US vice-president has supported Joe Biden’s agenda but her own position is less clear-cut
US vice-president Kamala Harris holds up a map showing differences in abortion access among the states during a news conference in Washington in August, 2022. Photograph: Oliver Contreras/New York Timesmay be the undisputed frontrunner for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, but despite being in the public eye for decades her position on some key policy areas is unclear.
But in recent months she has also started to diverge from Biden, most notably in her statements regarding the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. In March, shegiven the “immense scale of suffering” there. This is a marked contrast with the president, who has long been a staunch supporter of Israel and backed prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s war effort despite a frosty relationship between the two men.
Harris has also championed Biden’s landmark legislation to boost infrastructure investment and accelerate the pivot to clean energy. As vice-president she has also focused her efforts on the so-called care economy, including expanding access to affordable childcare and aid to senior citizens. On trade, she has been highly critical of Donald Trump’s plans to impose across-the-board tariffs if re-elected, arguing that the levies will hurt consumers.
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