5 questions swirling around Harris
BY NIALL STANAGE - 09/12/23 6:00 AM ETVice President Harris is moving closer to center stage as the 2024 campaign heats up.
Harris has given two major on-camera interviews within the past week, to The Associated Press and CBS News — a departure from habit for a vice president who is typically reticent with the media.
The White House also announced last week that Harris would go on a college tour that will take her to “around a dozen campuses in at least seven states” over the next month. Visits to Hampton College, Va., North Carolina A&T in Greensboro and Atlanta’s Morehouse College — all historically Black colleges and universities — are already scheduled.
Harris hit the headlines for more celebratory reasons Saturday, when she held a party at her official residence to mark 50 years of hip-hop, with guests including Lil Wayne, Common, Jeezy and Remy Ma.
Even as Harris ups her profile, she must contend with the fact that she has long been an inviting target for Republicans. Those attacks are sure to intensify in the months ahead.
Here are five questions swirling around the vice president.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4198529-five-questions-swirling-around-harris/