WASHINGTON — In the week since President Joe Biden’s dismal debate performance, Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged, publicly and privately, as one of his fiercest defenders — and as the person with the most intense support to succeed him on the ticket if he were to step down. NBC News spoke with seven sources […]
Vice President Kamala Harris wouldn’t bite. “Joe Biden is our nominee,” she told a CBS News reporter outside a San Francisco fundraiser Tuesday night amid signs the president’s Democratic dam was breaking. The reporter tried another tactic, asking if she was ready to lead the country if needed. Nothing. “I am proud to be Joe […]
America has fallen out of the coconut tree and into a pile of Kamala Harris memes. As pressure builds for Biden to pull out of the presidential race following an abysmal performance at last Thursday’s debate, the vice president has emerged as the most likely successor to the nomination if a last-minute ticket shakeup were […]
It happened in what seemed like just a handful of hours. A sudden swell of social media chatter around Vice President Kamala Harris has added to the ongoing discourse around whether President Joe Biden will end his campaign following last week’s debate. It happened, as a lot of political conversation still does, on X. “My […]
With Biden‘s 2024 viability in doubt, some left-leaning X users are getting behind Kamala Harris. There’s been a resurgence in Harris-centric memes, and for many, it’s clearly a bit ironic. But it also shows that while some Democrats don’t love the VP, they’re desperate to dump Biden. If you happen to be a politically engaged […]
Vice president Kamala Harris’ odds of becoming the Democratic nominee for president this year more than quadrupled on Tuesday, according to traders on Polymarket, the crypto-based prediction market platform that’s seen torrid growth in an election year. “Yes” shares in a contract asking whether she will get the nod traded as high as 31 cents […]
If President Joe Biden decides to step aside for the 2024 race, Vice President Kamala Harris would be in line to get first dibs on the tens of millions of dollars in his campaign war chest. Biden has not given any indication he will end his re-election bid after a stumbling debate performance last week. […]
Kamala Harris’s team is concerned that Democrats will install a white candidate ahead of her to replace Joe Biden, arguing that it would be “offensive” to black voters to overlook her should the president stand aside. Mr Biden is facing calls to step back from the race over concerns about his age, after a disastrous […]
Biden’s campaign manager had a call with around 40 of his top financial backers on Sunday, NBC reports. Julie Chavez Rodriguez said Biden stepping aside would mean the war chest would get redistributed, per NBC. And the lion’s share would go to Kamala Harris, she said, with a smaller amount going to the DNC. President […]
Q. If Kamala Harris were to step down, could President Biden pick former President Barack Obama to be Vice President? A. President Joe Biden’s age has raised a few questions about presidential succession should he be elected to a second term. While my expectation is that President Biden will continue to run with Vice President […]
Kamala Harris’ allies are frustrated with chatter about potential Biden replacements, Politico reported. The allies feel that Gavin Newsom and Gretchen Whitmer are being mentioned more than the VP. Harris has stood firmly behind Biden and defended the administration’s record following his debate. After President Joe Biden’s widely panned debate performance against former President Donald […]
Joe Biden’s stumbling debate performance left Democrats so panicked some are searching for an alternative to replace the 81-year-old president as the party’s standard-bearer. Biden has given no indication that he intends to exit the race, and his campaign has flatly dismissed the suggestion. But that has done little to silence critics who are openly […]