Barack Obama has been hitting the campaign trail to talk to voters nationwide about why Democrats are the best option for Democracy, the economy, and national security.
The former president seems particularly energized when he lays the heavy punches on Donald Trump.
Obama recently attended Ethel Kennedy‘s funeral, and it seems he was still in the campaigner-in-chief mode. Cameras caught Barack Obama having an intense and private conversation with President Joe Biden.
Mr. Obama looked doomy as Biden, who seemed shocked, attempted to explain the situation. At one point, the Hawaiian politician held his chin and shook his head before Biden grabbed his arm and continued to repeat that the matter was dire.
The clip of the two presidents having a tense moment went viral, sparked widespread discussion and prompted a professional reader to reveal a partial conversation transcript.
According to the New York Post and The Daily Mail, Barack Obama and his former vice president were discussing the presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
Biden and Obama made a dire assessment of Harris’s campaign. According to the expert, Biden, with an unsettled look, told Obama the following about Harris: “She’s not as strong as me.” To which Obama responded by: “I know … that’s true. We have time.”
The off-microphone conversation ended with Biden in disbelief, repeating that his vice president was less strong and ready than he was.
The exchange between Biden and Obama has taken an alarming twist. Some political observers believe that Biden discussed Harris’s struggles with a critical demographic that he was comfortably winning before being pushed out of his campaign.
Or there is the possibility that Biden was letting Obama know that he should have remained on the ticket and that he cannot be blamed if Harris fails to win her presidential bid.
Harris’s camp has read through Biden’s incomplete revelation, and the punishment was swift and brutal.
Via Politico and NBC, it has been confirmed that Biden has offered to campaign for Harris on multiple occasions, but he was told his place is in the White House.
Confirming the slow-boiling rift, an aide told NBC that Harris is going to the extremes to distance herself from the sitting president.
The official said Harris’s campaign is focused on the future and the news outlet added: “The most important role he can play is doing his job as president,” said one of the White House officials who, like others in this piece, was granted anonymity to speak candidly. He’s out there doing the job as president, and she’s out there campaigning. It’s clear voters want something new.”
Harris campaign officials are not eager to give Biden the microphone and risk another gaffe, like his recent remark about putting Trump in jail.
Cornell Belcher, a Democratic pollster who worked on Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns told NBC: “It’s not about Biden’s feelings. It’s about winning. And the Harris campaign is being very strategic about how they use the president. Harris’ whole pitch is a new way forward. If Biden is on the main stage with her at rallies, it just brings back a conversation that is not ‘forward.’ And that would be a mistake.”
There are no plans for Biden and Harris to appear at a political event before the election.
