The headline minced no words: “For the country’s sake, Vice President Harris should step aside.”
That’s what The Washington Post published over the weekend. In the piece, Post columnist Kathleen Parker wrote that Ms. Harris should “step aside” because her job performance has been “disappointing,” and warned that she has become a “burden to the Democratic ticket.”
“The Kamala conundrum comes down to this: She was picked because she was Black and female, a combo tantamount to job security,” Ms. Parker wrote. “Now that she has become a burden to the Democratic ticket, Biden can’t fire her. He can’t risk alienating his base. Full stop. The seriousness of this situation can’t be overstated. Biden’s diminishing faculties, notwithstanding his relatively successful State of the Union address, and his increasing physical frailty are concerning.”
She went on, “Whatever the reasons, it has seemed that Harris’s role was to be quiet, lest she embarrass her boss with her sometimes inane, rambling remarks and a laugh that erupts from nowhere about nothing obvious to others.”
The columnist noted Ms. Harris is unpopular with voters. A USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll released Thursday shows more than half (52%) of registered voters disapprove of her job performance, while only 36% approve.
Ms. Parker said the vice president is unlikely to rebound.
“There’s no reason to think her ranking would spike were she suddenly promoted to the Oval Office. Instead, most signs point to disaster. This is why I propose with all due respect that Harris step away from the ticket,” she wrote.
“Please, Madame Vice President, do it for your country,” Ms. Parker concluded.
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