When Kamala Harris accepted the position of Vice President, many Democrats believed that she was the future leader of the party but a top Democratic leader pumps the brakes.
During an interview with “Meet The Press,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) discussed the many struggles of the Biden administration and answered questions on whether or not he would run for President. A new poll from the Washington Post/ABC News over the weekend showed how badly American’s disapprove of the Biden administration and shows Biden losing by a whopping 10 points against former President Donald Trump if the election were held today.
The new host of “Meet the Press,” Kristen Welker, asked Clyburn about Kamala Harris and wanted to know if “you see her as the future of the Democratic Party?”
“I see her as a part of that future, absolutely,” Clyburn said hesitantly. “Is she THE future, though?” Welker reiterated. “Is she the future of the Democratic Party?”
“Oh, she could very well be. I think she is running a very good ah..ah..campaign,” Clyburn said. “And I look to her as a successor to this president, but I also know the history of that as well. It’s not a given, you don’t automatically move up. She’ll have to compete going forward with whoever may have dreams and aspirations, and I think she will acquit herself well.”
Welker then showed the latest poll numbers to Clyburn which shockingly have Vice President Harris with an approval rating of only 31%, which is much lower than Joe Biden’s approval at 39%.
“Why do you think she’s not resonating more with voters? What do you think the issue is?” Welker asked.
“I think when you compare the first woman of color and first woman to be vice president of the United States and compare that to all of the history before, you will get that,” Clyburn said, of course inserting racism as part of the poor poll numbers. “I think that during this campaign, she will demonstrate — as she did in that hall last night — that she knows exactly what she’s doing. She has the capacity and the capability to be president of the United States if called upon to do so.”