The year is 2020. Joe Biden makes history with Kamala Harris as his running mate in the presidential election. Half a year later, in January 2021, she will be sworn in as the country’s 49th vice president. Harris looks set to take the nation by storm as one of the most prominent black women in American politics. Suddenly everything turns around. After a year in the job as Biden’s number two, polls show she is seen as the least popular vice president of all time. Do you have questions about Kamala Harris and her future in the White House? Below you can enter your question – in Urix on NRK1 and on news TV at 21.20 tonight, the following panel of experts will answer questions submitted here: Kamzy Gunaratnam, parliamentary politician (Ap) Sofie Høgestøl, researcher UiO Henrik Heldahl, commentator Amerikanspolitikk.no Tove Bjørgaas, USA correspondent The article continues under the comments section. Hello! Welcome to dialogue at news. Since you are logged in to other news services, you do not have to log in again here, but we need your consent to our terms of use for online dialogue Turbulent Poor cooperation between Harris’s staff and the White House has created a split between the parties. The vice president was put to do the “difficult” tasks of securing the border with Mexico and reducing illegal immigration. Sources within the Democratic Party, to which former head of the Washington seminar Kjell Terje Ringdal has access, confirm that the relationship between Biden and Harris has been troubled. – It may seem as if she has fallen out with the boss. My contacts in Washington report friction and that Biden has not been too happy with her. They must not work well together on a human level. A possible jealousy, says Ringdal, who is also senior lecturer in rhetoric. Kamala Harris Facts Born October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California. Has Indian mother and Jamaican father. Graduated in law from Howard University in Washington DC and the University of California. Married to the lawyer Douglas Emhoff. The couple has no children together, but is stepmother to his two children from a previous marriage. Appointed Assistant State’s Attorney in Alameda County in 1990 and State’s Attorney in San Francisco in 2004. Became the first black woman to be elected Attorney General of the state of California in 2010, a position she held until she was elected to Congress in the 2016 election. Was mentioned as possible attorney general under President Barack Obama, as well as a possible judge on the US Supreme Court. Senator for California from 2017. As a senator, among other things, he worked for health reform, stricter gun laws and progressive tax reform. Announced in January 2019 that she would seek to become the party’s presidential candidate, but withdrew in December and gave her support to Joe Biden. Elected as vice president for Joe Biden in August 2020. Will be the country’s first female vice president and first black vice president. The USA’s answer to Støre Ringdal believes Harris is perfect on paper, but finds it difficult to reach out. The rhetorician draws parallels to our own Jonas Gahr Støre. – Kamala Harris is in many ways America’s answer to Støre. Both are perfect – but they are criticized for lacking the popular touch when dealing with people and mass communication. It’s about shining and being charismatic, says Ringdal. Watch Urix to hear why there is still hope for the American vice-president on Wednesday 21:20 on news 1 or news TV: What happened to Kamala Harris? Wasn’t she the one who was going to take over the legacy of the aging Democratic Party? Program manager Rima Iraki.
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