It is just one test for a potential future president burdened by heavy expectations and already gaining detractors inside and outside the White House. As the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, Harris, 56, is the first woman and first woman of color to serve as vice-president. Whereas Biden was once a useful interlocutor between the Barack Obama White House and Congress, Harris has not been similarly deployed for critical negotiations on legislation. Kamala Harris listens as Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in May. “First of all, this White House has not done her very many favors.

Source: The Guardian July 11, 2021 06:00 UTC