Harris, 100 days in, has been visible as VP, but is she influential?
WASHINGTON – When President Joe Biden delivered a rare nationally televised address last week, he shared the platform with Vice President Kamala Harris, who helped him make the case that former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin's murder of George Floyd created an urgency to change policing laws.
That moment following the Chauvin trial would have seemed improbable 20 months ago in the heat of a Democratic presidential primary debate: Then-candidate Harris lectured rival Biden on the nation's racial history, accusing him of wounding young Black girls like her when he opposed busing in the 1970s to desegregate schools and hurting her personally when he boasted of working with segregationist senators long ago.
As she and Biden approach the 100-day mark of their administration Thursday, however, Harris has established herself as a
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