U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris cited her leadership skills in a recent interview and said she is ready to take over the presidency.
Updated February 13, 2024 11:00 CST
Vice President Kamala Harris was detailing her campaign priorities aboard Air Force Two earlier last week when she was asked a delicate question hanging over the Democratic ticket: Voters’ confidence in Do concerns about President Biden’s age mean she has to convince voters she’s ready to take over?
“I’ve done my service. No question about it,” Harris replied bluntly. Harris said everyone who sees her work “comes away fully aware of my leadership abilities.”
Harris’ response last Tuesday in an interview with The Wall Street Journal came two days after a special counsel report on Biden’s handling of classified documents heightened concerns about the 81-year-old Concerns about the current president’s mental acuity. The report said Biden showed “diminished abilities” during the interview and called him an “old man with a poor memory.”
The conclusions intensify scrutiny of Harris, 59, the first black female vice president who has been criticized for her political skills during her tenure. Discussions about Harris’s ability to serve as president have been taking place privately, but are now becoming more public.
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Vice President Kamala Harris was detailing her campaign priorities aboard Air Force Two earlier last week when she was asked a delicate question hanging over the Democratic ticket: Voters’ confidence in Do concerns about President Biden’s age mean she has to convince voters she’s ready to take over?
“I’ve done my service. No question about it,” Harris replied bluntly. Harris said everyone who sees her work “comes away fully aware of my leadership abilities.”
Harris’ response last Tuesday in an interview with The Wall Street Journal came two days after a special counsel report on Biden’s handling of classified documents heightened concerns about the 81-year-old Concerns about the current president’s mental acuity. The report said Biden showed “diminished abilities” during the interview and called him an “old man with a poor memory.”
The conclusions intensify scrutiny of Harris, 59, the first black female vice president who has been criticized for her political skills during her tenure. Discussions about Harris’s ability to serve as president have been taking place privately, but are now becoming more public.
“She’s always going to be under a lot of scrutiny and pressure in the 2024 race anyway,” said Jennifer Palmieri, who worked in the Obama and Clinton administrations and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign. , and now that moment has arrived.” “I think that special counsel report kind of accelerated that moment.”
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2024-02-13 03:00:00
