Kamala Harris Wasn’t Biden’s First Choice: Axelrod

Democratic operative David Axelrod says that California Senator Kamala Harris wasn’t Joe Biden’s top choice for running-mate, and that Harris was picked because of political optics.

“He reportedly clicked well with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, but she would not have fulfilled the desire of those who prioritized a candidate of color,” wrote Axelrod in a CNN Op-Ed. “Whitmer, a White moderate pick, also would have raised questions among supporters of progressive champion Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, widely viewed after a lifetime of advocacy and a strong campaign for president as a tough, brilliant and capable policymaker. But some also saw Warren as the most polarizing of the potential candidates, who would have been offered by Trump as evidence that the moderate Biden is merely a Trojan Horse for the left.”

“In the end, Biden seriously considered others but returned to Harris as the ‘do no harm’ candidate, unlikely to thrill or outrage many. She may not seem the most comfortable fit as a governing partner, a quality Biden said he was seeking, but Harris was viewed as the safest pick to win in November,” Axelrod continued.

Harris was picked after Biden promised to pick a female running mate, while a group of powerful black leaders insisted earlier in the week that the former Vice President will lose the election without a black VP.

It seems like Biden has gotten over Harris’s scathing remarks on race during last year’s primary debates.

as far as the grifter olympics go, one year ago kamala harris publicly brought up biden’s complicity with racial segregation and her personal history; now, she’s running with the same man who refused to support bussing and school integration pic.twitter.com/mFlOmBWLwK

— bengali in platforms (@frankoceanhafiz) August 11, 2020

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