Exactly. She was chosen to be VP for two reasons. One, she was a woman of color. Two, she was a weak candidate.
Biden deliberately wanted an extremely weak vice president. He made a point to keep her out of the limelight. Contrast that to MAGA, who have been consciously building up JD Vance as a possible future figure for the movement. Trump and his handlers know that this is likely Trump’s last term. We like to doom about him running for a third term. But even if he could cheat the election, he just doesn’t have that much time left period. He’s unlikely to run again.
Biden however was intending to run for another term. And he knew that he would seem extremely old, weak, and out of touch. He didn’t want a younger dynamic VP that would so make him look so much worse in comparison. Biden kept Harris hidden away and never let her build up her clout and power base. They kept her out of public view and tried not to give her many chances to improve her image.
They selected a weak VP and kept her weak. Then when Biden was forced to drop out due to his disastrous debate performance, they were caught with their pants down.
Honestly, when Biden picked her I thought it was to build her up as a candidate. Why would you pick a VP from California? It’s not like you need to bolster your California vote as a Democrat. He initially said he would be there bridge to the next generation and I thought maybe he meant through her. But then he gave her all the impossible tasks and kept her out of view. None of it made sense to me.
It made sense precisely because she wasn’t ever going to win a primary on her own. Biden acted like Trump here. Trump surrounds himself with people who have zero future without him. His cabinet is filled with profoundly unqualified people whose only real qualification is unwavering loyalty to Trump. This is a classic move of authoritarian leaders, as their advisors then become completely dependent on them. Once Trump is out of office, Hegseth is never going to have a role in government again. (Unless some other authoritarian president is seeking a loyal lackey.)
Biden did a less extreme version of this with Kamala. Kamala certainly wasn’t objectively unqualified for her job like Hegseth is, but she also could never had obtained a leadership position in the White House via her own merits.
Exactly. She was chosen to be VP for two reasons. One, she was a woman of color. Two, she was a weak candidate.
Biden deliberately wanted an extremely weak vice president. He made a point to keep her out of the limelight. Contrast that to MAGA, who have been consciously building up JD Vance as a possible future figure for the movement. Trump and his handlers know that this is likely Trump’s last term. We like to doom about him running for a third term. But even if he could cheat the election, he just doesn’t have that much time left period. He’s unlikely to run again.
Biden however was intending to run for another term. And he knew that he would seem extremely old, weak, and out of touch. He didn’t want a younger dynamic VP that would so make him look so much worse in comparison. Biden kept Harris hidden away and never let her build up her clout and power base. They kept her out of public view and tried not to give her many chances to improve her image.
They selected a weak VP and kept her weak. Then when Biden was forced to drop out due to his disastrous debate performance, they were caught with their pants down.
Honestly, when Biden picked her I thought it was to build her up as a candidate. Why would you pick a VP from California? It’s not like you need to bolster your California vote as a Democrat. He initially said he would be there bridge to the next generation and I thought maybe he meant through her. But then he gave her all the impossible tasks and kept her out of view. None of it made sense to me.
It made sense precisely because she wasn’t ever going to win a primary on her own. Biden acted like Trump here. Trump surrounds himself with people who have zero future without him. His cabinet is filled with profoundly unqualified people whose only real qualification is unwavering loyalty to Trump. This is a classic move of authoritarian leaders, as their advisors then become completely dependent on them. Once Trump is out of office, Hegseth is never going to have a role in government again. (Unless some other authoritarian president is seeking a loyal lackey.)
Biden did a less extreme version of this with Kamala. Kamala certainly wasn’t objectively unqualified for her job like Hegseth is, but she also could never had obtained a leadership position in the White House via her own merits.