President Biden is trying to get on the campaign trail for Vice President Kamala Harris in the home stretch of the 2024 election, but keeps getting told by her campaign that she’ll get back to him, Axios reported on Sunday.
She’s just busy.
President Biden is trying to get on the campaign trail for Vice President Kamala Harris in the home stretch of the 2024 election, but keeps getting told by her campaign that she’ll get back to him, Axios reported on Sunday.
“He’s a reminder of the last four years, not the new way forward,” one individual familiar told the outlet.
At the moment, there aren’t any publicly scheduled events for both Harris, 60, and Biden, 81, to stump together prior to Election Day.
The sitting president has been on the campaign trail a few times, including on Oct. 15, when he delivered remarks to the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee Autumn Dinner, last Monday when he stumped in New Hampshire and Saturday when he campaigned in Pittsburgh.
Biden’s solo outing in Pittsburgh surprised some on Harris’ team, Axios reported.
The alleged slight against the president is significant considering Biden’s endorsement of Harris immediately after he announced he was dropping out of the race helped her quickly lock up the Democratic nomination with almost no fight.
“There is always speculation in political circles, but this is not accurate,” White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement about the report.
“We are in close touch with the campaign to determine when, where and how the president can be helpful.”
Additionally, some of Harris’ allies were riled by the president’s off-the-cuff remarks that “we gotta lock [Trump] up.
