{"id":1113865,"date":"2021-12-13T08:59:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1113865"},"modified":"2021-12-13T08:59:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:59:04","slug":"kamala-harris-dismisses-criticism-of-her-job-performance-nothing-easy-about-vp-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-dismisses-criticism-of-her-job-performance-nothing-easy-about-vp-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Dismisses Criticism of Her Job Performance: &#039;Nothing Easy&#039; About VP Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-dismisses-criticism-of-her-job-performance-nothing-easy-about-vp-role%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=1113865&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\">Vice President Kamala Harris addressed both her growing army of critics and sinking approval ratings in an interview published Sunday by citing the burdens of high office, claiming \u201cthere is nothing about this job that is supposed to be easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em> aired the vice president\u2019s observations from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/One-year-in-Kamala-Harris-says-she-won-t-be-16692177.php\">exchange<\/a> conducted last week.<\/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>In the report Harris chose to simply ignore her many failures since achieving office while carping that her critics simply do not understand the difficulties involved in discharging her duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing about this job that is supposed to be easy,\u201d Harris pleaded. \u201cIf something is coming to me, it\u2019s because it needs to be addressed and because, by definition, it\u2019s not going to be easy. If it was easy, it would have been handled before it comes to me,\u201d the 57-year-old former California senator added.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was twice offered the opportunity to address whether she would have done things differently if given the chance, choosing to ignore the question entirely even as her approval ratings and those of President Joe Biden tumble, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/10\/nolte-media-fail-biden-and-harris-unfavorable-ratings-worse-than-trumps\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9545454545455\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MEDIA FAIL: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris now have unfavorable ratings higher than Donald Trump\u2019s. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wWn5p9ASTf\">https:\/\/t.co\/wWn5p9ASTf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1469337937598992390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI love people, and there\u2019s so much that we are doing that is directly impacting and with the people in mind,\u201d Harris said, ignoring the many criticisms of her own personnel management abilities as seen by recent high-profile staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/02\/report-kamala-harris-abandoned-by-four-senior-staffers-in-one-month\/\">departures<\/a> from her office.<\/p>\n<p>Harris instead went on to outline her goals for her second year in office, saying the desire to travel more around the U.S. to push Biden\u2019s policies after \u201ctwo years of COVID\u201d remains strong.<\/p>\n<p>She failed to add whether or not the travel would involve a trip to the porous southern border.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16270802\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kamala.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16270802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kamala.jpg\" alt=\"A milk carton with a picture of Vice President Kamala Harris sits on the floor during a press conference following a House Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on April 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. The House Republican members spoke about their recent trip to the southern border and the surge of migrant children entering the United States. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A milk carton with a picture of Vice President Kamala Harris sits on the floor during a press conference following a House Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on April 14, 2021 in Washington, DC.&nbsp; (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI have always felt that my responsibility as an elected leader is to go to the people, especially when their needs must be addressed and they must know that they are being seen and being heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>She says she wants to help heal people with \u201cundiagnosed trauma\u201d and \u201canxiety\u201d related to the coronavirus pandemic although the love does not seem to be reciprocated.<\/p>\n<p>Support for her seeking a run at the top job in the next election cycle is flatlining.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3333333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only 13 percent of Democrat voters said they would support Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 if President Joe Biden does not run again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PZBAYdcaol\">https:\/\/t.co\/PZBAYdcaol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1465145384603459589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The publication of the Harris interview comes just seven days after a host of media critics took their turn at attacking Harris and the manner in which she has discharged her duties.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News reported,&nbsp;as news&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/03\/report-staffers-desert-kamala-harris-over-being-labeled-a-forever-toxic-harris-person\/\">broke<\/a>&nbsp;that four of her staff are keen to put as much distance between them and their boss as quickly as possible, media outlets at home and abroad lined up to excoriate her job performance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Their attacks came after she&nbsp;flew to France for meetings with various dignitaries,&nbsp;and finished by going <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/14\/watch-kamala-harris-ends-french-diplomatic-foray-with-a-little-shopping\/\">shopping<\/a> for some pots and skillets after a leisurely stroll through Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Harris saw the headlines as unfair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, how about, \u2018She\u2019s going to buy a pot on her way to the airport\u200b,\u2019 after a very significant and highly successful bilateral meeting in France on issues that are about national security, on issues that are about climate, on issues that are about what we are doing in terms of international norms and rules on everything from cyber to space. Come on\u200b,\u201d she said. \u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18739666\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/kamala-harris-in-paris.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18739666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kamala-harris-in-paris-1024x767-1.jpg\" alt=\"US Vice President Kamala Harris laughs while shopping for pots at E Dehillerin Cookware shop in Paris, on November 13, 2021. (Photo by Sarahbeth MANEY \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo by SARAHBETH MANEY\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"990\" height=\"742\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris laughs while shopping for pots and pans at E Dehillerin Cookware shop in Paris, on November 13, 2021. (SARAHBETH MANEY\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harris later told reporters the cookware will be used in one of her Thanksgiving dinners.<\/p>\n<p>Her diplomatic foray notably lacked the kind of coverage past American political dignitaries have received in France.<\/p>\n<p>Politico&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/kamala-harris-paris-peace-forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">noted<\/a>&nbsp;the \u201cvisit to France has not garnered the kind of popular or media interest that visits by Presidents Barack Obama or Donald Trump did\u201d and the \u201cFrench media coverage has been minimal.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris addressed both her growing army of critics and sinking approval ratings in an interview published Sunday by citing the burdens of high office, claiming \u201cthere is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"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-1113865","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\/1113865","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\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1113865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113865\/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=1113865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1113865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1113865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}