With Republicans taking over the House, investigations into President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration are set to take off — as they should. After all, oversight is one of the key jobs of lawmakers as laid out in the Constitution.
While there have been murmurs that Republicans might go so far as to impeach Biden, top party leaders have seemed to eschew the notion. But that was before a cache of classified documents was found in Biden&#8217;s garage — and then kept hidden until after the midterm elections.
But one GOP lawmaker says Biden has the perfect insurance policy to prevent his impeachment: Vice President Kamala Harris.
&#8220;Joe Biden has failed the American people and he’s keeping some members from calling for impeachment by having a historically unpopular vice president,&#8221; Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kamala-harris-is-bidens-shrewd-insurance-policy-against-impeachment-boebert-says/ar-AA16uXY2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Fox News.
&#8220;Both have failed to faithfully uphold and execute the law, and both should be held fully accountable,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Kamala Harris is Biden’s shrewd insurance policy.&#8221;
In the last couple of months, Obama administration-era classified documents have been found at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C., and at Biden&#8217;s Wilmington, Delaware, home.
But while there have been whispers that Republicans might seek to impeach Biden, Democrats and liberal news outlets are openly talking about dropping Harris from the 2024 ticket.
Harris is just 58 and is the first female vice president — the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history. And she just happens to be the first black and first Asian American vice president. That checks a lot of boxes for identity-conscious Democrats.
And still the talk persists. If Biden runs again, he should dump Harris, some stories say. Others say that if he doesn&#8217;t run, the party should bail on her and pick someone else.
The stories aren&#8217;t wrong, per se. They do contain facts, like this from a September <a href="https://morningconsult.com/2022/09/28/democrats-believe-biden-should-run-2024-primary-harris/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey </a>from Morning Consult: Just 28% of Democratic voters would vote for Harris in a Democratic presidential primary without Biden on the ballot, down from 33% in a poll last year. You don&#8217;t win the White House with those numbers.
Slate was one of the latest liberal sites to come out against Harris.
&#8220;As Joe Biden weighs a run for re-election even as he becomes the first octogenarian U.S. president in history, he should think back on what it was like to watch the Harris campaign flame out,&#8221; Christina Cauterucci <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/kamala-harris-joe-biden-new-vp-2024.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;Harris, a proven dud of a presidential candidate who has done little to distinguish herself since is not a good choice for the Democrats’ top billing. For his second term, should he seek one (he shouldn’t!), Biden should tap someone else.”
Harris, it turns out, is surprisingly even more unpopular than her predecessors.
&#8220;As the country has become more partisan, vice presidents have been less likely to enjoy broad support among the public. [Mike] Pence, for example, had a net favorability of roughly zero for much of his four years in the White House. Joe Biden, Dick Cheney, and Al Gore all began their tenures with higher ratings than Harris currently enjoys,&#8221; the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/projects/kamala-harris-approval-rating-polls-vs-biden-other-vps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> last month.
And Capitol Weekly openly derided Harris in an October <a href="https://capitolweekly.net/memo-to-democrats-beware-of-kamala-harris-in-2024-or-beyond/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">piece</a> headlined, &#8220;Memo to Democrats: Beware of Kamala Harris, in 2024 or beyond.&#8221;
&#8220;Despite her obvious intelligence, Harris just isn’t very good, I’m sorry to say, either as a candidate or communicator,&#8221; Democrat strategist Garry South wrote. &#8220;When it comes to Harris and 2024 – or beyond — Democrats would be wise to bear in mind the old time-honored caution, caveat emptor.&#8221;
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Boebert: Kamala Harris Is Biden’s ‘Shrewd Insurance Policy’ Against Impeachment

Rep. Lauren Boebert: Kamala Harris Is President Joe Biden's 'Shrewd Insurance Policy' Against Impeachment

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Texas Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/greg-abbott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Abbott</a> hit back at President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> on Monday over criticism of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> program voluntarily relocating migrants at the U.S. southern border to sanctuary cities.
Three buses filled with about 130 immigrants stopped and let their passengers off outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ official residence in Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve evening. The buses were originally destined for New York, but rerouted to D.C. because of road closures and low temperatures, an aid worker told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/25/us/politics/migrants-kamala-harris-christmas-eve.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
“The White House is full of a bunch of hypocrites, led by the Hypocrite-in-Chief,” Abbott spokeswoman Renae Eze said in a statement, according to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/greg-abbott-pushes-back-criticism-after-busing-migrants/story?id=95848289" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a>. “Instead of their hypocritical complaints about Texas providing much-needed relief to our overrun and overwhelmed border communities, President Biden and Border Czar Harris need to step up and do their jobs to secure the border — something they continue failing to do.”
The migrants “were processed and released by the federal government,” Eze said. Relocating the migrants from the Texas border to sanctuary cities is “providing much-needed relief to our overrun and overwhelmed border communities.”
El Paso, Texas, is one of the hardest hit communities of the border crisis. Dozens of homeless migrants have slept in the city’s streets in recent weeks because government and nonprofit facilities set up for migrant care are overcrowded. The city, which is operating its own bussing program to relocate migrants, <a href="https://wtov9.com/news/nation-world/migrants-brace-cold-night-el-pasoans-show-up-to-help-them-stay-warm-christian-values-jesus-christ-manger-mary-joseph-no-room-at-the-inn-texas-southern-border-public-safety-charity-christmas-holidays-december-winter-weather-blizzard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paid</a> for several buses to idle on the city’s streets over the holiday weekend for migrants to warm up during nights of freezing temperatures.
The White House had lashed out at Abbott on Christmas after the migrants were dropped off in front of the Naval Observatory.
“Governor Abbott abandoned children on the side of the road in below-freezing temperatures on Christmas Eve without coordinating with any federal or local authorities,” White House spokesman Abdullah Hasan said, according to the Times. “This was a cruel, dangerous and shameful stunt.”
“These political games accomplish nothing and only put lives in danger,” he added.
The Supreme Court is expected to make a ruling on Title 42 in the coming days, potentially allowing the Trump-era pandemic policy to end and spark a flood of migrants over the U.S. border.
Tens of thousands of migrants are currently staying in shelters on the Mexico side of the border. At least 22,000 migrants are staying in shelters in the Mexican border cities of Tijuana, Reynosa, and Matamoros, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/us/el-paso-border-fencing-title-42/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> reports.

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Texas Governor Rips ‘Hypocrite-In-Chief’ Joe Biden After Busloads Of Migrants Arrive At Veep’s Residence

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A flurry of buses dropped off dozens of migrants at the Washington, D.C., residence of Vice President Kamala Harris on a frigid Christmas Eve.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other Republicans leading southern states have arranged the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-sends-thousands-migrants-sanctuary-cities-liberal-mayors-scramble-respond" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transport of thousands of migrants</a> to liberal enclaves such as Chicago, New York City, Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, and Washington, D.C., in recent months to draw attention to the U.S.-Mexico border crisis.
With the temperature dipping into the teens, buses with approximately 50 migrants were expected to arrive late Saturday in front of the U.S. Naval Observatory, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/24/politics/migrants-dropped-off-vice-president-christmas-eve/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a source told CNN</a>. A reporter with 7News, a local ABC affiliate, <a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/migrant-buses-dc-texas-vice-president-kamala-harris-home-naval-observatory-christmas-eve-cold-weather-18-degrees-illegal-immigration-border-security-crossing-undocumented-greg-abbott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caught what he said</a> was the third and final bus of the night, noting it came from Texas.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HappeningNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HappeningNow</a> the second bus of migrants has arrived here in D.C. near VP Kamala Harris’ home. They are boarding another bus taking them to a church. Was just told by someone helping bring them to the church that this bus came from Texas: <a href="https://t.co/Sp4upqz1yB">pic.twitter.com/Sp4upqz1yB</a>
&mdash; Christian Flores (@CFloresNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CFloresNews/status/1606844175550451712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Video posted to social media by the reporter, Christian Flores, showed what he said were migrants picking up their belongings and boarding another bus destined for a local church. They included women and children.
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The third and final bus of migrants of the night of migrants buses up to D.C. from Texas arriving, with Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network taking them to a church: <a href="https://t.co/Y65B8RnilZ">pic.twitter.com/Y65B8RnilZ</a>
&mdash; Christian Flores (@CFloresNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CFloresNews/status/1606849087571197952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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CNN&#8217;s Noah Gray cited Amy Fischer with the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid saying the asylum-seekers were originally headed for New York but “shifted to DC because of the weather.&#8221;
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Amy Fischer with Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network tells me the 3 busses of asylum seekers were sent by Texas <a href="https://twitter.com/GovAbbott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovAbbott</a> &amp; originally headed for NY but “shifted to DC because of the weather,” busses picking up were from DC govt- the migrants were bussed to a DC church. <a href="https://t.co/j1y9PtSEy0">https://t.co/j1y9PtSEy0</a>
&mdash; Noah Gray (@NoahGrayCNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoahGrayCNN/status/1606866037126975490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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He reported the migrants were being bused locally by the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network.
These migrants arrived in D.C. as the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-mexico-immigration-covid-93d735b9b55c15121c8fc7763fba7e78" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Court decides</a> the fate of Title 42, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-adviser-confronted-why-wasnt-border-visit-worth-his-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a controversial Trump-era public health order</a> that allows U.S. border agents to turn away migrants, including those seeking asylum, on an expedited basis. A group of Republican-led states, including Texas, are fighting the Biden administration in court to keep the emergency powers alive, warning of the potential for more chaos at the border.
U.S. authorities reported more than 2 million migrant encounters at the border in fiscal year 2022, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/22/politics/border-encounters-migrants-2022/index.html#:~:text=The%20new%20data%20shows%20a,Venezuela%2C%20Cuba%2C%20and%20Nicaragua." target="_blank" rel="noopener">a marked increase from the prior year</a>. When that figure was reported in October, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus said &#8220;failing regimes in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua&#8221; were driving a new wave of migrants across the western hemisphere.
In announcing buses traveling to outside of Harris&#8217; home in the Naval Observatory in September, Abbott noted the vice president was President Joe Biden&#8217;s pick to lead his administration&#8217;s efforts to tackle the migration challenge at the U.S.-Mexico border — a job which critics say she has failed to take seriously.
&#8220;The Biden-Harris Administration continues ignoring and denying the historic crisis at our southern border, which has endangered and overwhelmed Texas communities for almost two years,&#8221; Abbott <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-migrant-bus-arrivals-at-border-czar-harris-residence-in-washington-d.c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a statement at the time</a>. &#8220;Our supposed Border Czar, Vice President Kamala Harris, has yet to even visit the border to see firsthand the impact of the open border policies she has helped implement, even going so far as to claim the border is ‘secure.’ Texas will continue sending migrants to sanctuary cities like Washington, D.C. until President Biden and Border Czar Harris step up and do their jobs to secure the border.&#8221;
In October, Harris <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/border-czar-kamala-harris-accuses-abbott-of-dereliction-of-duty-for-busing-migrants-out-of-texas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took a swipe at Abbott</a>, saying his actions were &#8220;an absolute dereliction of duty&#8221; during an appearance on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Late Night with Seth Meyers.&#8221;
&#8220;If you see a problem and we agree that we need to address it, then if you’re a leader, participate in a solution, right?” Harris added. “They’ve fled great harm and they are coming here seeking refuge. Talk about political theater.”

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Busloads Of Migrants Dropped Off At Kamala Harris’ Home On Christmas Eve

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During the race to be the Democrats&#8217; nominee in 2020, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden engaged in several acrimonious exchanges before Harris&#8217; campaign went down in flames.
But she is a black woman of Asian descent, and Biden — being the craven politician he is — picked her as his running mate.
Still, he has regularly expressed his displeasure with the spotlight-seeking Harris, and a new book says he dismissively calls her a &#8220;work in progress.&#8221;
In &#8220;The Fight of His Life,&#8221; a new book by author Chris Whipple that comes out January 17, Whipple says Biden was miffed when he heard that Harris&#8217; husband, Douglas Emhoff, complained about some of the tasks assigned to the vice president, Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2022/12/20/the-juicy-new-biden-book-00074849">reports</a>.
“Biden was annoyed,” the book says. “He hadn’t asked Harris to do anything he hadn’t done as vice president — and she’d begged him for the voting rights assignment.”
Early in his presidency, Biden named Harris the &#8220;Border Czar&#8221; and charged her with taking care of the mess at the U.S.-Mexico border. She was also tasked with pushing election reform and voting rights through Congress, but she failed miserably.
Others in the White House were also annoyed. One senior Biden adviser allegedly vented that “[Harris’] inner circle didn’t serve her well in the presidential campaign — and they are ill-serving her now.”
The White House gave only the most perfunctory pushback on the book.
&#8220;There will be no shortage of books written about the administration containing a wide variety of claims,&#8221; White House spokeswoman Robyn Patterson told Politico. &#8220;We don’t plan to engage in confirmations or denials when it comes to the specifics of those claims. The author did not give us a chance to verify the materials that are attributed here.&#8221;
The book is coming out just as a buzz is sweeping the capital city. For the last few weeks, Democrats have been openly musing about Harris&#8217; future, with some liberal news sites and party leaders saying she <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/581248-kamala-harris-a-2024-problem-for-biden-and-the-democrats/">shouldn&#8217;t run</a> in 2024.
If President Joe Biden runs again, he should dump Harris, some <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/kamala-harris-joe-biden-new-vp-2024.html">stories</a> say. If he doesn&#8217;t run, the party should bail on her and pick someone else, others say.
The stories aren&#8217;t wrong, per se. They do contain facts, like this from a recent <a href="https://morningconsult.com/2022/09/28/democrats-believe-biden-should-run-2024-primary-harris/">survey</a> from Morning Consult: Just 28% of Democratic voters would vote for Harris in a Democratic presidential primary without Biden on the ballot, down from 33% in a poll last year.
Slate was the latest liberal site to come out against Harris.
&#8220;As Joe Biden weighs a run for re-election even as he becomes the first octogenarian U.S. president in history, he should think back on what it was like to watch the Harris campaign flame out,&#8221; Christina Cauterucci <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/kamala-harris-joe-biden-new-vp-2024.html">wrote</a>.
&#8220;Harris, a proven dud of a presidential candidate who has done little to distinguish herself since is not a good choice for the Democrats’ top billing. For his second term, should he seek one (he shouldn’t!), Biden should tap someone else.”
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Biden Increasingly ‘Annoyed’ By Kamala Harris, Book Reveals

President Joe Biden Increasingly 'Annoyed' By Vice President Kamala Harris, Book Reveals

Politico

A book that is expected to hit bookshelves next month will detail one of the issues that reportedly caused President Joe Biden to explode into fits of rage during his first years as president.
Author Chris Whipple, in his forthcoming book, &#8220;The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden&#8217;s White House,&#8221; describes how the scenes of illegal aliens flooding the U.S. southern border caused Biden to erupt into states of fury, dropping f-bombs in front of aides.
&#8220;Meanwhile, illegal immigrants kept arriving. And Biden was furious,&#8221; the book <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-fumed-dropped-f-bombs-border-crisis-intensified-book">says</a>, according to a copy obtained by Fox News.  &#8220;Aides had rarely seen him so angry. From all over the West Wing, you could hear the president cursing, dropping f-bombs (he’d always apologize when women were present).&#8221;
A senior Biden official told the author that the anger came from an apparent &#8220;lack of solutions&#8221; to the crisis.
&#8220;It’s like, ‘How would you feel if you were me and these were the solutions you had?’ It’s the weight of the presidency, right?’&#8221; the adviser said.
The book said that &#8220;early in his term he had reserved the f-bomb mostly for discussions of the southern border,&#8221; but he later started using it when other crises began popping up.
The book gained attention earlier this week when it revealed that Biden called Vice President Kamala Harris, who has struggled throughout her first two years in office, a &#8220;work in progress.&#8221;
POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2022/12/20/the-juicy-new-biden-book-00074849">reported</a> that Biden reportedly learned that Harris&#8217; husband was complaining about the policy portfolio that she had been given to tackle in her role as vice president.
“Biden was annoyed,” the book said. “He hadn’t asked Harris to do anything he hadn’t done as vice president — and she’d begged him for the voting rights assignment.”
Another senior administration official agreed, according to the book, saying that Harris&#8217; inner circle &#8220;didn’t serve her well in the presidential campaign — and they are ill-serving her now.&#8221;

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New Book Reveals Political Issue That Caused Biden To Explode In Fits Of Rage: Report

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Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is the solid frontrunner to win the 2024 presidential election, according to one betting site that&#8217;s keeping running odds on the race.
Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump has dropped in the odds, and Vice President Kamala Harris has plunged to just a 4.8% probability of winning should she somehow secure the Democratic Party&#8217;s nomination.
DeSantis, who has not announced whether he&#8217;ll seek the White House, has nearly a one in three chance, standing at 30.8%, according to the projections.
Following the 2022 midterms in November and Trump&#8217;s official announcement that he would seek the 2024 Republican nomination, he held the No. 2 position. But Trump has been embroiled in a swamp of controversy ever since. &#8220;As of today, Trump&#8217;s odds have decreased to 20%,&#8221; the betting site Empire Stakes <a href="https://www.empirestakes.com/ny-sports-betting/presidential-election-odds">reports</a>.
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&#8220;This puts him in third place behind current President Joe Biden, who gained 2.2% and is now 2nd most likely to be re-elected in 2024,&#8221; the site said.
That&#8217;s a big change since July when Biden was in third.
“Biden’s crushed approval ratings and worsening betting odds are causing Democrats to wonder if he is the right figure to take on Trump in 2024,” Joe Short of <a href="https://www.gambling.com/us">Gambling</a>.com <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bookies-biden-now-third-place-in-the-odds-to-win-2024-election">told</a> The Daily Wire then. “According to the Wall Street Journal, Democrats expect him to go for a second term at the age of 82, but they’re not sure he should.”
“To make matters even worse for Biden, he is now third favorite to win the 2024 US Presidential election, behind both Trump (3/1) and Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis (4/1),” he said.
Short said that Biden initially appeared willing to cede power to his Vice President Kamala Harris after just one term, but she’s not faring too well to bookies, either. She has “floated way out to 12/1 with bet365 to be the next U.S. president. Evidently, punters and U.K. bookmakers are looking no further than Biden when it comes to Democratic names in 2024.”
But Harris&#8217; plunge in the odds is not that surprising. For the last several months, Democrats have been openly musing about her future, with some liberal news sites and party leaders saying she shouldn&#8217;t run in 2024 if Biden bails.
A September <a href="https://morningconsult.com/2022/09/28/democrats-believe-biden-should-run-2024-primary-harris/">survey</a> from Morning Consult found that just 28% of Democratic voters would vote for Harris in a Democratic presidential primary without Biden on the ballot, down from 33% in a poll last year.
And <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/kamala-harris-joe-biden-new-vp-2024.html">Slate</a> last month was the latest liberal site to come out against Harris.
&#8220;As Joe Biden weighs a run for re-election even as he becomes the first octogenarian U.S. president in history, he should think back on what it was like to watch the Harris campaign flame out,&#8221; Christina Cauterucci wrote.
&#8220;Harris, a proven dud of a presidential candidate who has done little to distinguish herself since is not a good choice for the Democrats’ top billing. For his second term, should he seek one (he shouldn’t!), Biden should tap someone else.”
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Trump Drops To 3rd In Betting Odds For 2024, Now Trails Biden

Donald Trump Drops To 3rd In Betting Odds For 2024, Now Trails President Joe Biden

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Turnover in Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a>&#8216; office is claiming another top staffer.
Communications Director Jamal Simmons is expected to depart next month after roughly a year in the role, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/02/harris-comms-director-jamal-simmons-is-set-to-depart-from-office-00071939" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Politico.
“Working for Vice President Harris has been an honor and a privilege,” Simmons said in a statement to the news outlet. “I’m so thankful for the confidence she put in me and I will miss this fantastic team more than anything.”
Simmons, a veteran Democratic communications aide, intends to move to New York with his family, per the report. It was not immediately clear who will replace him as comms director.
Several others have left Harris&#8217; office since she became vice president less than two years ago. The &#8220;exodus,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/04/kamala-harris-staff-departures/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post put it in 2021</a>, has raised questions about what kind of work environment Harris has fostered. When Symone Sanders, who was Harris&#8217; senior adviser and chief spokesperson, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/01/symone-sanders-senior-adviser-vice-president-harris-will-leave-post/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">departed at the end of last year</a>, the news outlet reported it came as the vice president contended with claims of dysfunction among staff and messaging issues coupled with criticism that the vice president faced on multiple fronts, including for her efforts to address challenges at the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-lead-migrant-crisis-response-joe-biden-3400f56255e000547d1ca3ce1aa6b8e9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">southern border</a>.
Others who have departed from Harris&#8217; employ include domestic policy adviser <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/15/rohini-kosoglu-leaving-kamala-harris/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rohini Kosoglu</a>, speechwriter <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/16/kamala-harris-chief-speechwriter-quits-vp-office-f/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meghan Groob</a>, Deputy Press Secretary <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/politics/sabrina-singh-leaving-harris-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sabrina Singh</a>, Communications Director <a href="https://www.prweek.com/article/1753303/powell-tate-hires-former-kamala-harris-comms-director-ashley-etienne" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ashley Etienne</a>, and more.
Lorraine Voles, Harris’ chief of staff, said in an email to staff on Friday that Simmons had originally agreed to stay for a year to help her &#8220;steady the ship.&#8221; During Simmons&#8217; tenure, he helped to build the vice president&#8217;s &#8220;digital presence and building relationships with national, regional and constituency media,&#8221; she added.
President Joe Biden has said he intends to seek reelection in 2024, and <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3637807-harris-says-she-would-proudly-run-with-biden-if-he-seeks-reelection/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harris said in September</a> that she would &#8220;proudly&#8221; run with him if he does. Biden may be up for a rematch against former President Donald Trump, who declared his 2024 candidacy last month.

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Another Kamala Harris Staffer Leaving Post

Another Kamala Harris Staffer, Jamal Simmons, Leaving Post

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Something odd is happening in Washington, D.C. &#8212; on both sides of the political aisle.
After the GOP performed poorly in the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans openly blamed former President Donald Trump &#8212; even though he is, whether you like it or not, the de facto head of the party. But the weak showing exposed The Don as politically impotent and no longer someone to be feared.
The same thing is happening with Vice President Kamala Harris. For the last couple of weeks, Democrats have openly mused about her future, with some liberal news sites and party leaders saying she shouldn&#8217;t run in 2024.
So hang on: This is the sitting vice president, the party&#8217;s No. 2, serving with a guy who just turned 80. Should the president decide not to run again, historically, it&#8217;s the veep who gets the first crack. Often, the vice president doesn&#8217;t even get a challenger in the primary.
That makes this all odd. Harris is just 58, the first female vice president and, thus, the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history. And she just happens to be the first black and first Asian American vice president. That checks a lot of boxes for those identity-conscious Democrats.
And still the talk persists. If President Joe Biden runs again, he should dump Harris, some stories say. Others say that if he doesn&#8217;t run, the party should bail on her and pick someone else.
The stories aren&#8217;t wrong, per se. They do contain facts, like this from a recent <a href="https://morningconsult.com/2022/09/28/democrats-believe-biden-should-run-2024-primary-harris/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> from Morning Consult: Just 28% of Democratic voters would vote for Harris in a Democratic presidential primary without Biden on the ballot, down from 33% in a poll last year. You don&#8217;t win the White House with those numbers.
Slate was the latest liberal site to come out against Harris.
&#8220;As Joe Biden weighs a run for re-election even as he becomes the first octogenarian U.S. president in history, he should think back on what it was like to watch the Harris campaign flame out,&#8221; Christina Cauterucci <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/kamala-harris-joe-biden-new-vp-2024.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;Harris, a proven dud of a presidential candidate who has done little to distinguish herself since is not a good choice for the Democrats’ top billing. For his second term, should he seek one (he shouldn’t!), Biden should tap someone else.”
Harris, it turns out, is surprisingly even more unpopular than her predecessors.
&#8220;As the country has become more partisan, vice presidents have been less likely to enjoy broad support among the public. [Mike] Pence, for example, had a net favorability of roughly zero for much of his four years in the White House. Joe Biden, Dick Cheney and Al Gore all began their tenures with higher ratings than Harris currently enjoys,&#8221; the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/projects/kamala-harris-approval-rating-polls-vs-biden-other-vps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> last week.
And Capitol Weekly openly derided Harris in a piece late last month headlined, &#8220;Memo to Democrats: Beware of Kamala Harris, in 2024 or beyond.&#8221;
&#8220;Despite her obvious intelligence, Harris just isn’t very good, I’m sorry to say, either as a candidate or communicator,&#8221; Democrat strategist Garry South <a href="https://capitolweekly.net/memo-to-democrats-beware-of-kamala-harris-in-2024-or-beyond/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;When it comes to Harris and 2024 – or beyond — Democrats would be wise to bear in mind the old time-honored caution, caveat emptor.&#8221;
In some ways, this isn&#8217;t new. Back in May, the New York Magazine posted a story intriguingly <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/05/biden-2024-democrats-search-for-alternative.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headlined</a>, &#8220;There Has to Be a Backup Plan. There’s a Backup Plan, Right?&#8221;
But it was the Slate piece that said the quiet part out loud. &#8220;If Harris cares about the future of the Democratic agenda, she should gracefully step aside. The vice presidency is a valuable mechanism for soft-launching future presidential hopefuls. Democrats cannot waste it on a candidate who has already failed to launch.&#8221;
Ouch.
With all the buzz, Harris was forced last week to comment. &#8220;Look, as the president said, he intends to run. And if he does, I will be running with him,&#8221; she said.
The thing is &#8212; it might not be her choice.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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DC Abuzz With Chatter About President Joe Biden Replacing Vice President Harris

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Vice President Kamala Harris says she&#8217;s ready to run again as President Joe Biden&#8217;s running mate in 2024 should he decide to go.
But it might not be her choice.
&#8220;As the president said, he intends to run. And if he does, I will be running with him,&#8221; Harris told reporters on board the Philippines Coast Guard ship Teresa Magbanua as she finished up a news-free trip to Asia.
Harris touted the Biden administration&#8217;s record, telling the media, &#8220;I have no doubt about the strength of the work that we have done over these past two years.&#8221; Well, tell that to the 64% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck.
And she tried to say spending another couple trillion dollars would solve everything. &#8220;We have delivered unprecedented relief for the American people during the pandemic,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We have passed an infrastructure law that many are talking about &#8212; we actually did.&#8221;
But Harris is wildly unpopular, even among the party faithful. And one very liberal news site this week said if Biden &#8212; who turned 80 over the weekend &#8212; really does go again, he oughta&#8217; bail on Kamala and pick someone else.
&#8220;As Joe Biden weighs a run for re-election even as he becomes the first octogenarian U.S. president in history, he should think back on what it was like to watch the Harris campaign flame out,&#8221; Slate <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/kamala-harris-joe-biden-new-vp-2024.html">wrote</a>.
&#8220;A second Biden term would mean even higher stakes for a vice-presidential pick—not only because Biden is older than he was the first time around, but because the VP serving when he leaves could be the de facto frontrunner in the [2028] Democratic primary. Harris, a proven dud of a presidential candidate who has done little to distinguish herself since, is not a good choice for the Democrats’ top billing. For his second term, should he seek one (he shouldn’t!), Biden should tap someone else,&#8221; the mag said.
According to RealClearPolitics, Harris has a 40% approval rating and a whopping 54% disapproval rating, the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/projects/kamala-harris-approval-rating-polls-vs-biden-other-vps/">reported</a> last week. Compared to her predecessors, Harris is faring far worse.
&#8220;As the country has become more partisan, vice presidents have been less likely to enjoy broad support among the public. Pence, for example, had a net favorability of roughly zero for much of his four years in the White House. Joe Biden, Dick Cheney and Al Gore all began their tenures with higher ratings than Harris currently enjoys,&#8221; the Times wrote.
Harris is unpopular in large part for her inattentiveness to the U.S. southern border, a task Biden assigned her in the early days of his administration.
&#8220;After becoming vice president, Harris was asked to lead the administration’s response to the contentious issue of immigration. Her handling of the topic has been criticized, which some observers link to her approval rating sinking at a greater rate than Biden’s thus far,&#8221; said the Times.
That has led some to say Biden should just run away from her.
&#8220;At the end of the day, it doesn’t much matter why Harris’s public favor has fallen,&#8221; Slate wrote. &#8220;Even though her bad polling numbers are not entirely her fault, for a variety of substantive reasons, she is not the rising political star she was initially made out to be. And an aging, past-his-prime statesman—especially one as disliked as Biden—needs the momentum of a rising star.&#8221;
&#8220;Democrats know this. They are already worried about it. I’ll leave it to them to decide who should replace Harris and how she could transition out of the job. (Would a Cabinet position do the trick?) At this point, almost any of the people who have been named as possible successors to Biden would be a better pick.&#8221;
&#8220;If Harris cares about the future of the Democratic agenda, she should gracefully step aside. The vice presidency is a valuable mechanism for soft-launching future presidential hopefuls. Democrats cannot waste it on a candidate who has already failed to launch,&#8221; Slate wrote.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Lib Mag: If President Joe Biden Runs Again In ’24, He Should Dump Kamala Harris

Lib Mag: If President Joe Biden Runs In '24, He Should Dump Kamala Harris

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President Joe Biden told reporters on Monday that he did not expect much change regarding abortion rights following the midterm elections.
Biden made the remarks during his trip to Bali, Indonesia.
&#8220;I don’t think they can expect much of anything other than we’re going to maintain our positions,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/14/remarks-by-president-biden-in-a-press-conference-bali-indonesia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
&#8220;I don’t think there’s enough votes to codify, unless something happens unusual in the House. I think we’re going to get very close in the House. But I don’t — I think it’s going to be very close, but I don’t think we’re going to make it,&#8221; he added.
The responses follow an intense week of midterm election results that include some races that have still not been projected. The current House results show Republicans with <a href="https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/national/2022-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">212 projected seats</a>, with Democrats at 201; 218 seats are needed for a majority.
Though the predicted conservative &#8220;red wave&#8221; fizzled, Republicans are still expected to win a majority in the House.
In the Senate, Democrats are projected to win 50 seats, with Republicans at 49, <a href="https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/national/2022-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> Decision Desk HQ. The projections leave the chamber in the power of Democrats, though one seat remains to be determined in a runoff election.
Georgia&#8217;s Senate battle between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican hopeful Herschel Walker left both candidates below the 50% mark in a race that included a third-party candidate. According to state law, the top two candidates will face one another in a runoff battle on December 6.
Biden said in October that his first legislative priority would be to codify abortion rights overturned by the Supreme Court in June if Democrats held control of the House and Senate.
&#8220;And I’ve said before: The Court got Roe right nearly 50 years ago, and I believe Congress should codify Roe once and for all,&#8221; Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/10/18/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-political-event-at-the-howard-theatre/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Right now, we’re short a handful of votes. If you care about the right to choose, then you got to vote. That’s why, in these midterm elections, it’s so critical to elect more Democratic senators to the United States Senate and more Democrats to keep control of the House of Representatives.&#8221;
&#8220;And, folks, if we do that, here is the promise I make to you and the American people: The first bill that I will send to the Congress will be to codify Roe v. Wade. And when Congress passes it, I’ll sign it in January, 50 years after Roe was first decided the law of the land,&#8221; he added.
Vice President Kamala Harris also <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?514548-1/vice-president-harris-we-codify-roe-v-wade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> to codify Roe in September as the Justice Department sued Texas over a state law that restricts abortions after six weeks.
“The right of women to make decisions about their own bodies is not negotiable,” she said.

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Biden Offers Low Expectations On Abortion Legislation After Midterms

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Bill Maher, host of HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Real Time with Bill Maher,&#8221; mocked Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; political skills during his show late last week as he discussed what might happen to Democrats if President Joe Biden (D), who turns 80 next week, were to die in office.
&#8220;I&#8217;ll give you another reason why, a good reason why, Biden shouldn&#8217;t run: the Kamala problem,&#8221; Maher said. &#8220;Now, I like Kamala Harris, but for whatever reason, it just didn&#8217;t work out, okay? I think she would make a great president of the University of Santa Barbara here in California. But if Joe doesn&#8217;t run, then we don&#8217;t have to worry about her running, because it&#8217;s hard to get rid of your running mate that you ran with last time. But if you don&#8217;t run, then that kind of goes out with you.&#8221;
After a brief exchange with a guest on his panel, Maher said, &#8220;Let me put it another way. Couldn&#8217;t Biden wind up doing a kind of Ruth Bader Ginsburg thing where he stays on a little too long and takes down the whole thing with him?&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s what I worry about,&#8221; he added.
When Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) claimed that Biden was in &#8220;good health,&#8221; Maher responded, &#8220;Oh come on. He keeps saying his son was killed in Iraq and he wasn&#8217;t.&#8221;
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<blockquote>BILL MAHER, HBO HOST: And if it&#8217;s Trump against Biden, the electorate will be so turned off. And also, I&#8217;ll give you another reason why, a good reason why, Biden shouldn&#8217;t run: the Kamala problem. Now, I like Kamala Harris, but for whatever reason, it just didn&#8217;t work out, okay? I think she would make a great president of the University of Santa Barbara here in California. But if Joe doesn&#8217;t run, then we don&#8217;t have to worry about her running, because it&#8217;s hard to get rid of your running mate that you ran with last time. But if you don&#8217;t run, then that kind of goes out with you.
ROBERTA COSTA, REPORTER: I sat down with her ahead of the election and she said this whole election is going to be about democracy and abortion rights. And people looked at those comments and said, &#8216;what she talking about it?&#8217; She called it.
MAHER: Lots of people said that.
COSTA: A lot of people said the economy was going to be everything.
MAHER: Well, yes. Like I said, people thought differently when they got in the booth. Okay. So great, but okay. Let me, let me put it another way. Couldn&#8217;t Biden wind up doing a kind of Ruth Bader Ginsburg thing where he stays on a little too long and takes down the whole thing with him. That&#8217;s what I worry about.
REP. RO KHANNA (D-CA): He&#8217;s in good health.
MAHER: He&#8217;s in good health now.
KHANNA: And he&#8217;s, you know, he&#8217;s someone. Let me, let me say this, people say he&#8217;s&#8212;
MAHER: He&#8217;s a little befuddled sometimes.
KHANNA: No!
MAHER: Oh come on. He keeps saying his son was killed in Iraq and he wasn&#8217;t.</blockquote>
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The Hill published a possible plan that could propel California Governor <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a> (D) directly to the presidency, passing by Vice President <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a>, without it ever coming to a vote before the American people.
The <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/3728474-heres-a-game-plan-biden-replaces-harris-with-newsom-and-then-resigns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan</a> was outlined by former Pentagon and White House official <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Douglas-MacKinnon/75407929" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Douglas MacKinnon</a> — who worked under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush in the eighties and early nineties — and it earned an enthusiastic thumbs down from <a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fivethirtyeight</a> statistician Nate Silver.
&#8220;The competition is fierce but this is a top 5 worst political take of all time,&#8221; Silver <a href="https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1591494942244962306">said</a>.
The plan MacKinnon described was simple: all President Joe Biden had to do was replace VP Harris with Newsom — after which he could resign, leaving Newsom seated comfortably in the Oval Office less the wear and tear from an actual campaign.
Despite the plan being simple, MacKinnon noted, the situation was quite complicated. First, he argued that the expected &#8220;Red Wave&#8221; that failed to materialize as a result of Tuesday&#8217;s midterms elections was the result of either &#8220;Trump fatigue&#8221; or plain vanilla hatred of the former president — but what could have been channeled into massive gains for the Democrats was tempered by the fact that voters just don&#8217;t like Biden (or Harris) much either.
&#8220;As long as [Trump] is still considered a potentially viable candidate for 2024, or a political force by the left, that fatigue and hate will be enough to drive many Americans to the polls to vote against any Republican,&#8221; MacKinnon continued, positing that Biden was only as strong as his potential Republican opponent was weak.
But he said that he didn&#8217;t believe the former president was likely to run — although he did expect a fair amount of protracted drama surrounding his potential &#8220;announcement&#8221; — which meant that Democrats would have to be prepared to face a stronger ticket. The ticket MacKinnon thought was likely — and strong — included Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and possibly former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.
&#8220;What Tuesday’s voting demonstrated is that our country is still equally divided and deeply polarized, with no political healing on the horizon,&#8221; MacKinnon wrote. &#8220;That reality speaks to the need for a proven vote-getter with lots of money and a logistical machine behind him. In Politics 101, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) meets — maybe even exceeds — those qualifications.&#8221;
MacKinnon offered two possible routes that Newsom could take to the White House, and neither required him to win a Democratic primary or a general election without the power of White House experience behind him. Not only that, but he argued it would be &#8220;political malpractice&#8221; for the Democrats to not at least consider this option.
&#8220;In one scenario, Biden could ask Harris to resign and replace her with Newsom, who then becomes the heir apparent for 2024. Or Biden could replace Harris with Newsom and then resign himself, making Newsom the president before 2024 and arming him with the full force of the Oval Office,&#8221; he said.

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