VP Harris' central role in warning about threats to abortion rights has been tested anew amid a fresh fight over abortion access.
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris' central role in warning about threats to abortion rights has been tested anew amid a fresh fight over abortion access. It comes after years of concerns about her role in the administration as the White House seeks to keep pressure on the issue and galvanize voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Harris has hosted scores of events since it became apparent last year that the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. Looking ahead, she is set to hold at least one event a week focused on reproductive rights, a person familiar with the matter said, keeping the issue front and center. Biden needs her to deliver on the defense of abortion rights. A White House official said the West Wing wants Harris to succeed and that it hopes her taking the lead will boost her own standing.
He’s not; the two play complementary roles and she’s a favorite of constituencies important to the Democratic Party, her allies said. No other senior Biden administration official is as credible as Harris when it comes to abortion rights, Democratic strategists argue. It’s an issue that she understands on a visceral level as both a woman and a former prosecutor who handled sexual violence cases. Last year, when the draft Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization leaked, Harris was in a West Wing office with her chief of staff at the time, Tina Flournoy.
Christopher Huntley, a Democratic strategist who worked as a speechwriter for Harris last year, added that focusing on abortion allows Harris to lean in to “freedom and the future,” which he believes “really animates” her.
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