December 21, 2022 9:36am EST
Biden called Harris 'work in progress,' was 'annoyed' with her husband complaining: Book
According to the book, second gentleman Doug Emhoff had been complaining about VP's official policy assignments
By Gabriel Hays | Fox News
According to a new book about the Biden presidency, there have been real tensions between President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, with the president venting to friends that he has been "annoyed" with her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, complaining about the VP's official assignments.
Biden has reportedly been frustrated with Harris and called her a "work in progress."
Politico published these quotes on Tuesday from an excerpt of the upcoming book, "The Fight of His Life," by Chris Whipple. The book provides an inside look at the Biden presidency’s first years. Whipple told Politico he was given "extensive access to Biden administration officials while writing the book."
Whipple’s access to the administration gave him a view to squabbling between the Biden and Harris, after the vice president's husband reportedly provoked frustration in the president for complaining about her policy assignments.
Politico wrote, "word got back to [Biden] that second gentleman DOUGLAS EMHOFF had been complaining about Harris’ policy portfolio — which her allies felt was hurting her politically."
Upon hearing this, "’Biden was annoyed,’ wrote author Chris Whipple."
As the book stated, Biden felt as though "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."
Whipple also wrote that Biden confided in a friend that he viewed the vice president as "a work in progress."
Additionally, a senior White House adviser blamed Harris’ stumbling on advice given to her by her inner circle. The adviser expressed "[Harris’] inner circle didn’t serve her well in the presidential campaign — and they are ill-serving her now."
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