Last week, a poll by Suffolk University revealed that just 28 percent of American voters approve of the job Vice President Harris is doing. That result is shocking . . . ly high.
That Americaâs voters disdain Harris as much as they obviously do gives me an extraordinary amount of hope for our future. In December of 2019, I celebrated Harrisâs departure from the presidential primary with a âgood riddanceâ that turned out to be woefully premature: âMay Harrisâs failed attempt,â I hoped, serve to âdestroy her career and sully her reputation for all time.â Alas, the first part did not happen; on the contrary, Harris was springboarded up to within a heartbeat of the most potent office in the land. But the second part? Well, I got that in abundance. We are now ten months into this baleful presidency, and already Harris is the most unpopular vice president in history. And they say Christmas doesnât come early!
Harrisâs apologists like to insist that she is as unpopular as she is because sheâs a non-white woman. But this explanation gets the cause of the disapproval backwards. Kamala Harris isnât disliked because sheâs a non-white woman; Kamala Harris was chosen as vice president because sheâs a non-white woman, and sheâs disliked because she has nothing to recommend her beyond those facts. In the highest of high dudgeon, her defenders will propose that this is Joe Bidenâs fault, for not âusingâ Harris correctly in her role. But this too is unjust. In truth, there is no good way to âuseâ Kamala Harris, because Kamala Harris is a talentless mediocrity whose only political flair is for making things worse than they were before she arrived…