Bowman earned a master's degree in counselor education from Mercy College and an Ed.D. Jamaal Bowman was born in New York, New York, and lives in Yonkers, New York. There is also a typically outlandish Washington rumour that Biden might remove Harris as VP by appointing her to the supreme court. Criticised by Fox News hosts and others, he was defended by the White House.Īn unnamed “former Harris aide” told CNN it was “hard to miss the specific energy that the White House brings to defend a white man, knowing that Kamala Harris has spent almost a year taking a lot of the hits that the West Wing didn’t want to take themselves”.
Buttigieg recently took paternity leave after he and his husband adopted twins. Like Harris, Buttigieg has been attacked by the right – if not so bizarrely as in claims last week that Harris spoke with a French accent while in Paris. Speculation continues to mount over Harris’s chances in a contest for the next Democratic nomination, perhaps in opposition to Pete Buttigieg, who ran much more strongly in 2020 and who as transportation secretary has made a confident start to Washington life. But Biden is nearly 79 and may not run for re-election. Reports on Harris’s fortunes generally include discussion of her own political future.Īs the first Black and Asian woman to be vice-president, she is assured of her place in history. Success on one of the biggest such concerns, the bipartisan infrastructure bill, will see the White House host a signing ceremony on Monday, a chance for the president to bask in public victory at a time when his poll ratings – and Harris’s – are sliding. Its report began with a stark statement: “Worn out by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely thrown up their hands at and her staff – deciding there simply isn’t time to deal with them right now, especially at a moment when Biden faces quickly multiplying legislative and political concerns.” CNN said it spoke to “nearly three dozen former and current Harris aides, administration officials, Democratic operatives, donors and outside advisers”.
Like much in the piece, it was unattributed. The report contained supportive voices, including the White House chief of staff, Ron Klain, who said Harris was “off to the fastest and strongest start of any vice-president I have seen”.ĬNN said Klain emphasised Harris’s work on Covid vaccine equity and foreign policy, and said: “Anyone who has the honor of working closely with the vice-president knows how her talents and determination have made a big difference.”īut CNN also said Klain was “known as a Harris defender in the West Wing”.
Then, late on Sunday, CNN published a lengthy report headlined: “Exasperation and dysfunction: Inside Kamala Harris’ frustrating start as vice-president.” I think she’s been quite under the radar.” On Friday, as Harris wrapped up a visit to France, the New York Times said: “Ten months into her vice-presidency, Ms Harris’s track record on delivering on the administration’s global priorities has been mixed.”Ĭélia Belin, of the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution, told the paper: “I think she’s been really hidden this whole time and out of the sight of most Europeans. Psaki was firing back on multiple fronts. “For anyone who needs to hear it,” said the White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, Harris “is not only a vital partner to but a bold leader who has taken on key, important challenges facing the country – from voting rights to addressing root causes of migration to expanding broadband.”
The White House was moved to defend her on Sunday night, after leading US media outlets portrayed a VP struggling to make her mark.
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