Dangers of Tokenism

The sabotaging of Kamala Harris: Joe Biden's reputation has been shored up at the expense of his party's future:

Biden knew all about her political shortcomings after watching her implode during the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination — but went on to select her as his running mate, regardless. The optics of having the first woman, first black and first Asian vice-president at his side were too good to resist. And then, as President, he handed her two unwinnable assignments — solving the “root causes” of the migrant crisis (created by his own open door to families with children), and fending off Republican RepuGNican attempts to reform statewide voting systems (over which she has no power).

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Inside the White House, it doesn’t help that Harris has a strained relationship with Jill Biden. The President is said to be the forgiving type, but the first lady isn’t. According to Battle for the Soul, a new book on the Democratic campaign by Edward-Isaac Dovere, Jill Biden fumed “go fuck yourself” about Harris after the latter accused her husband, then a rival for the nomination, of cosying up to racist senators and opposing school bussing in a televised debate.