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In her 2024 Republican presidential bid, Nikki Haley verbally jabs Vice President Kamala Harris nearly as much as President Joe Biden.
The ad, and a broader Democratic line of attack against Nixon, went nowhere. The Republican ticket romped in a 457-73 Electoral College win. Nixon himself won the presidency a dozen years later. And problems that plagued Harris’s own failed 2020 campaign didn't exactly disappear as she hit the road that year as Biden’s No. 2. The vice president has a penchant for making a mess of interviews, offering up stemwinder answers to simple questions or talking in circles, repeating words or phrases several times without finishing a thought.
When Pelosi was given another chance to defend Biden’s decision, she dodged again, saying, “She’s the vice president of the United States! … You don’t do that much.” Harris in the 2020 primary season was widely viewed as a key piece of Biden securing support from Rep. Jim Clyburn , who helped deliver South Carolina to Biden, rescuing the flailing campaign following dismal showings in Iowa and New Hampshire. Clyburn, then House majority whip, didn’t make Biden choosing a black woman as his running mate a requirement for his endorsement, but he made it clear “it would be a plus.
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