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During an appearance on ABC's talk show “The View” on Wednesday morning, Vice President Kamala Harris admitted to liberal host Joy Behar that she was “very afraid” of former President Donald Trump ahead of this year's presidential election.
Harris 'very afraid'
At one point in the interview, Behar asked Harris about concerns about the state of Joe Biden's presidential campaign.
“President Obama has reportedly said he thinks the Biden campaign is too complacent when it comes to Trump,” she began. “Representative Jim Clyburn says the campaign isn't breaking through the MAGA wall. Michelle Obama says she's terrified, like the rest of us, about the possible outcome of the election.
“Now, are you afraid?” – Bihar asked. What would happen if, God forbid, Trump became president again? What will you do to stop the lunatics?
“I'm scared as fuck!” Harris answered frankly. “That is why I travel to our country.”
“You know, there's a saying that there are only two ways to run for office: unopposed or afraid,” she continued. “And on all those points, yes, we should all be afraid.”
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“We have to win re-election.”
Harris went on to bring the interview back to the issue of women and children.
“But as we know, this is certainly a table of very strong women,” she said. “We don't run from something when we feel fear. We fight it. Right. Yes. Many of us know when we fear for our children's future, do we stay in bed with the covers over our heads? No. No we can't. We can't. We can't. And this is where In which this election clearly requires that President Biden and I, and all of us who are part of this administration, win re-election.
“There is no doubt,” she concluded. “We have to be on the road. Listen, since I've been to Georgia in the last two weeks, I've been to Nevada, I've been to North Carolina, I've been to South Carolina twice. The first two weeks of this year, I'm going to be on the road. We've got to win reelection and we've got to move on what we've achieved.” “And that's going to be one of our big challenges. We've done a lot of good work. We need to let people know who's bringing it to them.”
Watch this full interview in the video below.
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Harris's unpopularity 'could end up being a difference-maker'
Harris has good reason to feel very afraid, as her approval rating fell from 41.7% to 36.3% last year while her disapproval increased from 51.7% to 53.7%, according to an analysis by the polling site 538. The Center for American Politics at University College London told Newsweek this month Past Harris's unpopularity “could end up being a difference-maker” in the 2024 presidential election.
“To realize how unpopular Kamala Harris is, you have to keep in mind the historical significance of it all,” Gift said. “No one in her position has had this low a level of preferences in a first term since Dan Quayle. That's saying something. So it's not surprising, especially with Biden's age, that Republicans continue to make a simple point: A vote for Biden is a vote for Harris.
“While it is the top of the ticket that drives the vote, and that will be true again in 2024, Harris’s unpopularity will matter at the margin,” he added. As next year's election approaches, these margins could end up being a difference maker.
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