Vice President Kamala Harris has been a large political target since she took office in 2021, and now Democratic heavyweights Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and former California Sen. Barbara Boxer appear to have thrown darts at the vice president from within a power circle of her own party.
Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunt, actor Ron Livingston, and actress Gabrielle Carteris were on a Zoom call with Boxer when they voiced their doubts about Harris and thought she was a “political liability.”
If they don’t support the Biden-Harris ticket again in 2024, President Joe Biden could find it harder to see fundraiser nights like one that raised $750,000 for him back in 2020 during a charity event that featured Hollywood stars.
Warren has been backpedaling over comments she made in an interview on Boston public radio station WGBH in late January when it appeared to some she was suggesting Harris and President Biden are not on the same page after she was asked if the two should be running mates again for the upcoming 2024 election.
“I really want to defer to what makes Biden comfortable on his team,” she responded. “I’ve known Kamala for a long time. I like Kamala. I knew her back when she was an attorney general, and I was still teaching, and we worked on the housing crisis together, so we go way back. But they need — they have to be a team, and my sense is they are — I don’t mean that by suggesting I think there are any problems. I think they are.”
“Pretty insulting” is how one person close to Harris described the feelings in the vice president’s office about the interview, CNN reports.
Warren has since clarified those comments and tried to issue an apology to Harris, but the vice president hasn’t answered her calls.
“I fully support the president’s and vice president’s reelection together and never intended to imply otherwise,” Warren told GBH. “They’re a terrific team with a strong…
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