President Biden, in the first few months of his White House stint, complained about Vice President Kamala Harris and described her as a “work in progress.”
This is according to excerpts from a book titled The Fight of His Life, obtained by Politico.
“In the first months of his presidency, Joe Biden vented his frustration” about Harris, “telling a friend that she was ‘a work in progress,’” the outlet writes.
The book is touted as pulling “back the curtain on the internal power struggles and back-room compromises” and providing an inside scoop on what the President “really thinks of [Harris], the press, and living in the White House.”
News: In the first months of his presidency, Biden vented his frustration about VP Kamala Harris, telling a friend that she was “a work in progress,” per a new book due out next month obtained by Politicohttps://t.co/5nExNHFUJQ
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) December 21, 2022
RELATED: GOP Senators Shocked Over Meeting Where Biden Snapped, Dismissed Kamala Harris
Biden Views Kamala Harris as a Work in Progress
Another revelation from the book, if you can call it that, is that Biden was put off by complaints from Kamala Harris’s husband, Douglas Emhoff.
Emhoff griped about her role in the administration as those close to her felt the tasks being assigned were hurting her politically.
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“Biden was annoyed,” the book’s author writes.
“He hadn’t asked Harris to do anything he hadn’t done as vice president — and she’d begged him for the voting rights assignment,” it continued.
Harris was dubbed Biden’s immigration czar and led the administration’s push for federal voting rights legislation. She failed on both fronts, leading to a border crisis of historic proportions and hitting a “brick wall” on election reform due to the filibuster.
word got back to Biden that second gentleman Doug Emhoff had been complaining about Harris’ policy portfolio — which her allies felt was hurting her politically. “Biden was annoyed,” per the book. “He hadn’t asked Harris to do anything he hadn’t done as vice president”
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) December 21, 2022
Biden Snapped at Her, Shocking GOP Senators
Reports of dysfunction between Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris began cropping up over a year ago when CNN reported that the President’s team was trying to distance themselves from her.
The network revealed at the time that the Biden administration was frustrated by Harris’ appalling poll numbers and disturbed by her “awkward” laugh when discussing serious matters.
“Biden’s team was annoyed that Harris fumbled answers about the border, including when she gave an awkward, laughing response about not visiting it during a spring interview with NBC’s Lester Holt,” they wrote.
The point that he is trying to make about the border is that YOU ARE THE BORDER CZAR!
It’s amazing to see such a flippant attitude from our @VP.
“I haven’t been to Europe either.” she retorts like a petulant child.
I can’t believe this woman is making me defend Lester Holt! pic.twitter.com/HYPEOywJw6
— ⭐️Amy Tarkanian⭐️ (@MrsT106) June 8, 2021
The Political Insider reported that Biden allegedly snapped at Kamala Harris in such a harsh tone during a meeting with Republican lawmakers that it left people in the room “taken aback.”
Harris had supposedly felt the $1 trillion in infrastructure spending being negotiated at the time was a bit weak and voiced her displeasure.
Harris “began to make the case for a larger package than the one Republicans seemed to have in mind.”
“Biden dismissed her comment immediately” though, in a tone so harsh “that even the Republican senators were taken aback.”
“Biden reportedly left Republican senators stunned during legislative negotiations when he strongly shut down Harris, who herself had recently been in the U.S. Senate.” https://t.co/fqLkeBWzBa
— Logan Ratick (@Logan_Ratick) April 26, 2022
Harris has been an utter disaster since entering the White House, including traveling to the wrong border, making propaganda videos with child actors, and temporarily sporting a fake French accent.
She currently has a favorability rating of 39%, with 53% holding an unfavorable opinion of her.
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