{"id":1014234,"date":"2021-11-15T09:14:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T14:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1014234"},"modified":"2021-11-15T09:14:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T14:14:07","slug":"trouble-in-paradise-joe-biden-kamala-harris-sour-on-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trouble-in-paradise-joe-biden-kamala-harris-sour-on-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Trouble in Paradise: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Sour on Each Other"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrouble-in-paradise-joe-biden-kamala-harris-sour-on-each-other%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1014234&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The relationship between President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris has shown signs of fracture, with CNN now reporting that the two have grown increasingly at odds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorn out by what they see as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/02\/politics\/kamala-harris-office-dynamics\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">entrenched<\/a> dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/28\/us\/kamala-harris-fast-facts\/index.html\">thrown<\/a> up their hands at&nbsp;Vice President Kamala Harris&nbsp;and her staff \u2014 deciding there simply isn\u2019t time to deal with them right now,\u201d CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/14\/politics\/kamala-harris-frustrating-start-vice-president\/index.html\">began<\/a> its lengthy report on Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>With multiple polls putting Kamala Harris\u2019s approval rating even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/07\/poll-biden-approval-plummets-under-38-percent-republicans-take-commanding-8-point-lead-generic-midterm-ballot\/?fbclid=IwAR1SdI-gSiruHy6Opw4S6ZcxeX3RFXVAH_1bTjVbupW0ZZrJPQ25DwOb27A\">lower<\/a> than Joe Biden\u2019s dismal 37.8 percent while rumors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/13\/former-sen-chris-dodd-suggests-longtime-friend-joe-biden-may-not-run-in-2024\/\">swirl<\/a> that the president may not seek reelection in 2024, Democrats are scrambling to find the future leader of the party. Inside the White House, reports indicate that Team Harris has grown increasingly frustrated with Team Biden for essentially sidelining her despite her status as the first female vice president of color.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany in the vice president\u2019s circle fume that she\u2019s not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined,\u201d noted CNN. \u201cThe vice president herself has told several confidants she feels constrained in what she\u2019s able to do politically.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18155178\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kamala-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18155178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kamala-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks as U.S. President Joe Biden looks on in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 26, 2021, in Washington, DC.(Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks as U.S. President Joe Biden looks on in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 26, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kamala Harris and her team have since been walking a tightrope, fearing that if she appears too ambitious, then Team Biden will suspect disloyalty.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHarris\u2019 staff has repeatedly failed her and left her exposed, and family members have often had an informal say within her office,\u201d CNN said insiders told them. \u201cEven some who have been asked for advice lament Harris\u2019 overly cautious tendencies and staff problems, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/12\/03\/politics\/kamala-harris-2020-campaign\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have been<\/a> a feature&nbsp;of every office she\u2019s held.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Insiders have speculated that Biden modeled his relationship with the office of the vice president after his former boss, President Obama, relegating Harris to a more ceremonial role rather than a historic one in which she actively plays a role in carrying out his agenda. Insiders, however, believe that Joe Biden did not adequately calibrate his experience as vice president \u201cto someone with far different qualifications and skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even occasions in which it appeared that Kamala Harris played a greater role in the Biden administration, such as during the Afghanistan withdrawal, insiders say she expressed dismay in private over her lack of involvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarris has also complained to confidants about not being a greater part of the President\u2019s approach to the Afghanistan withdrawal \u2014 despite telling CNN at the time she was the last one in the room when he made the decision \u2014 leaving her&nbsp;without more to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/08\/23\/politics\/kamala-harris-singapore-afghanistan\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">draw on<\/a>&nbsp;when she defended him publicly,\u201d the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>An anonymous Democratic Party donor lamented that President Biden has failed to put Kamala Harris in a position to lead, setting her up for failure.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cKamala Harris is a leader but is not being put in positions to lead. That doesn\u2019t make sense. We need to be thinking long term, and we need to be doing what\u2019s best for the party,\u201d said the donor. \u201cYou should be putting her in positions to succeed, as opposed to putting weights on her. If you did give her the ability to step up and help her lead, it would strengthen you and strengthen the party.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14258827\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/50251604436_88c1647435_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14258827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/50251604436_88c1647435_k.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Biden (with Kamala Harris) Accepts the Nomination for the Democratic Party&#039;s Ticket for President of the United States - Wilmington, DE - August 20, 2020\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Biden (with Kamala Harris) Accepts the Nomination for the Democratic Party\u2019s Ticket for President of the United States \u2013 Wilmington, DE \u2013 August 20, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Beyond the sidelining, insiders also feel that the Biden administration has not done enough to curtail partisan attacks on her from the conservatives. One former Harris aide even suggested race may be a factor, considering that the White House jumped at the opportunity to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/15\/white-house-pete-buttigieg-a-role-model-for-taking-two-months-paid-paternity-leave-during-crisis\/\"> defend<\/a> Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg when it was revealed that he went on three months paternity leave during the supply-chain crisis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to miss the specific energy that the White House brings to defend a White man, knowing that Kamala Harris has spent almost a year taking a lot of the hits that the West Wing didn\u2019t want to take themselves,\u201d said the former aide.<\/p>\n<p>Insiders said that the Biden administration believes it can only help heal Kamala Harris of so many of her self-inflicted wounds, such as when she \u201cdidn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/09\/30\/politics\/adl-kamala-harris-israel-funding\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">push <\/a>back on a student&nbsp;who accused Israel of \u2018ethnic genocide.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Going forward, the tensions will likely only deepen as Kamala Harris continues to find her footing. With Joe Biden\u2019s steadily declining approval rating, his closes aides will have no choice but to focus on keeping the president\u2019s agenda afloat, fearing that the Democrats could suffer a crushing defeat in the 2022 midterms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Hours after the CNN report on Sunday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki immediately leaped to defend Kamala Harris, praising her for a variety of unimportant tasks, such as \u201cexpanding broadband.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cFor anyone who needs to hear it. <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@VP&nbsp;<\/span>is not only a vital partner to&nbsp;<span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@POTUS&nbsp;<\/span>but a bold leader who has taken on key, important challenges facing the country\u2014from voting rights to addressing root causes of migration to expanding broadband,\u201d tweeted Psaki.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.9858156028369\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For anyone who needs to hear it. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a> is not only a vital partner to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> but a bold leader who has taken on key, important challenges facing the country\u2014from voting rights to addressing root causes of migration to expanding broadband.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jen Psaki (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1460070063025831936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/02\/politics\/kamala-harris-office-dynamics\/index.html\">statement<\/a> to CNN, Psaki hailed Harris as \u201can incredibly important partner\u201d of the president with a supportive team around her. \u201cI will say that the vice president is an incredibly important partner to the President of the United States. She has a challenging job, a hard job, and she has a great supportive team of people around her. But other than that, I\u2019m not going to have any more comments on those reports,\u201d said Psaki.<\/p>\n<p>Sabrina Singh, deputy press secretary to the vice president, also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/02\/politics\/kamala-harris-office-dynamics\/index.html\">told <\/a>CNN in a statement that Kamala Harris will continue to focus on supporting President Biden\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Vice President and her office are focused on the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s agenda to build an economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down, to making sure racial equity is at the core of everything the Administration does, to combatting the existential threat of climate change, and to continue protecting the American people from the Covid-19 pandemic,\u201d Singh said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The relationship between President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris has shown signs of fracture, with CNN now reporting that the two have grown increasingly at odds. \u201cWorn out &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1014234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1014234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1014234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1014234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}