Francesca Chambers: There Has Been a ‘Vibe Shift’ in Harris’ Recent Campaign Speeches

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Johnson: “Francesca, you’ve been following Harris for years. I’m curious as to what you see are the main changes in how she sort of evolved as a candidate. It’s not just that the speech today was compelling and exciting and talking about policy, but, I mean, to rock the Carolina blue when you are in North Carolina, that is a level of campaign confidence that I have not seen in a long time. How do you think that the sort of strategy of this campaign has changed as she’s gained momentum in the last three weeks?”
CHAMBERS: “Well, even just recently as you’re noting there has been a vibe shift. If you look at the event that she had with President Joe Biden yesterday when she took the stage and she was talking, there was a confidence thereof where she was leading the ticket —“
Johnson: “Right.”
CHAMBERS: “— and she was in charge. What I observed earlier in the administration was that at times you could just tell that she was holding back or at least it felt that way.”
Johnson: “Right.”
CHAMBERS: “Because she had taken positions that were not always the same as President Biden’s when they were both candidates competing in that democratic primary. But when you are vice president your job is to push for the president’s policies, to speak on behalf of the president of the United States. As Joe Biden can tell America, you know what it’s like when you get in front of the president of the United States on a policy they haven’t yet announced. Kamala Harris earlier in the administration was trying not to do that but it often led to situations where she either tripped over her words or it seemed that she had a lack of confidence in the job that she was doing and you don’t really hear that as much anymore.”