Biden campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond last week said that Vice President Kamala Harris would be “increasing her role” on the campaign trail ahead of the November election.
While appearing on “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” on MSNBC last Sunday, Richmond said that Vice President Harris would be taking on a larger role in the campaign as the White House and the Biden campaign seek to tamp down concerns about the president’s ability to win in November following his shocking debate performance in late June.
Richmond described Harris as “a valued partner since day one” and said she would be “increasing her role” on the campaign trail.
He brushed off concerns over whether the vice president was “covered fairly by the press” and repeated that Harris was “a valued partner.”
Richmond described the vice president as “incredibly intelligent” and assured Jonathan Capehart that Harris had not only expressed her public support for President Biden but had also expressed her support “privately.”
Currently, Kamala Harris holds a lower favorability than even Joe Biden in the Real Clear Politics polling average, with only 38.5 percent of voters holding a favorable view of the vice president.
Richmond also noted that Democrat Governors Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Gavin Newsom of California also came out in support of President Biden’s reelection campaign following their meeting with the president on July 3.
He insisted that Democrat leaders were “rallying around” President Biden and Vice President Harris “because they understand what’s at stake” and they know what the administration has accomplished.
Meanwhile, New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill last Tuesday became the seventh congressional Democrat to call for President Biden to drop out of the race, arguing that “the stakes are too high” given the risk of Donald Trump returning to the White House.
Sherrill’s statement came just hours after Democrat lawmakers met privately on Capitol Hill to discuss the path forward. Sources described the meeting as “dour” and “sad.”
