{"id":2324838,"date":"2024-08-15T05:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T09:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-seeks-to-unburden-herself-of-biden-record-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T05:07:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T09:07:54","slug":"kamala-harris-seeks-to-unburden-herself-of-biden-record-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-seeks-to-unburden-herself-of-biden-record-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris seeks to unburden herself of Biden record &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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-seeks-to-unburden-herself-of-biden-record-washington-examiner%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=2324838&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>The article discusses Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s efforts\u2063 to distance herself from President \u200bJoe Biden&#8217;s administration as she prepares\u2062 for the 2024 \u200bpresidential campaign. Harris\u200d has\u200d been designated as the \u200cDemocratic frontrunner without going through a primary, largely due to her position as Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>. However, Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-implements-new-border-security-policies\/\" title=\"Biden admin. implements new border security policies\">administration faced criticism<\/a> on key issues such\u2064 as the economy and immigration, which \u2064poses challenges for Harris as she seeks to redefine her agenda \u2063and address public dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Harris \u2062aims to\u200d shift \u2063focus from \u2064Biden\u2019s policy priorities to her\u200b own proposals, especially concerning inflation and the cost of living. Despite her attempts\u200c to present\u200b a distinct\u200c economic \u200dvision, some reports suggest \u200dthat\u200d her plans may lack substantial details, merely adjusting the framing\u200c of \u200dBiden&#8217;s policies rather than proposing fundamentally different solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition figures, especially\u200b from \u2064Donald Trump\u2019s \u200bcampaign, are expected to challenge Harris\u2019s narrative, highlighting the perceived failures \u200cof the Biden-Harris administration. They argue that\u2062 her proposed changes come too late, pointing out that the issues she promises\u200b to tackle have existed since she assumed office. Ultimately, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/120-recipes-to-help-you-cut-down-on-carbs\/\" title=\"120 Recipes to Help You Cut Down on Carbs\">article outlines<\/a> the political \u200bdynamics Harris faces as\u200d she tries to \u200dpresent \u2062herself as a candidate for change while\u2062 grappling with \u2064the legacy of the Biden administration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kamala Harris seeks to unburden herself of Biden record<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1730680\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>One of the defining issues of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 campaign<\/a> will be whether Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> can successfully escape President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s shadow.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is running as Biden&rsquo;s successor. The reason she has been anointed the Democratic nominee without going through the primary process and has inherited the Biden-Harris campaign funds is that she is Biden&rsquo;s vice president. Her nearly four years in that office are implicitly a big part of what has prepared her to move up.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn&rsquo;t just age that hobbled Biden&rsquo;s reelection campaign, though that is what ultimately proved politically fatal. Voters were broadly unhappy with Biden&rsquo;s record on most of the issues defining the election, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigration<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s why Harris has already tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3118293\/no-kamala-harris-cannot-flip-the-script-on-the-border\/\">redefine herself on the border<\/a>. Next up is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3118465\/harris-contends-biden-record-her-own\/\">attempt to flip the script<\/a> on the economy, with a coming speech on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>higher prices<\/a> and her own agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She will lay out an approach relatively light on details,&rdquo; the <em>New York Times <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/14\/us\/politics\/kamala-harris-economy-north-carolina.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur\">reported<\/a> being told by sources familiar. &ldquo;It will shift emphasis from Mr. Biden&rsquo;s focus on job creation and made-in-America manufacturing, and toward efforts to rein in the cost of living. But it will rarely break from Mr. Biden on substance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Light on detail&rdquo; appears even in the story&rsquo;s headline.<\/p>\n<p>Other accounts suggested a starker Harris economic rebrand.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, she wants to be not-Biden on inflation &mdash; arguably the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/1675\/most-important-problem.aspx\">biggest domestic topic<\/a> of this campaign &mdash; by proposing clearer, more urgent solutions,&rdquo; <em>Axios <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/14\/kamala-harris-economy-inflation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>. &ldquo;Harris doesn&rsquo;t want to be completely defined by the Biden-Harris record, advisers tell us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>You don&rsquo;t say?<\/p>\n<p>A major task of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s campaign is to not let her get away with this.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was listening to Kamala Harris give a rally recently where she said she&rsquo;s going to &lsquo;tackle the affordability crisis&rsquo; on Day One,&rdquo; Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH), Trump&rsquo;s running mate, said in Michigan on Wednesday. &ldquo;Kamala, &lsquo;Day One&rsquo; was January of 2021 &mdash; &lsquo;Day One&rsquo; was four years ago!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because of your policies,&rdquo; Vance continued, &ldquo;too many children can&rsquo;t afford a nice meal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under Kamala Harris, everything costs 20 percent more than it did under President Trump, working families are having to spend 30 percent more for baby food, and the price of gasoline is up 50 percent,&rdquo; Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement on &ldquo;Kamalanomics&rdquo; on Wednesday. &ldquo;America cannot afford another four years of Kamala&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-more-than-half-of-americans-say-bidens-economy-is-in-poor-shape\/\" title=\"POLL: More Than Half Of Americans Say Biden\u2019s Economy Is In Poor Shape\">failed economic policies<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re paying the price for Kamala&rsquo;s liberal extremism at the gas pump, at the grocery counter, and on your mortgage bill, and on everything else,&rdquo; Trump said himself Wednesday in North Carolina, where Harris will give her economic speech later this week. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re not going to let this incompetent socialist lunatic keep breaking our economy for four more years, it&rsquo;ll destroy our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The big question for Democrats was &lsquo;How do you move past Biden?&rsquo;&rdquo; a Republican pollster told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;The next big Harris argument is, &lsquo;Trump is the past, I&rsquo;m the future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She is essentially a generic Democrat,&rdquo; the pollster said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his allies will cast doubt on the Harris rebrand&rsquo;s authenticity, much like they have tried to do with varying degrees of effectiveness to the vice president herself.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump could claim Biden was exactly what he appeared to be: a dangerously weak, liberal failure,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alexcast\/status\/1822709306048844049\">wrote<\/a> veteran Republican consultant Alex Castellanos. &ldquo;To stop Harris, the Trump campaign must explain the opposite: Harris is not what she appears to be at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In Castellanos&rsquo;s telling, Harris is caught between being branded as too liberal or as an untrustworthy flip-flopper. &ldquo;Damned if they are lefties. Damned more when they claim they aren&rsquo;t,&rdquo; he concluded. &ldquo;In the end, your opponent is disqualified, not only as a leftist but as a figure no one respects: a politician.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A similar version of this tactic could be applied to Harris&rsquo;s positioning on Biden. She is either the understudy to what she claims is a successful president or she is conceding there were problems with his administration a generational change alone won&rsquo;t fix.&nbsp;Her record is either substantially that of Biden&rsquo;s but a little to his left, or it doesn&rsquo;t exist at the national level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This can be a difficult transition to manage even when an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-had-standing-order-to-declassify-docs-taken-to-his-residence\/\" title=\"Trump Had &quot;Standing Order&quot; to Declassify Docs Taken to His Residence\">incumbent vice president<\/a> is running on their boss&rsquo;s popularity. When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-h-w-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>George H.W. Bush<\/a> vowed a &ldquo;kinder, gentler nation,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-reagan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nancy Reaga<\/a>n is said to have asked, &ldquo;Kinder and gentler than whom?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris took over in a political emergency. Whether Trump can make her own that troubled record could decide the election.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1730680\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1730680\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamala Harris aims to distance herself from Biden&#8217;s record as she campaigns for the presidency in 2024. As Biden&#8217;s vice president, she has been designated the Democratic nominee without facing a primary challenge and has access to the campaign funds from the Biden-Harris team. Her nearly four years in office are seen as a key factor in her readiness for this role. However, it wasn&#8217;t just Biden&#8217;s age that hindered his reelection bid; widespread dissatisfaction with his performance on critical issues like the economy and immigration also played a significant role. In response, Harris is attempting to reshape her image regarding border issues and is preparing to address economic concerns with an upcoming speech focused on rising costs and her proposed solutions. Sources indicate that while her approach will be less detailed than Biden\u2019s emphasis on job creation and manufacturing, it will still largely align with his policies.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest that Harris wants to present herself as distinct from Biden when addressing inflation\u2014one of the most pressing topics of this election\u2014by offering clearer solutions. Advisors have indicated that she does not want to be solely defined by their joint record. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign is working hard to hold her accountable for past policies. Trump\u2019s running mate criticized Harris for promising action on affordability when those challenges have existed since she took office in January 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself has pointed out rising costs under Harris&#8217; watch, claiming families are struggling more than they did during his presidency due to what he calls &#8220;Kamalanomics.&#8221; The Republican strategy appears focused on undermining Harris\u2019 attempts at rebranding by questioning her authenticity and consistency while portraying both her and Biden negatively.<\/p>\n<p>The central challenge for Democrats lies in how they can move beyond Biden&#8217;s legacy while maintaining support among voters who may view him favorably or unfavorably based on their experiences over recent years. Ultimately, whether Trump can successfully tie Harris&#8217; candidacy back to any perceived failures of the current administration could significantly influence the outcome of the election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2324839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/harris_unburdened_biden.webp.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32502,32438,38203,32793,32076],"class_list":["post-2324838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-administration","tag-kamala-harris","tag-leadership-challenges","tag-political-accountability","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/harris_unburdened_biden.webp.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324838","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\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}