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Mark Z. Barabak: So you think Kamala Harris has it rough. Remember Dan Quayle?

Kamala Harris can't catch a break. When she's not being ignored — which is much of the time — the vice president is portrayed as inept, impossible to work for or depicted as an anchor weighing down the listing Biden administration. Sometimes all three. She goes to Paris on a well-executed goodwill tour and critics jump all over Harris for spending $500 or so on fancy cookware. The money came ...

Kamala Harris can't catch a break.

When she's not being ignored — which is much of the time — the vice president is portrayed as inept, impossible to work for or depicted as an anchor weighing down the listing Biden administration.

Sometimes all three.

She goes to Paris on a well-executed goodwill tour and critics jump all over Harris for spending $500 or so on fancy cookware. The money came from her own pocket — the vice president loves to cook — and is abouttrying to cover up an extramarital affair but, sure, whatever.

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