How Kamala Harris’s relationship with Joe Biden turned frosty
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The vice president has reportedly ‘expressed deep sadness’ to confidantes. Relations between Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden have reportedly turned frosty, according to a report. The vice president has reportedly “expressed deep sadness” to confidantes over the election loss to Donald Trump, coupled with Biden’s comments.
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In an interview with USA Today this month, Biden was asked if he could have defeated Trump. “It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think yes, based on the polling,” he said. “I think I would have beaten Trump, I could have beaten Trump,” he told reporters, a comment that’s reportedly irked Harris.
However, Biden did then add: “And I think that Kamala could have beaten Trump and would have beaten Trump. It wasn’t about that. I thought it was important to unify the party.”. The Journal described the relationship between the pair as “fraying” as their administration comes to a close.
Harris’s spokeswoman, Kirsten Allen, maintained the two have “developed a close working relationship as governing partners, but they have also built a strong friendship that continues today” in a statement to the newspaper. Biden and Harris were pictured hugging on Wednesday following his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office.
Harris stood by Biden throughout his second run for the presidency and never caved to pressure from some in the party to publicly distance herself from him on the campaign trail. Harris and her husband plan to spend their time between New York and their home in Los Angeles after she leaves office, according to reports.
