REPORT: 'Wounded' Biden Hindering Kamala's Campaign—'They're Too Much in Their Feelings'

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After Joe Biden was unceremoniously shoved aside in July by the Nancy Pelosi-led coup, he endorsed Kamala Harris for president. Since then, however, many have questioned whether he is really all in on his vice president and whether he secretly is deeply resentful of his abrupt dismissal by his own supposed allies.

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A new report from Axios alleges that the lame-duck president and his staff haven’t exactly been the staunch backers that Harris needs in this extremely tight election:

The relationship between Kamala Harris' team and Joe Biden's White House has been increasingly fraught in the final weeks before Election Day, 10 people familiar with the situation tell Axios.

Why it matters: Biden's team wants Harris to win the election, but many senior Biden aides remain wounded by the president being pushed out of his re-election bid and are still adjusting to being in a supporting role on the campaign trail.

  • "They're too much in their feelings," one close Harris ally said of the president's team — a sentiment shared even by some White House aides.

Meanwhile, the Harris campaign is whining that Joey isn’t working closely enough with her:

Some on the Harris team say that top White House aides aren't sufficiently coordinating Biden's messaging and schedule to align with what's best for the vice president's campaign.

  • Biden gave an impromptu press conference in the White House briefing room Friday just as Harris was about to do an event in Michigan, ensuring that her event would get less TV coverage than it otherwise would have.
  • Earlier in the week, Harris criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for not taking her call about the recent hurricanes, only for Biden to praise DeSantis soon after for being "gracious" and "cooperative." (A person familiar with the situation told Axios that Biden hadn't been briefed on Harris' comments.)
  • Biden has been eager to boast about a robust jobs report, helping to end the strike by the longshoremen's union and other perceived victories recently. Harris has been trying to focus on voters' pocketbook concerns, including inflation.
  • One person involved with Harris' campaign told Axios: "The White House is lacking someone in the room thinking first and foremost about how things would affect the campaign."
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They have more complaints, such as “Several Biden aides have joined Harris' campaign, but some feel like they've been labeled as disloyal by Biden's team for leaving or even considering it,” but you get the idea—it simply seems like the two sides don’t actually like each other that much. The White House of course denies any tensions, but it’s hardly believable that he’s 100 percent excited to promote the woman who helped turn him into a lame duck.

One would almost feel sorry for her… if she wasn’t such an inauthentic, terrible candidate. The reality is, these two deserve each other.

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