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Title: 'It's infuriating': Kamala Harris team galled by Biden veep talk
Post by: mystery-ak on May 17, 2019, 02:07:38 pm
 'It's infuriating': Kamala Harris team galled by Biden veep talk

The focus on her as vice presidential material is seen by some allies as sexist.

By CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO

05/15/2019 06:43 PM EDT

Updated 05/15/2019 07:34 PM EDT

Kamala Harris used humor to swat aside the chatter about her becoming Joe Biden’s running mate: Maybe it should be the other way around, she said Wednesday, given Biden’s experience in the No. 2 job.

But inside her campaign and among allies, such talk is not a laughing matter. They're rankled by the suggestion, privately venting that it’s demeaning to a woman of color and perpetuates an unfair critique that she’s somehow not prepared for the job she’s actually seeking.

"It's infuriating," a Harris confidant fumed several days before the idea began taking hold in the media.

Since then, the chorus of Democrats sizing up her run and concluding she’d be perfect as Biden’s running mate has rapidly gone from whisper campaign to national narrative. They include some fans of the California senator: Last week, members of the influential Congressional Black Caucus floated Biden and Harris as a “dream ticket.” That put her in the uncomfortable spot of trying to delicately push back on it without offending the group, of which she’s a member.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/15/kamala-harris-joe-biden-sexism-1326892 (https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/15/kamala-harris-joe-biden-sexism-1326892)
Title: Re: 'It's infuriating': Kamala Harris team galled by Biden veep talk
Post by: Fishrrman on May 18, 2019, 01:13:28 am
"'It's infuriating': Kamala Harris team galled by Biden veep talk"

Keep right on talkin', Joe !
Title: Re: 'It's infuriating': Kamala Harris team galled by Biden veep talk
Post by: truth_seeker on May 18, 2019, 01:31:57 am
Horizontal Harris, second to CA Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, and to former VP Biden.
Title: Re: 'It's infuriating': Kamala Harris team galled by Biden veep talk
Post by: Cyber Liberty on May 18, 2019, 04:37:37 am
Horizontal Harris, second to CA Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, and to former VP Biden.

As long as any man is around she'll always be second best.
Title: Re: 'It's infuriating': Kamala Harris team galled by Biden veep talk
Post by: edpc on May 18, 2019, 05:37:42 am
A while back, in another thread, I wondered if he would choose her as a running mate and announce his intention to be a one-termer. Since then, he’s said he’d run for two, if elected, but I still believe he won’t.
Title: Re: 'It's infuriating': Kamala Harris team galled by Biden veep talk
Post by: jafo2010 on May 18, 2019, 06:34:29 pm
Harris can get upset all she wants.  She is a one percenter at best!