Kamala Harris Is Too Insecure

Maybe it was being shivved in a debate by Tulsi Gabbard, a figure unlikely ever to be the Democratic nominee. Maybe it was the experience of dropping out of the 2020 presidential race without ever getting serious traction — and before even a vote was cast. Maybe it was the run of bad press that greeted her upon her election to the vice presidency. Or maybe it was the very high-handed, even undermining treatment by the Biden people that formed Kamala Harris into the plainly needy and painfully insecure person we saw in the Dana Bash interview this week.

In July of this year — just a few weeks ago, really — Alex Thompson of Axios could report that her vice presidency had been defined by “staff turnover,” “retreat from politically risky responsibilities,” and “mocking from some Beltway insiders.” And that the Biden White House had a low view of her because she avoided “any task with risk.”

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

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Maybe it was being shivved in a debate by Tulsi Gabbard, a figure unlikely ever to be the Democratic nominee. Maybe it was the experience of dropping out of the 2020 presidential race without ever getting serious traction — and before even a vote was cast. Maybe it was the run of bad press that greeted her upon her election to the vice presidency. Or maybe it was the very high-handed, even undermining treatment by the Biden people that formed Kamala Harris into the plainly needy and painfully insecure person we saw in the Dana Bash interview this week.

In July of this year — just a few weeks ago, really — Alex Thompson of Axios could report that her vice presidency had been defined by “staff turnover,” “retreat from politically risky responsibilities,” and “mocking from some Beltway insiders.” And that the Biden White House had a low view of her because she avoided “any task with risk.”