Biden steps down

Not to mention she talks gibberish much of the time, cackles inappropriately and is as insincere and inauthentic as they come

Harris’ relatively low approval rating (38.6%, according to Five Thirty Eight’s latest polling average) is a concern for Democrats if she were to replace Biden, though the numbers are partly a reflection of the president, whose approval rating is roughly similar. 


However, at some points during her tenure, Harris has been accused of being absent from the public stage and she’s been hit with some critical reviews of her job performance, including a cutting October New York Times profile that declared “the vice president is still struggling to make the case for herself” and a 2021 CNN story that revealed tension between the White House and Harris’ office. 

During a trip to Guatemala just six months into her tenure, when she was tasked with handling immigration, she angered progressives by telling Guatemalans “do not come” to the U.S., then sparked even more backlash when she told NBC’s Lester Holt when asked why she hadn’t visited the U.S. border “and I haven’t been to Europe, I don’t understand the point you’re making.  

Weeks later, when her first border visit was announced, it blindsided her staff, according to Politico, which reported—citing an unnamed staffer—the communication lapse was reflective of a dysfunctional and “abusive” environment, with a high turnover rate and top-down mentality in which staffers’ ideas were often dismissed (Harris’ spokesperson firmly pushed back on the characterization in response to Politico).

Harris’ campaign for president in 2020, when she was serving as a California senator, underperformed expectations, and she was forced to end her bid before primary voting even began after struggling to reverse her low polling numbers and shore up financial support, with a 2019 Times article documenting a series of strategic missteps and staffing problems.