Harris chatter leaves Biden allies seeking to shut down talk of replacing her
by Brett Samuels - 09/16/23 12:00 PM ET
The Biden campaign and its allies are rallying around Vice President Harris, rejecting chatter that President Biden should reconsider his running mate heading into 2024.
A series of opinion columns published this week all suggested one way for Biden to juice enthusiasm among Democrats and quell concerns about his age heading into a second term would be to replace Harris on the ticket.
The columns drummed up a fresh news cycle about Harris’s political value, putting some Democrats on the spot about whether she is the best option to run alongside Biden and frustrating Biden allies who view the vice president as an asset heading into the 2024 campaign.
“It is the kind of chatter that is meant to undermine the president, his administration and his accomplishments,” said Karen Finney, a veteran Democratic strategist.
“He’s running for reelection, and he is running with the vice president, as they made it very clear in the announcement,” she added. “All of the talk is really absurd and unproductive.”
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