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<\/p>\nPresident Joe Biden promised his vice president Kamala Harris that he would dine with her at least once per week to keep things current, as former President Barack Obama had done with Biden. However, a review of the President and Vice President\u2019s public schedules reveals that the pair have only had two private White House meetings this year, falling short of their goal to share lunch together once per week.<\/p>\n
During a conversation with People magazine last year, Biden said: \u201cI wanted her available to participate in everything that I did. As I told her: I wanted her to be the last person in the room. [Like] Barack and I, we have lunch alone once a week. That\u2019s the deal when we\u2019re both in country, which we\u2019ll be for a while because of COVID, and I see her all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By May 2021, Biden and Harris had shared twelve private lunches together, according to statistics compiled by Real Clear Politics. However, the frequency of their meetings has since been on the decline, going from once per week to about once every month or two.<\/p>\n
So far in 2022, Biden and Harris have shared only two private lunches together. The first was on February 8, 2022, while Biden was fighting to find a new Supreme Court Justice to replace Stephen Breyer. The second lunch meeting between the president and vice president occurred on March 30, 2022, after Biden had returned from his trip to Europe in the aftermath of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
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Although skeptics believe that Biden\u2019s meetings with Harris indicate that something has been going on between the pair, the White House urges the press not to use the frequency of their meetings as a gauge of success.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president and vice president are in constant touch with each other,\u201d Deputy Press Secretary Chris Meagher told RCP. \u201cAnd he relies on her counsel, partnership, and friendship as they work together to continue to grow the economy, cut costs for working families, rally the world in the face of Russia\u2019s aggression, and make historic investments in our nation\u2019s infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rumors that Harris has not been on good terms with Biden have been swirling for more than a year. According to a report, Biden asked Harris to leave the Oval Office within days of taking office because he did not want her involved as he tried to hammer out a deal with conservative Democrat Senator Joe Manchin in connection to Biden\u2019s domestic spending bill.<\/p>\n
\u201cBiden had welcomed Manchin into the Oval for a joint meeting with him and the vice president, a gesture intended to convey that Biden and Harris were a steadfast political team,\u201d according to the senator\u2019s account. \u201cBut at one point, when Biden had wanted to talk candidly with Manchin about his views on the rescue bill, the president had asked everyone to leave the room \u2013 including Harris.\u201d<\/p>\n
Do you think Biden and Harris have a good relationship? Or do you think Biden is disappointed in Harris?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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