Politics and Religion
“Amateur Hour: Kamala Harris in the White House“
President Biden knows full well Vice President Kamala Harris is “not up to the job” of commander-in-chief — and he preferred Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as his running mate in 2020 before caving to public pressure, according to a new book out Tuesday.
While the 59-year-old Harris is just “a brain stroke away from the presidency,” her “many struggles and mistakes during her first years in office were top of mind” for the now-81-year-old president heading into his re-election campaign, Spiering writes
As a former vice president himself, Biden was aware that Harris “lacked” the necessary political skills but ended up making “one of the most pandering decisions of any vice-presidential pick in modern history,” in Spiering’s words. In return, “Harris barely suppressed her impatience and disdain for the president” during their time together in office, he adds, while “reading platitudes from the teleprompter” during her own public events
