Tension in Democratic camp between Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Relations between Vice President Harris’s team and President Biden’s White House have been increasingly strained in recent weeks, 10 people familiar with the situation told Axios.
Biden’s team wants Harris to win. But many of Biden’s aides remain hurt by the president’s rejection of his re-election bid, and are still adjusting to the role of supporting the campaign.
“They’re too much into their feelings,” one close Harris ally said of the president’s team — a sentiment echoed by some White House aides.
Some on Harris’s team say senior White House aides aren’t coordinating Biden’s messaging and schedule enough to align with what’s best for the vice president’s campaign.
For example, last week, Joe Biden gave an impromptu press conference in the White House briefing room as Harris was preparing to hold an event in Michigan, which meant she received less television coverage.
A person involved in Harris’ campaign told Axios, “The White House is lacking someone who is thinking first and foremost about how things affect the campaign.”
(MH with FM/Source: Axios/Photo: DPA/Newscom/Al Drago)