Harris takes the stage as Biden faces troubles with some Democratic sectors
- March 29, 2024
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Vice President of the USA, Kamala Harris steps out of President Joe Biden’s shadow in recent weeks as part of efforts to persuade voters to give them second
Vice President of the USA, Kamala Harris steps out of President Joe Biden’s shadow in recent weeks as part of efforts to persuade voters to give them second term.
Harris hosted rapper Fat Joe at the White House to talk about reforming marijuana laws, visited an abortion clinic, called for a Gaza ceasefire at the historic Selma Bridge in Alabama and toured the site of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
The evolution of Harris’ role comes at a time when American progressive Democrats criticized Biden for his pro-Israel stance, and polls show him in a close race with his Republican rival Donald Trump. Left voters They question Biden’s age and leadershipa problem Trump doesn’t face with his base.
Harris, 59, deals with more edgy topics. more often and more directly than Biden.
Biden defended right to abortionbut highlighting women whose lives are in danger and calling it a problem “deeply personal and painful”.
Kamala Harris visits an abortion clinic in Minnesota. Photo: Reuters.
However, Harris, during a visit to Planned Parenthood in Minneapolis, believed to be the first time a sitting vice president visited an abortion clinic, described abortion as a fundamental part of women’s health in vivid terms.
“Problems like fibroids – we can take care of that – breast cancer screening, contraception (…) – that’s the type of work that gets done here, in addition to, of course, abortion care.”
In Selma he said the strongest comments up to this point, any American official about Israel’s offensive against Hamas: “Given the enormous scale of suffering in the Gaza Strip, there must be an immediate ceasefire“.
His use of the word “ceasefire,” a term that left-wing Democrats were so eager to hear that it became a rallying cry, was greeted with applause by some, although others demanded that it also be accompanied by political changes. Harris also called on Israel to do more mitigate what he called a “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza.
“There is no doubt that the vice president was trying to move the conversation about Gaza in a more empathic direction, but introducing new language gets nowhere when there is no evidence that it leads to political change more important,” said Abbas Alawie, a senior campaign official, urging voters to protest Biden using “no preference” ballots in the Democratic primary.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, President and Vice President of the United States. Photo: Reuters.
“He needs to put more pressure on Biden to change American policy.”
Harris’ advisors and former advisors They dismissed the idea of any differences with Biden’s policies, and they said it was a difference in tone and accent. Harris’ initiatives reflect areas of interest that in some cases date back to her work as a prosecutor.
“She has been at the forefront of some of the most important issues facing the country, and certainly ones that will be decisive in the election,” said Dave Cavell, a former speechwriter for Harris.
Biden fails to highlight cultural issues dividing country without alienating the more conservative voters he needs to win, say former and current employees. As the “coalition leader” of Democrats, he must focus on key economic issues that will influence the centrists.
On the other hand, Harris, the first black Asian woman and vice president, takes on the fist rolewith the Fight for Reproductive Freedoms tour and the Fight for Our Freedoms university tour, as well as talks on the economy.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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