2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden mistakenly promoted running mate Kamala Harris, elevating her to the top of their ticket.
“A Harris-Biden administration is going to relaunch that effort and keep pushing it further to make it easier for military spouses and veterans to find meaningful careers, to ensure teachers know how to support military children in their classrooms,” Biden stated during a veterans roundtable in Tampa, Florida.
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“A Harris-Biden administration…” pic.twitter.com/2Bdurd6hGQ
— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) September 15, 2020
The two-term vice president’s flub follows a similar misstep by Harris on Saturday.
“A Harris administration, together with Joe Biden as the president of the United States,” the California senator told Arizona business owners on the weekend.
This Kamala clip getting a bunch of traction on the right this am with her saying “a Harris administration together with Joe Biden.” pic.twitter.com/SQ9lPeNBGo
— Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) September 15, 2020
President Trump’s campaign quickly seized on the mistakes as aides try to portray Biden as “a Trojan horse for the radical Left” and Harris as “among those pulling the strings.”
“And now, with a Freudian slip, she’s outright admitting it,” Trump spokesman Jake Schneider wrote in an email to reporters.
Biden’s selection of Harris as his understudy last month was based on the criteria that they are simpatico on policy issues and that she’s ready to lead at a moment’s notice.
Biden has downplayed rumors he’ll only serve one term if elected to the White House on Nov. 3, though he has described himself as a transitional figure in the Democratic Party.
Even if they don’t win the fall fight, Harris’s acceptance of the vice presidential nomination is widely considered to put her in a good position should she wish to launch another White House bid in the future.
