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'The Future' of America

Talk of Kamala Harris replacing Joe Biden surges as White House calls her 'the future' (msn.com)

Chatter around Vice President Kamala Harris has surged amid steadily increasing calls for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 race following his debate debacle.
Harris’s name is circulating the political and online realms at the highest level in years, and that was exacerbated on Wednesday afternoon with a remark from a White House briefing room.
A reporter brought up Biden in 2020 referring to himself as a ‘transition’ candidate and bridge to the next generation of Democratic leaders, and asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre if he still believes that.
Jean-Pierre in her answer referred to Harris as ‘president’.
‘One of the reasons why he picked the vice president, President (sic) Kamala Harris, is because she is indeed the future of the party,’ she said during her regular press briefing.
‘And he’s very proud to have partnered with her and continue to partner with her.’
Jean-Pierre went on to say that Biden, 81, and Harris, 59, are ‘ready to go’ and ‘ready to continue’ in the months leading up to the November election. And as Americans continue to doubt Biden’s fitness to seek another term, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has told lawmakers that Harris would be the best alternative to Biden if he decides to withdraw, two sources told The Washington Post on Wednesday.But Biden on the same day insisted that he is still fully charging forward.‘Let me say this as clearly as I possibly can, as simply and straightforward as I can: I am running… no one’s pushing me out,’ Biden said during a call with the Democratic National Committee.
‘I’m not leaving. I’m in this race to the end and we’re going to win.’