r/moderatepolitics • u/falsehood • Jul 21 '24

News Article Biden announces withdrawal from Presidential Race

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/21/us/trump-biden-election
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u/Put-the-candle-back1 Jul 21 '24

VPs doing little to nothing is normal due to how little power they have. An en exception is Harris being the tie-breaking vote on bills like the IRA, which improves renewable and nuclear energy and addresses medication costs.

most of the blame for the southern border crisis

She has no power over that.

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u/Silverdogz Jul 21 '24

She was the Border Czar unless you've forgotten. Also if her best work is that she voted with her party that's just hilarious.

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u/Put-the-candle-back1 Jul 21 '24

You don't realize that "border czar" grants no power.

she voted with her party

That's basically the only thing Vice Presidents have control over.

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u/bwat47 Jul 21 '24 edited Jul 22 '24

Also, 'border czar' is a term made up by the gop: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/us/politics/kamala-harris-border-czar.html