Biden grooms Harris as top surrogate with public displays of togetherness
by Rob Crilly, White House Correspondent |
| March 19, 2021 06:00 AM When President Biden meets Asian American families in Atlanta Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris will be at his side — just as she was throughout Thursday in the Oval Office to receive the president’s daily intelligence briefing, followed by an update on the COVID-19 response, the weekly economic briefing, and then standing behind the commander in chief as he delivered a speech to the nation on vaccination delivery.
It makes for a very public display of togetherness from an administration that styles itself Biden-Harris at every opportunity.
And in doing so, historians see an effort by a leader modeling the relationship on his own time as vice president and setting up his deputy to be his most important and visible surrogate.
“He’s making a very public show of this,†said Joel Goldstein, a St. Louis University professor and a leading expert on the vice presidency. “That’s important to credentialize her, to send the message that she is important."
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