Crowd Leaves Joint Biden-Harris Event Early After VP Hands Off Lectern to Lame-Duck Prez
Shortly after Vice President Kamala Harris handed over the podium to President Biden on Thursday, dozens of attendees at a joint event simply stood up and left rather than listen to the retiring commander-in-chief.
The rude demonstration was a stark showing of the enthusiasm gap among Democrats revved up by Harris’ sudden elevation as the party’s presidential nominee after Biden dropped out last month — amid reporting that Harris, 59, is seeking to redefine herself to gain distance from the unpopular incumbent.
Adding insult to injury, when Biden, who regularly suffered low attendance at his own election rallies this year, and Harris greeted an overflow room, he was accused by multiple irate protesters of facilitating “genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
Harris, whose own positions on an array of issues have shifted since her 2020 candidacy for the White House, sought to tie herself to Biden’s relatively popular prescription drug policy after she’s drawn implicit distinctions elsewhere.
About 2,300 people showed up to the event at Prince George’s Community College, according to the White House — standing in long, sweltering lines outside in bright sun and near-90-degree heat. (Read more from “Crowd Leaves Joint Biden-Harris Event Early After VP Hands Off Lectern to Lame-Duck Prez” HERE)
