They believe he’s holding them back.
According to a recent Axios report, the Kamala Harris campaign is hesitant to involve President Biden in the final days leading up to the election. Though Biden reportedly wishes to campaign alongside his vice president, the Harris team appears unenthusiastic about the idea. This sentiment was shared on “CNN This Morning” by host Kasie Hunt, who noted that the campaign’s actions suggest they are not seeking Biden’s help, even though it’s been offered. Axios journalist Alex Thompson added that the campaign’s daily emails, which typically include information on various campaign surrogates, notably omitted Biden’s planned Pittsburgh visit, indicating a lack of coordination or preference to keep him at arm’s length.
Thompson reported that Harris’s team views Biden as a potential political drawback with just a week remaining before election day. The Harris campaign, however, has avoided directly addressing this issue with Biden’s team, according to Thompson, who also mentioned past tensions between Biden’s aides and Harris’s team. This reluctance stems partly from senior Biden advisors, who felt sidelined after Biden stepped aside in the primary race, adjusting to a secondary role with lingering feelings about being moved off the campaign’s main stage.
An ally of Harris reportedly remarked that Biden’s former team may be overly influenced by personal feelings, suggesting that the president’s value in smaller communities may be underestimated. Some on the Harris campaign, including former Biden campaign members, still believe the president could connect effectively with certain voter demographics, such as older white voters in Pennsylvania, despite his overall unpopularity.
In response to whether casting an early vote for Harris in Delaware was a bittersweet moment, Biden himself commented, “this is just sweet.” However, Thompson observed that some individuals in Biden’s circle may feel more ambivalence about the situation than the president expressed publicly.
Efforts by Fox News Digital to contact the Harris campaign for further comment went unanswered, leaving questions about their final campaign strategies and the extent to which Biden will participate in these crucial days.
