Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), one of many Democrats seeking their party’s nomination for president in 2020, threw some shade at fellow hopeful Joe Biden when asked about how she responded to chatter that she would make a good vice presidential candidate.
Since Biden entered the race, he has sat near the top of most 2020 polls among Democratic primary voters. However, it is still early in the process—with the first Democratic debates scheduled to take place next month.
Harris was asked by a reporter about talk of her being a good candidate to be vice president if she weren’t to capture the party’s nomination.
Her response, according to several reports, was that Biden would be a good vice president because he’s done it before.
I asked Kamala Harris if she’s sick of all the talk of how she’s the perfect VP. She responded: I think that Joe Biden would be a great running mate. That as vice president he's proven he knows how to do the job. pic.twitter.com/9wHwOlKoxw
— Emily Goodin (@Emilylgoodin) May 15, 2019
Kamala Harris here in NH: “I think Joe Biden would be a great runningmate. As vice president he’s shown he can do the job.”
— Steve Peoples (@sppeoples) May 15, 2019
The not-so-subtle shade was noticed and respected.
.@KamalaHarris: “I think Joe Biden would be a great runningmate. As vice president he’s shown he can do the job.”
— Jeremy Weitz (@JeremyDWeitz) May 15, 2019
Me: pic.twitter.com/HObaMxEl0A
Sen. @KamalaHarris in NH: “I think Joe Biden would be a great running mate. As vice president he’s shown he can do the job."
— 𝔾𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕠𝕟 𝔾𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖 (@DrSDMobleyJr) May 15, 2019
KAMALA FOR THE PEOPLE (and the kids). #READ pic.twitter.com/JFYP9J2qZO
https://twitter.com/magic_uno/status/1128697387722080258
https://twitter.com/aiddya/status/1128702520052707329
https://twitter.com/charlescrain/status/1128698538072924161
Need a bigger 😎 for this shade. https://t.co/VhiV3ZPdP1
— KAMALA NATION (@KamalaNation) May 15, 2019
shade! https://t.co/au4yC6OS36
— Kate Nocera (@KateNocera) May 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/cullend/status/1128701043720638464
.@KamalaHarris just had a mic drop moment: https://t.co/bcU8Rcx1Fy
— Full Grassley + (@FullGrassley) May 15, 2019
It’s still extremely early to predict who will ultimately get the nod to run against President Donald Trump, but Harris clearly isn’t running to be someone’s vice presidential candidate.
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