Considering Kamala Harris’s fitness to take over from Joe Biden should the need arise, a top aide to the former California senator’s 2020 campaign said: “This person should not be president of the United States.”

Harris saw heavy staff turnover, with aides describing a toxic climate riven with factionalism and mismanagement. One source who worked for the vice-president declined to go on record or even discuss matters anonymously, due to the heated atmosphere around the office.

“They refused to characterise the experience of working for Harris, apart from offering a three-word assessment. It was, they said: ‘Game of Thrones’.”

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    11 months ago

    I actually like Biden, but really think he should drop Harris and pick up a different VP pick. She’s been nothing but dead weight for this administration. It’s not without precedent, it’s been done before. If anything, he could go with Michelle Obama and they could just re-use the same Obama/Biden campaign signs they had from before.

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      11 months ago

      Why did he even choose her in the first place? If the goal was to have a woman of color on the ticket, there were so many other and better options.

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      11 months ago

      That would be a much stronger ticket, but I don’t see her going for it.

      Put her on the ticket, Biden holds on until 2026 before resigning. Michelle finishes out <2 years of his term, and remains eligible to run two full terms herself.