200 million COVID-19 vaccine shots and more than 100 million economic relief checks. But White House and Harris staffs say they have worked by committee, making it hard to point to specific provisions or measures that bear her singular imprint.
“The president sets the tone and the agenda and we are complementary to making sure that we’re bringing her unique lived experience,” said Rohini Kosoglu, Harris’ domestic policy advisor who previously served as her Senate chief of staff.
The one assignment for which Harris is singularly responsible is working with Mexico and three Central American nations to discourage immigration to the United States. It’s a fraught task that she has yet to fully explain, and one that has put a political target on her back for Republicans eager to blame her for the border problems. Harris has no plans to visit the region until at least June. Progress is not only important for Harris’ political future but also for the safety and livelihoods of millions of people in the region.
The sense among some allies and opponents alike that Harris would be a shadow president, pulling the strings for Biden, was never realistic. Biden has quickly shown that he is much more ambitious and forceful than the transitional president some had predicted.
“She’s in the room literally and figuratively,” said Brian Brokaw, a political advisor to Harris from 2009-19. “Is she steering the ship? Probably not. But tell me a vice president besides Dick Cheney who was steering a ship. I think she committed to be a team player from the second she was offered a shot on the ticket.”
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