Joe Biden says Kamala Harris will cut her own path as president

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Kamala Harris would cut her own path once she wins the 2024 election allowing for more daylight between him and his vice president as she works to win over skeptical voters three weeks before Election DayKamala will take the country in her own direction and thats one of the most important differences in this election he said Kamalas perspective on our problems will be fresh and new Donald Trumps perspective old and failed and quite frankly thoroughly totally dishonestBidens comments may give Harris more license to stake out her own political and policy stances in the critical closing phase of the presidential race and appear to go further to distance the two than Harris has herself The vice presidents aides have privately expressed some frustration that the 81yearold president has been too focused on his own legacy and not the race to succeed himBut Harris has of late faced increasing pressure to articulate how shed govern differently from Biden a question trickier than it seems on the surface While Bidens favorability ratings remain underwater some of the biggest pieces of his legislative agenda from infrastructure to lowering the costs of some prescription drugs are popular and signaling any daylight with the president on foreign policy at a time of global crises could be seen as recklessHarris herself has been loathe to do anything that could be perceived as disloyal to Biden who elevated her from a firstterm senator to the vice presidency and then handed the reins of his political operation over to her endorsing Harris when he dropped out of the race in JulyShes brushed off questions about how she would be different than the Democratic president by saying Im not Joe Biden but has offered few specifics At the same time shes tried to seize the mantle of being the candidate who would bring positive change to the country largely relying on being of a different generation than both Biden and TrumpHarris last week in an interview with radio host Howard Stern said she couldnt think of a move made by Biden that she would have decided differently a line that was featured prominently by Trump at rallies and online She later offered that she would unlike Biden select a Republican for her Cabinet if electedOn Tuesday Biden spoke in the hall of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association in Philadelphia pumping up a slate of local candidates including Sen Bob Casey before a vibrant crowd boys in buttondown shirts and kente cloths stood alongside women who leaned on canes They sat at tables adorned with red white and blue balloons and ate from plastic plates crowded with meatballs and kielbasa and bread rollsEvery president has to cut their own path thats what I did Biden said to a crowd that chanted Thank you Joe I was loyal to Barack Obama and I cut my own path as president Thats what Kamala is going to do Bidens words were particularly poignant because hes done so few political events since stepping away from the 2024 race a stinging decision he said he made for the good of the country following a disastrous debate performance and mutiny within the Democratic partyWhen I decided it was time to pass the torch to the next generation I knew I knew who I wanted to replace me Biden said He also took multiple swipes at Trump calling him a loser laying into the Republican nominee for his refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election he lost continued stoking of misinformation around the election and embracing the violent mob that sought to overturn the results of the election on Jan 6 2021 Every generation faces a moment where democracy has to be defended Biden said This is our momentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever