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Voa analysis: Harris hopes to benefit from Biden's support

2024-09-02 19:40:07Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Voa analysis: Harris hopes to benefit from Biden's support
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris and Joe Biden will campaign together monday in Pennsylvania, as Harris seeks to present her candidacy as "a new path forward." She remains loyal to President Biden and his policies.

The duo will attend the Labor Day parade in Pittsburgh and give speeches. It will be the first time the two will share the front-running together since Biden's re-election haul, replacing Harris, which boosted Democratic enthusiasm.

Harris' campaign team has said Pennsylvania voters have been feeling energized since the vice president took over six weeks ago. The team has announced that tens of thousands of new volunteers have enlisted to help him and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic candidate for vice president. Harris and Biden's attendance at the parade, one of the largest in the country, is part of the campaign in the battleground state and more than two months remaining until Election Day. Harris initially heads to Detroit on Monday for a campaign rally before meeting with Biden in Pennsylvania.

Ms Harris has sought to woo voters by positioning herself as a break from politics with offensive vocabulary, dismissing the harsh rhetoric of her Republican opponent, former president Donald Trump. She is also trying to move beyond the age of President Biden. While her speeches may be different from Biden's, Harris' agenda is full of the same issues he has advocated: cost restraint for prescription drugs, the economy and helping families afford child care.

"We are fighting for a future where we can build what I call an economy that creates opportunities for every American to have the opportunity to own a home, start a business, and build wealth across generations. "Let's have a future where we lower the cost of living for America," she said at a recent rally, echoing similar calls from President Biden.

Vice President Harris briefly appeared on stage with Biden after he gave his speech on the opening night of last month's Democratic National Convention. But the two have not made speeches at the same political event since Biden himself was running for president. At the time, Biden's team was using Harris primarily as a spokeswoman for the abortion rights campaign, an issue they believe could help them win in November.

The duo have occasionally appeared at official events and have met together at the White House since Biden's withdrawal from the race for reelection.

For more than three and a half years, Harris has been one of Biden's main supporters. Now things have changed, as Harris appears to be relying on Biden , who was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania — to win the state potentially decisive for the election result. Biden has been in a state of public life since the end of the election race. He was last at the White House on August 19 and has since been on vacation in Southern California and Delaware.

But even as she has taken over the leadership of the Democratic Party, Harris has remained steadfast on Biden's side. In her first interview since the Democratic Party changed candidates, Harris passionately defended Biden's work and ability to do the job, despite events in the last two months that ended with her running for the Oval Office.

The 81-year-old president withdrew from the race for reelection in July after a debate with former President Trump in which his performance was rated too poor. After the debate, there was unprecedented pressure within his party for him to leave room for a new generation. Ms Harris and Republican rival Trump will debate on September 10.

"He cares a lot about the American people. He is so smart and loyal to the American people. I spent hours with him. He has the intelligence, the commitment and the flair that I think the American people rightfully deserve to find in his president," she said in an interview last week.

She added of Trump: "Otherwise, the former president has none of it."

Harris said in an interview with CNN that working with Biden was "one of the greatest honors of my career" and she recounted the moment he called to tell her he was leaving.

"He told me what he wanted to do and... I asked him, 'Are you sure?' and he said, 'Yes,' and so I learned about this decision."

The vice president said she didn't need to ask Biden for his support because "he was very clear that he would support me."

Harris has also defended the outcome of work on the southern border and immigration, one of the most persistent and troubling problems of the Biden administration. She said she was tasked with trying to understand the "root causes" of immigration in other countries where the migrants came from, though Republicans have labeled her "the person responsible for dealing with the border problem."

"We have laws that need to be followed and enforced that deal with people who cross our border illegally and there must be consequences," Harris said.

While she has used tougher vocabulary as she spoke about the plight of civilians in Gaza, the vice president has also supported Biden's efforts to arm Israel and reach a hostage and ceasefire agreement.

Israel announced on Sunday that it had found the bodies of six hostages captured during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that sparked the war in Gaza. Among the six hostages killed was Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Paul. The announcement prompted tens of thousands of Israelis to demonstrate in the streets demanding a ceasefire deal.

Harris joined Biden at the White House on Monday to meet with the U.S. negotiating team to discuss their ongoing efforts for a deal that would ensure the release of the remaining hostages.


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