US President Joe Biden's and Vice President Kamala Harris are reportedly at odds. Where VP's staff is furious that she is being 'sidelined,' the President's team is increasingly frustrated by how Harris is playing with the American public.
Harris' approval rating has tumbled even lower than Biden's in recent months, with rumours circulating that the US President is considering appointing her to the Supreme Court
as a backdoor method of selecting a new Vice President, claims report.
According to White House insiders, Harris and her top aides are frustrated with Biden for handing her 'no-win' issues like the border crisis. They pointed out that the President
defended 'white man' Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, more adamantly than her.
Meanwhile, Biden's staff is allegedly disappointed with Harris over self-inflicted controversies, such as her 'awkward' laughter when NBC's Lester Holt asked about visiting
the border.
They chalk up her failure to the border crisis, which has caused her poll numbers to plummet.
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The White House, however, has publicly stated that the relationship between Biden and Harris is cohesive and productive. Notwithstanding, Harris' aides secretively make a fuss that
she has been set up to fail and has been given a portfolio that is not equitable with her historic status as the first woman, and the first woman of colour, to hold the Vice President's office, according to the report.
"They're consistently putting her on losing issues in the wrong situations for her skill set," a former high-level Harris aide said. Generally, the incumbent Vice President is considered a done deal for the party's next open presidential primary.
For Democrats, it's unclear whether that day will come in 2024 if Biden decides not to run for re-election at the age of 80, or in 2028, if he runs again, as he has publicly and
privately vowed.