<p>For weeks, Democrats have been walking a fine line with regard to their assessment of the office of the vice president — specifically, whether that position is of the utmost importance or virtually inconsequential.</p>
<p>Then-Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) was hailed as a very important pick for President Joe Biden in 2020, mainly due to concerns about his age even then. But when Biden abruptly exited the 2024 presidential race in late July — by all accounts, a move that he did not make of his own volition — they were busy scrambling to pump up Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; resume, and they leaned into her experience working alongside Biden and often being the &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-bragged-she-was-last-person-in-the-room-when-biden-decided-to-leave-afghanistan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last person in the room</a>&#8221; when the major policy decisions were made.</p>
<p>But within a few weeks, when they realized just how unpopular a lot of Biden&#8217;s policies were, they switched footing and attempted to put <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/media-rallies-to-unburden-kamala-of-all-ties-to-biden-harris-policies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as much distance as possible</a> between her and the administration of which she had been a vital and vocal part — at least, until it was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doug-emhoff-not-fair-to-criticize-kamala-harris-for-the-admins-failures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">politically damaging</a>.</p>
<p>When Harris selected Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) as her running mate, Democrats pivoted once again to tout him as a major addition to the party&#8217;s 2024 ticket. But then he debated his Republican opponent, Senator JD Vance (R-OH).</p>
<p>Before the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-torches-cbs-moderators-for-fact-checking-cutting-vances-mic-youre-the-problem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vice presidential debate</a> — which aired on Tuesday evening on CBS — was even over, Democrats were doing their best to spin what they must have believed was a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buffering-on-a-slow-wi-fi-connection-reactions-to-tim-walz-are-in-and-theyre-not-good" target="_blank" rel="noopener">near-disaster</a> of a performance from their candidate. Once again, the role of the vice president was relegated to negligible at best as Democrats on X attempted to dismiss Walz&#8217;s obvious lack of command — over any major policy — from the debate stage.</p>
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<p>&#8220;I actually think most Americans fundamentally understand that the VP is not the President,&#8221; former Missouri Senator and MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill posted.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I actually think most Americans fundamentally understand that the VP is not the President.</p>
<p>&mdash; Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) <a href="https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/1841303520655417476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Here&#8217;s the thing,&#8221; David Axelrod, a former Barack Obama advisor, added. &#8220;VPs don&#8217;t make policy. Presidents do. Who talks about the Pence years?!?&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here&#39;s the thing:<br />VPs don&#39;t make policy.  Presidents do.<br />Who talks about the Pence years?!?</p>
<p>&mdash; David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1841290392106328207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>But what Axelrod left out is the fact that because of the almost evenly-divided Senate, some of President Joe Biden&#8217;s policies never would have seen the light of day without the direct actions of his sitting vice president, Kamala Harris.</p>
<p>Harris directly impacted the economy, for example, when she cast the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-kamala-harris-triggered-the-inflation-crisis-that-harmed-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deciding vote</a> in the U.S. Senate on the wildly misnamed Inflation Reduction Act, sending the U.S. economy spiraling into skyrocketing inflation rates that shattered decades-old record highs.</p>
<p>The sitting VP also cast <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vp-harris-sets-new-record-with-tie-breaking-vote">tie-breaking votes</a> on 32 other measures — the most of any vice president in history.</p>

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