Now, just weeks before the crucial 2024 presidential election, the relationship between the two has soured beyond repair, with many blaming Harris for undermining Biden’s campaign since the beginning.
The cracks in their relationship reportedly began as early as the initial days following Harris’ nomination, with her team clashing with Biden’s over everything from TV appearances to staff management. According to reports from Axios and Fox News , Harris’ allies were adamant that Biden’s surrogates should be replaced by new faces loyal to her, a move that many in Biden’s camp saw as a hostile takeover of his campaign.
This power struggle has only intensified since Biden’s unexpected exit from the presidential race earlier this year, which left many of his loyalists feeling betrayed and abandoned. With Biden now playing second fiddle to his once-junior vice president, the frustrations are boiling over. His staff has been “dejected” and feels sidelined, with one senior official stating Harris’ team “doesn’t appreciate the gravity of this election.”
The tipping point appears to have been Harris’ infamous internal coup. Despite outward appearances of unity, sources close to the White House have confirmed that Harris’ team pushed aggressively to expand her influence within the administration, often at the expense of Biden’s authority. The Harris camp has also complained that the White House hasn’t done enough to provide her with additional staffing to meet her growing workload, despite overwhelming evidence that Harris has fumbled every major leadership opportunity the Democratic echelons’ have given her.
The coup was so blatant that it led many within the Biden administration to question her loyalty to the president. According to insiders, Biden’s staff feels they have bent over backward to support Harris, only to be repaid with backstabbing and poor leadership. “She’s creating problems for herself,” said one White House source. “It’s not the White House to blame, but Kamala’s poor planning.”
The feud reached new levels of dysfunction just last week, when Biden, who was supposed to be out of the country, held an impromptu press conference to address the nation’s hurricane relief efforts. At the same time, Harris was at a campaign event in Michigan, and Biden’s sudden appearance completely overshadowed her event, much to the frustration of her team. Harris’ allies claim this was another example of Biden undermining her and stealing the spotlight.
However, Biden’s most shocking move came just hours after Harris attacked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, accusing him of politicizing the hurricane response. In a direct contradiction, Biden praised DeSantis, calling him “gracious” and “cooperative,” a statement that completely undermined Harris’ narrative. Biden’s camp reportedly did this without coordinating with Harris, leaving her team furious and scrambling to repair the damage.
Reports from inside the White House confirm that tensions have been building between the two camps, with Harris’ team pushing to expand their influence in the administration while accusing Biden’s aides of failing to coordinate their efforts. But the lack of synergy has been glaring. Harris’s focus on issues like inflation often clashes with Biden’s attempts to tout economic wins, such as job growth—a dynamic that has only confused voters and weakened their messaging.
A Harris ally close to the campaign told Axios that Biden’s team is “too much in their feelings” after being pushed aside in favor of Harris. “They don’t get that we’re in charge now,” the ally said, pointing to how the coup created a lasting rift between the president and his VP.
As the 2024 election approaches, it’s clear that the corrupt Democrats are in disarray, with the Harris-Biden rift only deepening.
Biden, struggling to recover from his “big coup” loss, is now being forced to watch as Harris fumbles her way through a doomed campaign. His once-loyal staffers have been reduced to playing second fiddle to Harris’ new allies, many of whom are viewed with suspicion for their lack of loyalty to the president.
Meanwhile, the American people are left to wonder: how did the Democratic Party allow this dysfunction to take over its leadership? With less than a third of Americans believing the country is on the right track, voters are losing faith in the Biden-Harris ticket—if they ever had any.
And as the election draws near, one thing is clear: Harris’ internal coup may have won her the nomination, but it has doomed her chances at the presidency. And once again, it’s the American people who are paying the price for the Democrats’ chaos and incompetence.