U.S. Vice-President Harris Is Laying The Groundwork To Be President

Vice President Kamala Harris has added two crisis communications professionals to her staff. REUTERS/Tom Brenner  

Washington Examiner: Harris hires messaging gurus to shore up ‘long-term planning' 

Vice President Kamala Harris has hired two veteran communications aides to help finesse messaging and long-term planning after a rocky first nine months in office for the second-in-command. 

Lorraine Voles, a crisis communications expert, and Adam Frankel, a former Obama speechwriter, worked for Harris during the presidential transition and have extensive experience crafting messages from the White House and the corporate world.  

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Update: Harris reportedly adds crisis, strategic communication vets to her staff (NYPost)  

WNU Editor: She knows that President Biden's days are numbered. She is setting up her own media and communications network independent from the White House.  

Update: Her poll numbers are better than President Biden's .... Harris's poll numbers rise as Biden's fall (The Hill). And Democrats are seeing her as their hope in 2022 .... Democrats see Harris as major player in midterms (The Hill).

Iran State Media Promotes Video Of Vice-President Harris Not Pushing Back On Student's 'Ethnic Genocide' Claim Against Israel

Student accuses US of funding “ethnic genocide” by Israel in front of VP Harris

“Americans are struggling because of a lack of health care, public health care, lack of affordable housing and all this money ends up going to Israel..” the student said at an event on VOTING RIGHTS! pic.twitter.com/n2lTSU4qp3

— Press TV (@PressTV) September 30, 2021

FOX News: Iran state media promotes video of Kamala Harris not pushing back on Israel 'ethnic genocide' claim 

Harris praised student after her remarks: 'Your truth should not be suppressed' 

An Iran state media outlet promoted a clip Thursday of Vice President Kamala Harris praising a student who had just accused the United States of funding Israel's "ethnic genocide" against Palestinians. 

Press TV, an Iran-affiliated international outlet, tweeted out the exchange Harris had at Virginia's George Mason University Tuesday with a female student, who raised questions about U.S. monies provided to allies Israel and Saudi Arabia.  

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Previous Post: No Pushback From U.S. Vice-President Harris Against Student's 'Ethnic Genocide' Claim Against Israel (September 29, 2021).  

WNU Editor: This is a train wreck. And she will be the U.S. President in the next year or two. 

In the meantime the Vice-President's office is in damage control .... Kamala's office does 'damage control' over her support for student who accused Israel of 'ethnic genocide': Harris aides call pro-Jewish groups and lawmakers on anti-Semitism task force to 'clean up' remarks (Daily Mail). More here .... Harris' office does damage control over student’s Israel 'ethnic genocide' comment (Politico).

President Biden To Return To His Home In Delaware Later This Afternoon

President Joe Biden will be heading home to Delaware on Saturday. AP  

New York Post: Biden scheduled to head to Delaware as Afghanistan crisis spirals 

President Biden is once again scheduled to head home to Delaware Saturday, as thousands of Americans and Afghan allies remain stranded in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover last weekend. 

The White House announced that Biden would leave for Wilmington around midday following a meeting with his national security team to get updated on the situation. 

Vice President Kamala Harris, who was traveling to Southeast Asia, is expected to attend virtually. 

As of late Friday evening, Biden had no public events scheduled for Saturday or Sunday.  

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WNU Editor: As for the Vice-President jetting off to South East Asia. Considering with what is happening in Afghanistan right now, I think this trip is a terrible mistake, and it will only reinforce the public perceptions of the Vice-President that she is out of touch .... See you later, Joe! Kamala Harris jets OUT of DC for South East Asia tour amid Biden's Kabul disaster and claims Afghanistan crisis 'couldn't have a higher priority' (Daily Mail).

After Bragging That She Played A Central Role In President Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal Decision, U.S. Vice-President Harris Has Not Had A Public Event In 6 Days

Vice President Kamala Harris, seen in the center of the screen, and other officials met remotely with President Biden over the weekend to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. (Associated Press ) 

 Daily Mail: Where's Kamala, the 'last person in the room' on Afghanistan? VP Harris hasn't had a public event in six days, has only been seen on Biden's Camp David call, didn't join his press conference and is still planning to go to Asia on Friday 

* Vice President Kamala Harris hasn't held a public event in six days and has limited events on her public schedule since last week 

* Noticeably, Harris did not join President Joe Biden for his Afghanistan remarks on Monday, with the White House saying she watched from the 'green room' 

* The vice president, however, almost always joins Biden for his public remarks 

* She was also boasted of being the 'last person in the room' when Biden decided in April that he would withdraw US troops by September 11 

* Harris also still plans to leave on Friday for her second foreign trip as vice president to Singapore and Vietnam as chaos in Afghanistan unfolds 

* Harris held her last public event on August 12 and joined Biden over his right shoulder for his remarks on infrastructure on August 10 

* She also was pictured in a Zoom call with Biden and others on August 15 discussing Afghanistan 

Kamala Harris typically stands over President Joe Biden's shoulder when he addresses the nation. But she decided to skip his speech on the chaos surrounding the Afghanistan withdrawal and has not held a public event in six days - despite boasting she was the 'last person in the room' when the president decided to pull U.S. troops. 

Rather than taking her usual spot behind Biden's right shoulder as he updated the nation on the situation in Afghanistan and defended his decision to withdraw troops on Monday, the vice president watched the speech 'from the Green Room', according to a White House official. 

Harris also still plans to depart on Friday for her second foreign trip in office to Singapore and Vietnam, her office confirmed, despite the ongoing chaos and the comparisons between the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the toppling of Kabul by the Taliban over the weekend.  

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WNU Editor: She, alongside the President, own this disaster big time .... Kamala Harris has touted her role on Afghanistan policy. Now, she owns it too (LA Times). 

In view of thousands of Americans now trapped in Afghanistan. If she and her staff have any brains, her trip to Asia this week should be immediately cancelled.

Who In The White House Is Calling World Leaders? President Biden Or Vice-President Harris?

Glad we had this first talk @VP Kamala Harris! Let's move forward together on all the challenges we face: climate, gender equality, regional crises, and our space cooperation with (hopefully) a new step this Thursday with Perseverance’s landing on Mars! https://t.co/5Qb1T8Pkqp

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) February 15, 2021

New York Post: Veep Kamala Harris takes foreign calls on behalf of Biden 

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday held her second call with a foreign leader — speaking with French President Emmanuel Macron after a talk earlier this month with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as well as with World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in January. 

The calls boost the vice president’s role in diplomacy. Former Vice President Mike Pence occasionally spoke directly by phone with foreign leaders, but that role generally was performed by former President Donald Trump, especially last year. A review of press notices from Pence’s final year in office reveals no readouts of direct calls with the leaders of foreign nations.

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WNU Editor: Calling foreign leaders is what US Presidents do. Not Vice Presidents. It is still too early in the Biden administration to know if this is going to be a trend. 

 More News On Vice-President Harris Calling World Leaders 

VP Kamala Harris holds calls with foreign leaders without Biden -- FOX News 

Kamala Harris Taking Calls With Foreign Leaders On Behalf Of Biden: Report -- Daily Wire 

U.S. Vice-President Harris Speaks With France's Macron, Seeks to Strengthen Ties -- US News and World Report/Reuters 

Kamala Harris, not Joe Biden, makes some of the latest calls to world leaders, White House readouts reveal -- RT