America is in freefall. Cities are crumbling, with open drug abuse and homeless everywhere, overdose deaths are soaring, there&#8217;s a mental health epidemic, and then there are the crises, oh the crises: the border, the federal debt, lack of affordable housing, flat-out unaffordable health care.
Inflation continues to soar, and a recent <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/11/58percent-of-americans-are-living-paycheck-to-paycheck-cnbc-survey-reveals.html">study</a> found more than half (58%) of Americans are now living paycheck to paycheck.
So where are our leaders? Nowhere to be seen.
President Joe Biden spent last weekend at his mansion in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware (Biden has spent 331 days — 40% of his presidency — on vacation, one <a href="https://www.outkick.com/joe-biden-has-been-on-vacation-for-40-of-his-presidency/">report</a> finds).
While on a bike ride (he didn&#8217;t fall off this time), reporters asked how things are going at the border. “Much better than you all expected.” What color is the sky in his world?!
On plans to visit the border, he said, &#8220;Not in the near term, no. It would just be disruptive.” Uh, it&#8217;s your job!
Biden is lazy. He slept in on Monday, then flew mid-morning to Philadelphia.
Boy, with everything going on, it must&#8217;ve been an important meeting to draw the president away from business at the White House, right? Wrong.
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Biden and First Lady Jill Biden flew there on Air Force One to attend their granddaughter Maisy Biden’s graduation ceremony at the University of Pennsylvania. Of course they then popped off for a wonderful (and expensive) lunch.
Well, certainly when he returned to the White House he got back to work. Nope. At 2:40 p.m., the White House called a &#8220;lid,&#8221; meaning reporters and photographers could go home because the president wouldn&#8217;t be doing anything else that day.
The White House on Saturday put out a &#8220;week ahead&#8221; for the president. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s on Biden&#8217;s schedule for this week:
<ul>
<li>Tuesday: Deliver remarks at a celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month. The Vice President will attend.</li>
<li>Wednesday: Honor 2021-2022 Medal of Valor recipients from across the country in an East Room ceremony.</li>
<li>Thursday: Arrive in Japan for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Kishida of Japan.</li>
</ul>
On Tuesday, the White House squeezed in a meeting with congressional leaders to negotiate the debt ceiling (oh yeah, that crisis).
And where is Vice President Kamala Harris? The U.S.-Mexico border has exploded, what with Biden ending a key rule that kept foreigners applying for asylum out of the country until they had a court hearing. Certainly Harris — who Biden appointed &#8220;Border Czar&#8221; in his first week in office — is on the job.
So what&#8217;s she up to this week?
<ul>
<li>&#8220;On Monday, May 15, the Vice President is in Washington, DC and has no public events scheduled,&#8221; her official schedule reads.</li>
<li>&#8220;On Tuesday, May 16, the Vice President will convene a roundtable with young men of color small business owners and entrepreneurs.&#8221; Then she&#8217;ll attend a pro-abortion event.</li>
<li>&#8220;On Wednesday, May 17, the Vice President is in Washington, DC and has no public events scheduled.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;On Thursday, May 18, the Vice President is in Washington, DC and has no public events scheduled.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;On Friday, May 19, the Vice President will travel to Los Angeles, CA. There she will deliver remarks about the maternal health crisis.&#8221; Then she&#8217;ll hit a Democratic National Committee fundraiser with fat cats.</li>
</ul>
At a weekend fundraiser in Buckhead, a wealthy suburb of Atlanta, Harris claimed the end of Title 42 was &#8220;going rather smoothly.&#8221; Huh? Has she turned on the TV in the last week? Then the Border Czar blamed Congress.
How is this leadership? Where are our top elected officials when America is in crisis?
And a better question: Why aren&#8217;t Americans up in arms about our AWOL president and vice president?
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.

Kamala Harris, Joe Biden

Where In The @#%* Are President Biden And Vice President Harris?

Where In The @#%*& Are President Biden And Vice President Harris?

Executive

Joe Biden

Kamala Harris

Politics

Everybody, relax. Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> has now been placed on artificial intelligence safety duty by the Biden White House.
On Thursday, Harris met with C-suite executives from Microsoft, Google, and a <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/harris-meet-ceos-artificial-intelligence-risks-99068989" target="_blank" rel="noopener">couple of other artificial intelligence</a> industry leaders. One can only imagine the insight Harris had to offer.
Regardless, the Biden administration has now pledged to open seven new artificial intelligence research institutes with $140 million worth of funding to help ensure that AI doesn&#8217;t get out of hand.
Adam Conner of the Center for American Progress told the Associated Press, &#8220;We’re at a moment that in the next couple of months will really determine whether or not we lead on this or cede leadership to other parts of the world, as we have in other tech regulatory spaces like privacy or regulating large online platforms.&#8221;
Others, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/elon-musk-s-view-of-the-future-5-29-22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">such as tech guru Elon Musk</a>, have said that AI could be more dangerous and life-threatening without proper oversight.
So who better to take the helm and right our course than the veep? When she isn&#8217;t <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ennp2sGFYFI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">amazed by the wonder of yellow school buses</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1586098994685833217" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dazzled by the mystery of Venn diagrams</a>, she&#8217;s showing off the latest vinyl that she picked up from the local record shop.
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Kamala Harris shows off her newly-purchased albums for the press — but &quot;while the vice president was happy to talk about her recent purchases, she ignored a shouted question about the debt ceiling.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/7my1W5rixi">pic.twitter.com/7my1W5rixi</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1654162714631995402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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She&#8217;s the salt of the earth, this lady, and a deep thinker, too.
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Kamala, of course, was put in charge of the border by Biden. What happened? Millions flooded into the country in record numbers.
Then, she was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fresh-off-disaster-at-u-s-border-kamala-harris-tapped-for-special-role-with-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent to Europe</a> to meet with leaders to try and stop the Ukranian-Russian war from escalating. We are now closer to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/un-risk-of-nuclear-war-at-record-high-please-engage-in-peace-talks-russia-and-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nuclear doomsday</a> than ever before.
Now, she&#8217;s tasked with AI and preventing a real-world &#8220;I, Robot&#8221; scenario. Based on her track record, we are screwed and our Terminator overlords will be here before we know it.
There is at least one thing that Harris could use AI for: A new speechwriter when she inevitably fires her current one. The word salad-prone vice president has gone through quite a few in her short time as Biden&#8217;s right-hand woman. You can hardly tell the difference between AI and the real thing these days.
Here&#8217;s one example of what AI can do for Harris:
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Someone has used AI to digitally generate a Kamala Harris speech, and it’s almost indistinguishable from the real thing. <a href="https://t.co/L2w9AasCwz">pic.twitter.com/L2w9AasCwz</a>
&mdash; The TV Grump (@TheTVGrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTVGrump/status/1652947037141319681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Now here&#8217;s the actual Harris:
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KAMALA HARRIS: &quot;I think it&#39;s very important&#8230;for us, at every moment in time and certainly this one, to see the moment in time in which we exist and are present.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/1myWsM4Nz9">pic.twitter.com/1myWsM4Nz9</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1651044891395256321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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You can hardly tell the two apart.
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We Can All Relax, Kamala Is On Artificial Intelligence Safety Duty Now

Artificial Intelligence

Biden Administration

Elon Musk

U.S.

Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> is prepared to become commander in chief, a <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/24/chris-coons-biden-foreign-policy-477789" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top Senate ally</a> of President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> said on Sunday.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) made the comment during an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEEjFIOVYZU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> less than a week after Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-makes-reelection-bid-official-at-age-80" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced a 2024 re-election campaign</a> with Harris once again as his running mate.
&#8220;The vice president’s ready to run and ready to be president should that ever happen,&#8221; Coons said on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week.&#8221; &#8220;I know our president has great confidence in her, and so do I.&#8221;
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Democrat Senator Chris Coons: &quot;The vice president is ready to run and ready to be president&quot; 🥴 <a href="https://t.co/RMyEK2vkJT">pic.twitter.com/RMyEK2vkJT</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1652687484759801862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Biden chose to stick with Harris as his running mate <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/kamala_harris_favorableunfavorable-6690.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">despite her poor approval ratings</a> and inability to shake the view by critics that she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/busloads-of-migrants-dropped-off-at-kamala-harris-home-on-christmas-eve" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did not take seriously</a> her role as leader of the Biden administration&#8217;s efforts to tackle the migration challenge at the U.S.-Mexico border. As <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/04/26/biden-harris-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported by Axios</a>, the White House and Biden&#8217;s campaign are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-struggling-to-salvage-kamala-harris-poor-image-ahead-of-2024-election-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">working on revamping her image</a>.
Much of the focus on Harris is tied to concerns, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-prepares-2024-re-election-launch-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">even among Democrats</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-senators-play-defense-after-nyt-editorial-on-bidens-age" target="_blank" rel="noopener">about Biden&#8217;s age and fitness</a> to serve a full eight years in office. Already the oldest person to be president at 80 and prone to gaffes, Biden would be 86 at the end of a second term.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended his boss during an appearance Sunday on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; when moderator Chuck Todd asked if Biden is up for a second term.
&#8220;Oh, Chuck, 100% — incredibly sharp, incredibly probing, incredible command of the details, probing on the details, asking tough questions. Absolutely,&#8221; Majorkas said.
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&quot;Is [Biden] up for a second term?&quot;
MAYORKAS: &quot;Oh, Chuck, 100% — incredibly sharp, incredibly probing, incredible command&quot; <a href="https://t.co/u5aCA3gwpb">pic.twitter.com/u5aCA3gwpb</a>
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Coons, who served in the Senate alongside Harris, touted Harris after anchor Martha Raddatz asked him why it took so long for the Biden team to decide to make the vice president &#8220;front and center&#8221; on major issues.
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Coons acknowledged Harris is having difficulties earning favorable headlines but insisted he sees a strong leader in her.
&#8220;The vice president, like many vice presidents, has struggled to get positive press coverage and to get the credit she deserves for the hard work that she’s been doing,&#8221; Coons said.
&#8220;I had a great opportunity to travel with her on a recent trip to Ghana and was so struck by how easy and engaging she was, by the speeches she gave, but also the significant meetings with national leaders,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And I saw that this week again as we did a campaign kickoff event.&#8221;

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

Biden Senate Ally Says Harris ‘Ready To Be President’

Biden Senate Ally Says Harris 'Ready To Be President'

2024 Election

Chris Coons

Elections

The following is the opening satirical monologue from “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1128-agent-smith-goes-to-washington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show</a>.“
President and Venal Houseplant Joe Biden this week announced he was running for re-election, a declaration that sent a shiver of excitement through the small section on the lower right side of his face that hasn’t yet decayed into complete immobility. As all across this nation, thousands stood and cheered for the new baseball pitch clock which has really been a big improvement to the game, though the extra inning rules are kind of stupid, and what’s with those big bases like everyone’s in kindergarten or something, Biden made his announcement in a White House storage closet he had wandered into while looking for the restroom where he goes to feel safe. Addressing a stain on the wall that looked sort of like a sea of faces if all the faces were the color of mold, Biden said he wanted to get re-elected because he believes the battle for the soul of America is not yet complete. He was immediately endorsed by Satan who believes the same thing.
In a campaign video released so that the president would not have to speak long enough to lose his train of thought, images were shown of a flag being raised and the sun rising over peaceful small towns and alabaster cities and amber fields of grain so that several citizens immediately ran out and voted for Bud Light, because it’s hard to tell one pandering pseudo-patriotic video from another, and if you’re going to vote for someone who believes in cutting children’s penises off, at least you ought to get some crappy beer.
The announcer on the video says: “As the sun rises, we raise the flag because freedom and democracy and rainbows and cute little panda bears and other hollow words we hope will make you like us. But in today’s America, rainbows are under attack by an extreme panda-hating movement that seeks to ban books with pictures of naked men committing sodomy just because the books happen to be in an elementary school. These frowny-faced scary MAGA hat-niks want to take away the right to tear unborn babies limb from limb, a right which the Constitution guarantees to every woman even if he’s a man and only pretending to have a period because living in reality is hard and the gas there is so darn expensive. Joe Biden has made defending these make-believe freedoms the goal of his presidency, because obviously if the goal of his presidency was restoring the economy or lowering crime or winning wars he’d be screwed almost as badly as the American people. So if you care about freedom, vote for Joe Biden, or the FBI will raid your house.”
Biden says he will not repeat his previous campaign in which he hid in the cellar to get to the White House, and this time he will campaign from the White House and then hide in the cellar, because that’s where his imaginary friends live.
Biden’s announcement was immediately followed by a speech by Vice President Kamala Harris who said, “I think it’s very important for us at every moment in time and certainly this one to see the moment in time in which we exist and are present and to be able to contextualize it — to understand where we exist in the history and in the moment — as it relates not only to the past but the future.”
Hahaha. Sometimes I crack myself up with this nonsense. Oh wait, no, Kamala Harris actually said that word for word. Sorry, for a second there, I thought I was a comic genius or stoned or something.
Anyway, in a secret emergency meeting, Republicans reacted to the president’s announcement with fear and desperation saying, “This is terrible. We could actually beat this google-brained sucker and be forced to take responsibility for governing. President Biden’s job approval rating is at forty-one, and that’s people not percentage points. Where, oh where, will we ever find a candidate so divisive, chaotic, and ill-mannered that he can alienate enough of the independent voters so we can somehow manage to lose this election? We must search high and low for the one man in America who could even possibly get fewer votes than a nasty, corrupt, superannuated pol who barely knows where he is let alone how to pretend to run the country while unseen leftist radicals trash its founding principles from within. Wherever can he be, that hero who will save us from victory? Is he to the west, to the east? The north? The south? Help us find him, fellow Republicans. You’re our only hope.”
Republican leaders say they hope the upcoming election will not distract them from their business of accomplishing nothing and then ranting angrily on Fox News especially now that Tucker Carlson is gone and doing nothing then ranting on Fox News will be like doing nothing twice.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-andrew-klavan-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew Klavan</a> is the host of The Andrew Klavan Show at The Daily Wire. A popular political satirist and Hollywood screenwriter, Klavan is also an award-winning novelist. His newest novel is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Habit-Mind-Cameron-Mysteries/dp/1613163517/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Strange Habit of Mind</a>, book two in the Cameron Winter Mystery series.
The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

President Biden Speaks At North America’s Building Trades Unions National Legislative Conference

The Battle For America’s Soul Continues. Satan Agrees.

The Battle for America’s Soul Continues. Satan Agrees.

Andrew Klavan

Readers Pass

Satire

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a> is reportedly trying to revamp Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a>’ image as officials worry her deep unpopularity could be a drag on President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>’s run for re-election.
Biden and his team reportedly will not replace the vice president because of the appearance of admitting Biden made a mistake with his vice-presidential pick. Instead, the White House is strategizing how to bring up Harris’ approval rating, according to <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/04/26/biden-harris-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios</a>.
Biden officially announced his re-election bid on Tuesday with a short, pre-recorded message. The president is currently holding one of the lowest approval ratings of any president at this time during their tenure.
Harris’ approval rating is even lower. The Biden administration has fumbled on a series of foreign and domestic policy issues, and Harris has been at the front of some of those disappointments. While Biden’s approval <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/biden_favorableunfavorable-6677.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sits</a> barely in the 40s, Harris’ is several points lower in the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/kamala_harris_favorableunfavorable-6690.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">high 30s</a>.
Harris has overseen several high-profile setbacks for Biden, arguably the most significant being the U.S. southern border. The southern border has seen unprecedented illegal immigration since Biden was elected, and the flood of migration has fueled several crises: worsening humanitarian conditions at the border, hundreds of migrant children employed in illegal jobs in the U.S. to pay back traffickers, and others.
The West Wing’s increasing interest in making Harris look good is a departure from how the White House has operated since Biden took office. The relationship between the presidential and vice-presidential staffers has been strained by mistrust. For example, when former White House communications director Kate Bedingfield was reported to have criticized Harris, Harris’ staff made Bedingfield wait two weeks before she could meet with the vice president to apologize.
Bedingfield publicly denied the reporting.
Harris’ office has also been notoriously dysfunctional in Biden’s first term and <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/harris-staff-turnover-continues" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plagued</a> by high turnover.
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One of Harris’ chief impediments to her image continues to be her public appearances, however. The vice president is often ridiculed for making elementary or confusing remarks, the latest of which came in a Tuesday speech in support of abortion.
“I think it&#8217;s very important, as you have heard from so many incredible leaders, for us at every moment in time and certainly this one, to see the moment in time in which we exist and are present and to be able to contextualize it — to understand where we exist in the history and in the moment — as it relates not only to the past but the future,” Harris said in one clip that earned mockery online.
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VP HARRIS: &quot;I think it&#39;s very important [&#8230;] for us at every moment in time &amp; certainly this one, to see the moment in time in which we exist &amp; are present &amp; to be able to contextualize it — to understand where we exist in the history and in the moment — as it relates not only… <a href="https://t.co/rGukASSxgc">pic.twitter.com/rGukASSxgc</a>
&mdash; Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href="https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1651062191347433473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“When your speech writer uses ChatGPT,” <a href="https://twitter.com/DailySignal/status/1651216858022834177" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> The Daily Signal.
“Given the advanced age of the president, the VP should be judged against the standard set for the top of the ticket,” Hudson Institute senior fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs <a href="https://twitter.com/RLHeinrichs/status/1651211002103431168" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.

White House Struggling To Salvage Kamala Harris’ Poor Image Ahead Of 2024 Election: Report

Washington D.C.

White House

Country star John Rich torched President Joe Biden&#8217;s record after Biden announced he was running again for the top office of the land in 2024 with Vice President Kamala Harris by his side.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-rich">49-year-old</a> singer <a href="https://twitter.com/johnrich/status/1650889806921060353?s=20">tweeted</a> Biden&#8217;s video announcement on Tuesday to his hundreds of thousands of followers.
&#8220;Yes, Joe [Biden] stands up for fundamental freedoms unless it involves the 1st or 2nd Amendment, search and seizure or the ability to exercise bodily autonomy when it comes to rejecting a dangerous and feckless vaccine,&#8221; Rich captioned the post.
&#8220;Other than that, he&#8217;s ALL about freedom,&#8221; he added sarcastically.
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Yes, Joe stands up for fundamental freedoms unless it involves the 1st or 2nd Amendment, search and seizure or the ability to exercise bodily autonomy when it comes to rejecting a dangerous and feckless vaccine. Other than that, he&#39;s ALL about freedom. <a href="https://t.co/GUKMIsCbe9">https://t.co/GUKMIsCbe9</a>
&mdash; John Rich🇺🇸 (@johnrich) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnrich/status/1650889806921060353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Biden didn&#8217;t make his re-election announcement in front of members of the press or at an event with supporters. Instead, he cut a <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1650801827728986112?s=20">video.</a>
In it, the 80-year-old said, &#8220;Every generation has faced a moment where they have to defend democracy. Stand up for our personal freedom&#8230; And this is our moment.&#8221; He then encouraged people to visit his website and closed the clip stating, &#8220;Let&#8217;s finish this job.&#8221;
Reading through Twitter comments replying to Biden&#8217;s announcement, social media users noted that under Biden&#8217;s leadership, Americans have been faced with hard times, including &#8220;inflation,&#8221; a &#8220;violent crime surge,&#8221; and a &#8220;border crisis.&#8221;
&#8220;Americans overwhelmingly don&#8217;t want Joe Biden to &#8216;finish the job,'&#8221; one account posted. &#8220;In fact, after his destructive agenda, his slogan is a warning against his reelection!&#8221;
&#8220;After the last two years, no Democrat who talks about democracy and fundamental freedoms should ever be taken seriously again,&#8221; another wrote.
One account tweeted, &#8220;70% of Americans don&#8217;t want you to run again.&#8221;
While another tweeted, &#8220;President Biden is campaigning via video because he cannot handle a live event.&#8221;
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The conservative country musician recently made headlines when he spoke out against Bud Light&#8217;s partnership with biological male trans activist Dylan Mulvaney. Rich told Fox News&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr8OPmPE-j4">Tucker Carlson Tonight&#8221;</a>  that the beer used to be his Nashville bar&#8217;s most popular brew, but ever since Mulvaney revealed a deal with Anheuser-Busch, patrons stopped ordering it.
&#8220;I think the customers decide. Customers are king,&#8221; said Rich. &#8220;Our number one selling beer up until a few days ago was, guess what? Bud Light. That was the number one beer. We got cases and cases and cases of it sitting back there.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-never-bent-the-knee-country-star-john-rich-celebrates-pandemic-era-suit-win-against-concert-promoter">&#8216;I Never Bent The Knee&#8217;: Country Star John Rich Celebrates Pandemic-Era Suit Win Against Concert Promoter</a>

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crime</a> wave in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington, D.C.,</a> made its way to the residence of Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> overnight.
At around 1:30 a.m. on Monday, U.S. Secret Service officers responded to reports of a single gunshot at 34th and Massachusetts Avenue NW, near the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/busloads-of-migrants-dropped-off-at-kamala-harris-home-on-christmas-eve" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Naval Observatory</a>, the Secret Service said in a statement.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said crime scene units were investigating the discharge of a firearm.
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Crime scene units are investigating following overnight discharge of a firearm near the Naval Observatory. There is no indication that the building was targeted and no impact to any protectings. <a href="https://t.co/WVurw9wsDn">pic.twitter.com/WVurw9wsDn</a>
&mdash; Anthony Guglielmi (@SecretSvcSpox) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecretSvcSpox/status/1647963144055128065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;No one was reported to be injured and there is currently no indication that this incident was directed towards any protectees or the Naval Observatory,&#8221; added Lt. Paul Mayhair, another Secret Service spokesman.
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JUST IN ‼️ <a href="https://twitter.com/SecretService?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecretService</a> has Crime Scene Investigators at the entrance to the U.S. Naval Observatory, home to <a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a> Kamala Harris. Unclear what type of incident led to the response, but rush hour traffic backing way up on Mass Ave at 9am on a Monday. <a href="https://twitter.com/wusa9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wusa9</a> <a href="https://t.co/LbShwo6SWA">pic.twitter.com/LbShwo6SWA</a>
&mdash; Eric Flack (@EricFlackTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricFlackTV/status/1647949660085014532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The incident happened as the nation&#8217;s capital grapples with a rise in crime in the district in recent years, including <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/02/23/gun-violence-increase-dc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a surge in gun violence</a>. <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/02/23/gun-violence-increase-dc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As reported by Axios</a>, there was a 40% spike in reported violent crimes involving a gun between 2017, when there were 1,573, and last year, when the number rose to 2,203.
Politicians and their staffers have become victims of crime in recent weeks. A House Democrat, Angie Craig of Minnesota, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rand-paul-says-staffer-brutally-attacked-in-dc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made headlines</a> after being violently assaulted in an elevator at her apartment building in D.C. And a staffer to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/family-expects-stabbed-rand-paul-staffer-to-make-full-recovery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was stabbed in a random attack</a>.
The U.S. attorney in D.C. chose not to prosecute 67% of those arrested in the city last year, according to a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/29/us-attorneys-office-charges-declined-dc-police/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Post report</a>. &#8220;Of course we are concerned,&#8221; D.C. Police Chief Robert Contree III was quoted as saying. &#8220;We believe every person we arrest should be off the streets.&#8221;
Despite these concerns, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson appeared before the House Oversight Committee late last month and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dc-council-chairman-claims-no-crime-crisis-nations-capital-days-after-senate-staffer-stabbed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insisted</a> &#8220;there is not a crime crisis in Washington, D.C.&#8221; He made these comments after President Joe Biden signed a measure several weeks ago that nixed an overhaul of the city&#8217;s criminal code that critics, including Republicans, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-dc-criminal-code-congress-b909b3eee4f80810118f5413e967a6fb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decried as being too soft on crime</a>.
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The Secret Service said on Monday that roads around the intersection outside the Naval Observatory were temporarily closed due to the ongoing investigation.
Harris and <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/las-reproductive-rights-march-draws-vp-kamala-harris-la-mayor-karen-bass/3135556/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">her husband, Doug Emhoff</a>, made a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/vp-harris-top-white-house-messenger-abortion-fight-rcna79008" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surprise visit</a> to an abortion rights rally in Los Angeles over the weekend. Multiple reporters said Harris <a href="https://twitter.com/taraprindiville/status/1647964530717106179" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was still in California</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/1647961178407071746" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on Monday</a>.

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Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance at an abortion rally in Los Angeles on Saturday, a day after the Supreme Court issued an administrative stay regarding restrictions on mifepristone, the drug used in about half of all abortions nationwide. 
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito granted a five-day pause on Friday after the Department of Justice requested the court intervene following a ruling by Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, which paused FDA approval of the abortion drug. In her <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-15/womens-march" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks</a>, Harris urged rallygoers to “stand up and fight,” describing the situation as a “critical moment” in U.S. history. 
“When you attack the rights of women in America, you are attacking America,” Harris told the crowd of a few hundred people. “We have seen attacks on voting rights, attacks on fundamental rights to love and marry the people that you love, attacks on the ability of people to be themselves and be proud of who they are.” 
Harris warned against pro-life voices, who she says “attack fundamental rights,” claiming that they “by extension, attack our democracy.” The vice president also criticized the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, saying the justices “took a constitutional right that has been recognized from the people of America.”
“I fundamentally believe that you can gauge the strength of a democracy based on the strength of women in that democracy,” Harris told the crowd.
Saturday&#8217;s Los Angeles rally was organized by Women&#8217;s March Action, the political arm of the Women&#8217;s March Foundation.
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We march today to keep abortion safe and legal — and to protect a women’s right to choose.
Honored to have <a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a> in Los Angeles standing with us for the fight of our lives. <a href="https://t.co/i4YOj4q1uz">pic.twitter.com/i4YOj4q1uz</a>
&mdash; Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA/status/1647395820487192578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Abortion rights activists <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/04/15/1170268300/planned-parenthood-rally-abortion-pill-mifepristone-supreme-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">planned</a> marches and rallies for Saturday and Sunday to voice their support for access to the controversial drug. Some of the restrictions imposed by Kacsmaryk would have gone into effect Saturday had the Supreme Court not granted the pause. The stay expires Wednesday, <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/supreme-court-pauses-lower-court-rulings-restricting-abortion-pills/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meaning</a> the Court could likely decide whether to issue a longer stay pending appeal per the Biden administration&#8217;s request by then. 
“Simply put, FDA built on its already-suspect 2000 Approval by removing even more restrictions related to chemical abortion drugs that were present during the final phase of the investigation. And it did so by relying on studies that included the very conditions FDA refused to adopt,” Kacsmaryk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/court-makes-decision-on-suspension-of-fda-approval-of-widely-used-abortion-pill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in his ruling, which was praised by pro-life advocates but later partially blocked by the Fifth Circuit. 
Shortly after Kacsmaryk’s decision, U.S. District Judge Thomas Rice issued a conflicting ruling that said the FDA still had to allow mifepristone in 17 Democratic-led states who brought a lawsuit. 
Last week, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “We are going to continue to fight in the courts, we believe the law is on our side, and we will prevail.”

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Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> will visit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nashville" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nashville</a> Friday afternoon to meet with the two former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> Democrat state House lawmakers who were expelled on Thursday over their actions that included leading chants from the chamber, disrupting the floor session.
Harris joined a host of other Democrats in condemning the expulsion, including President Joe Biden, Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/j-b-pritzker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J.B. Pritzker</a> (D-IL), and former President Barack Obama, who claimed that America was founded on &#8220;peaceful protest.&#8221;
“Six people, including three children, were killed last week in a school shooting in Nashville. How did Republican lawmakers in Tennessee respond? By expelling their colleagues who stood with Tennesseans and said enough is enough. This is undemocratic and dangerous,” Harris <a href="https://twitter.com/VP/status/1644310943050997761" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> on Friday.
It is unclear if Harris will visit any of the families of the victims of the recent shooting at The Covenant School, a Christian school in Nashville, where a woman who identified as transgender murdered six people. The Daily Wire reached out to the White House for comment and attempted to reach the vice president’s media office by phone, but was told by a White House switchboard operator that the numbers for her office were not connecting.
Victims of the shooting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-identify-victims-in-nashville-christian-school-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">include</a> Evelyn Dieckhaus (9), Hallie Scruggs (9), William Kinney (9), Cynthia Peak (61), Katherine Koonce (60), and Mike Hill (61).
Harris will also use the trip as an opportunity to call for increased gun control. “While in Tennessee, the Vice President will make clear what happened in Nashville, continue to call on Congress to renew the assault weapons ban, and ensure that in Tennessee and across the nation, the voices of our young people are heard,&#8221; one White Official <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-make-surprise-tennessee-visit-2-democrats-expelled-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News.
On Thursday afternoon, Nashville Democrat Rep. Justin Jones <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-gop-expels-democrat-following-state-capitol-storming" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was expelled</a> from the House in a vote of 72-25 and Memphis Democrat Justin Pearson was expelled in a vote of 69-26. During debate on his expulsion, Jones admitted to sneaking a bullhorn into the chamber under his coat, after which he led chants with people sitting in the balcony.
A third Democrat, Knoxville Rep. Gloria Johnson, escaped expulsion by one vote. Throughout the day of the expulsion votes, leftist protesters, mainly younger people and women, chanted and screamed from outside the chamber, including things like “F*** you fascists.”
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Biden called the expulsion &#8220;shocking, undemocratic, and unprecedented” while J.B. Pritzker suggested racism was to blame.
Republican Majority Leader William Lamberth told The Daily Wire on Tuesday that the disruption from the Democratic lawmakers was unprecedented. “It’s never been that three state representatives attempted to incite a riot in the middle of the House floor. It’s dangerous, it’s inappropriate, and it silences the other 96 members,” he said.

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Vice President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> unveiled new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/solar-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">solar</a> power investments in the district of Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marjorie-taylor-greene" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> (R-GA) shortly after Greene traveled to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> for a protest against the arraignment of former President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>.
Harris touted efforts from the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> to increase spending on renewable <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">energy</a> initiatives in <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/04/06/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-investing-in-america/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks</a> delivered Thursday at a Qcells manufacturing facility in Dalton, <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia</a>. She contended that residents of the small city are benefiting from the administration’s policies.
“President Joe Biden and I know this is just the beginning. Dalton, we see what you have accomplished, and we see the path that you’ve laid,” she commented. “Since taking office, our administration has made the largest investment in solar energy in our nation’s history. We’ve strengthened domestic supply chains to make sure America has reliable access to parts and material to build a clean energy technology and economy. We provided tax credits to encourage companies to buy solar panels made in America. And we invested billions more to build and expand factories like this one.”
Greene responded to the visit from Harris by citing a <a href="https://www.georgia.org/press-release/qcells-more-double-production-georgia-create-2500-new-jobs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> which indicated that state and local officials, rather than Biden administration officials, were responsible for negotiating with Qcells and attracting a recent $2.5 billion solar module fabrication initiative to Dalton. She also shared images of constituents peacefully protesting against Harris, noting the difference between them and the far-Left demonstrators that forced her to flee the rally in New York City.
“This is what protesters in my district in Northwest Georgia look like when they are protesting Kamala Harris coming to town, trying to take credit for jobs that President Trump and Governor Kemp created in Georgia back in 2019,” she <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1644046569203724291" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on social media. “Versus the Antifa style protesting mob of perverts, groomers, pedophiles, and baby killers.”
The Biden administration has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/climate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">established</a> a “whole-of-government effort” to reduce carbon emissions and accelerate green energy expansion in the United States. Beyond the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, both of which earmarked substantial funds for climate initiatives, federal regulators under the administration have introduced new emissions <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-unveils-new-restrictions-on-air-conditioners-despite-backlash-over-gas-stove-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rules</a> for household appliances such as gas stoves and refrigerators.
The visit from Harris came days after the Biden administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-pushes-clean-power-in-americas-coal-towns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that the Energy Department would create incentives for companies to develop renewable power infrastructure in current and former coal communities. Developers have indeed transitioned away from coal production: nearly one-quarter of the nation’s coal power capacity is slated to be retired within the next decade even as nations such as China and India rapidly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-is-full-steam-ahead-with-new-coal-plants-as-the-west-goes-green" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expand</a> their reliance on fossil fuels and increase their emissions to combat elevated power costs.
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“President Biden came to the White House to end years of big words but little action to help energy-producing parts of the country, who for decades saw jobs exported out and products imported in, all while other countries surpassed the United States in critical sectors like infrastructure, clean energy, and semiconductors,” the White House said in a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/04/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-clean-energy-projects-to-revitalize-energy-communities-support-coal-workers-and-reduce-reliance-on-competitors-like-china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fact sheet</a>. “The actions announced today will drive new investments in energy communities to support their economic revitalization, strengthen American supply chains, and help ensure coal, oil, and gas workers benefit from the new clean energy economy.”

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Flying aboard Air Force One is pretty cool. I did it hundreds of times.
First, you KNOW the plane isn&#8217;t going to crash (although doing that crazy spiral descent from 40,000 feet to the ground into Iraq is pretty hairy). Second, there&#8217;s never — never — a delay in taking off. George W. Bush was the best: He&#8217;d get on, the press would scramble up the back stairs, swiftly grab a seat, and into the air we went.
Third, the food is good. Really good. Dining on AF1 is like eating at a four-star restaurant — quality food perfectly cooked.
But staffers who fly on Air Force Two with Vice President Kamala Harris are claiming they get served shabby meals.
“It’s a little more Southwest Airlines than Four Seasons,” said a former staffer to Harris, who described Air Force Two food as “horrible slop,&#8221; Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2023/03/31/the-food-on-air-force-two-is-bleh-00089958">reported</a>.
The veep&#8217;s staffers complain that they get served cold pasta salad, soggy cold-cut sandwiches on white rolls, and bags of chips. When they&#8217;re flying early in the morning, it&#8217;s usually an egg and spinach breakfast burrito.
&#8220;Their counterparts on President Joe Biden&#8217;s plane get filet mignon and other hot delicacies on gold-rimmed plates, accompanied by cold beers,&#8221; The Telegraph <a href="http://telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/04/02/kamala-harris-staff-revolt-quality-of-food-air-force-two/">reported</a>.
“Everything sucks compared to AF-1,” a second former vice presidential staffer told Politico. “It’s so much more sophisticated and professional.”
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&#8220;Another downside of Air Force Two: no booze. While staffers flying with the president can order a beer on the way home from a long day of travel, those traveling on the vice president’s plane don’t have that option,&#8221; Politico wrote.
But then, that&#8217;s the plight of working for the vice president. John Nance Garner, who served as vice president for FDR, once said the job &#8220;isn&#8217;t worth a pitcher of warm piss.&#8221; You work around the edges, always in the shadows of the president. You get the worst assignments — during week one, President Joe Biden named Harris the Border Czar, charged with fixing the mess at the southern border.
But moaning about food they find inferior while flying around the world on private planes on taxpayer-paid trips is really a bit much. Politico said &#8220;some people would pack their own snacks when they traveled. Other times staff would pick up lunch or dinner at a local restaurant before hopping back on the plane.&#8221;
Oh, the horror.
Then again, Air Force Two passengers eat for free. Not so on Air Force One. One former staff member estimated that frequent fliers spend about $1,000 a year in meals on AF1. “It’s really hard to pay off on any junior staffer’s salary,&#8221; the staffer <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/kamala-harris-s-staff-revolt-over-quality-of-food-on-air-force-two/ar-AA19nYwG">told</a> The Telegraph, although they conceded, the food is &#8220;truly incredible.&#8221;
But it all seems just about right. Minor league baseball players carry their own bags, travel by bus, and stay at crummy hotels. So it is when you work for the vice president.
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 <a href="mailto:josephcurl@dailywire.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">josephcurl@dailywire.com</a> and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Crybabies: Kamala Harris' Staff Is Whining About The Food On Air Force Two

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President Joe Biden isn&#8217;t sure his vice president can beat a Republican in the 2024 presidential election, which one source says is a &#8220;factor&#8221; in whether he runs for re-election.
Democratic sources told <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tethered-together-biden-harris-move-toward-2024-re-election-run-2023-03-23/">Reuters</a> News Agency that the president is frustrated about the manner in which Kamala Harris does her job.
&#8220;A point of tension in their relationship is that I don’t think that the president sees her as somebody who takes anything off of his plate” due to a “fear of messing up,&#8221; one former White House official told Reuters.
That has led to his view that Harris can&#8217;t win. Biden is &#8220;also convinced that neither Harris nor any other Democratic hopefuls would be able to beat former President Donald Trump if he is the Republican nominee, a factor that has influenced Biden&#8217;s inclination to run again,&#8221; one former White House official told Reuters.
“If he did not think she was capable, he would not have picked her. But it is a question of consistently rising to the occasion,” that former official said. “I think his running for re-election is less about her and more about him, but I do think that she and the Democratic bench [are] a factor.”
Others have chronicled how Biden is &#8220;annoyed&#8221; with Harris.
In his book “The Fight of His Life,” author Chris Whipple, an expert on West Wing staffing, said Biden thinks of Harris as a &#8220;work in progress.&#8221;
Whipple <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/12/21/joe-biden-annoyed-with-vp-kamala-harris-book-says/">said</a> Biden complained to a friend about Harris in 2021 after he heard her husband, Douglas Emhoff, was whining about tasks assigned to her, including being charged with handling the U.S. southern border and shepherding a federal voting-rights law through Congress.
“Biden was annoyed,” Whipple wrote. “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.”
Harris herself doesn&#8217;t seem to know exactly what her job is. She seemed confused during a friendly interview last week with &#8220;Late Show&#8221; host Stephen Colbert, who asked her point blank what she does.
&#8220;I know you love ‘Veep,’&#8221; Harris <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-kamala-harris-has-no-idea-what-her-job-duties-are">said</a>, laughing.
&#8220;I do! I love ‘Veep.’ Is it accurate?&#8221; Colbert asked.
&#8220;There are bits of it that are actually quite accurate,&#8221; Harris said, who then told a story about how one of her staffers filled her veep office with smoke by lighting a fire in the fireplace without opening the flue.
But Colbert really wanted to know. &#8220;One of the themes of the show is that her character, Selina Meyer, is frustrated by the sometimes vague duties of the role. It’s a high constitutional office but does not describe what you’re supposed to be doing. Does that ring true? Like, what’s the actual role on a daily basis as you have found it?&#8221; Colbert asked.
&#8220;Well, I have the great privilege of serving with Joe Biden, who is the President of the United States … and was vice president,&#8221; Harris said.
&#8220;Does he understand what it&#8217;s like to be vice president?&#8221; Colbert then asked.
&#8220;He does, he does,&#8221; Harris said. &#8220;He really is a true partner and he understands that job. And remember, we came in during the height of the pandemic. And so much of the work was about, OK, we’ve got to cover a lot of bases and let’s figure out between us how we can do it. But he’s an extraordinary leader and I wish people could see what I see because there’s only one person who sits behind that Resolute Desk. And the decisions that person has to make are the decisions that nobody else in the country can make. And he’s an extraordinary leader. He really is.&#8221;
Colbert wouldn&#8217;t let Harris off the hook. &#8220;That&#8217;s an excellent answer and, uh, the question was what&#8217;s the job of the vice president,&#8221; Colbert said as Harris cackled. &#8220;And your answer is part of the job, I&#8217;m guessing.&#8221;
As vice president, Harris has a 39% favorability rating, according to an <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/">average</a> by polling aggregator RealClearPolitics, below Biden&#8217;s 42.3%.
You don&#8217;t win the White House with those numbers. So maybe ol&#8217; slow Joe is on to something.
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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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