Partly because of discrimination, partly because she lacks charisma. There are a substantial number of people that dislike her because she's a black woman and they have biases against both, sometimes without even knowing it. There are also some people on the left that dislike her because she's a moderate liberal that used to be a prosecutor. Honestly she's about standard as vice presidents come, so though I'm farther to the left than her I don't have any strong feelings on her.
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She is a strong black woman. That is reason enough for people. They will come up with other reasons, just like Hillary. You will hear a lot of “I will vote for a woman. Just notmthat woman.” Or, “I just don’t like her.” It’s all bullshit. They don’t want to promote a woman.
Yep, they’re here in the comments calling her a cop and a neoliberal. The bar a woman has to clear (and a Black woman at that) to be taken seriously is insane.
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“I would vote for a woman. Just not that woman.”
I've been hearing that song for decades now. By a sheer coincidence, that woman somehow always happens to be the woman with the best shot of running for president on a Democratic ticket.
She does not have a shot at running for president lmao.
Her last name literally means "horrible" in Finnish and from what I've heard that's somewhat accurate
The last four Vice Presidents have been strong enough to be seen as decent contributors to their administrations; Cheney and Biden have both been at the forefront in representing the Executive Branch in sensitive negotiations.
Harris hasn't seemed to be tapped by this administration to perform the same role. Worse, it feels like this administration has intentionally pulled Harris back while putting Buttigieg in roles that would otherwise go to Harris.
Her position will get her attacked, but it feels like she isn't being defended by the Biden Administration for reasons.
I like her well enough. Would love another love affair like the obamas but that might be once in a lifetime kind of thing.
Kept an innocent man on death row
Supported civil asset forfeiture
Arrested the mother of a disabled girl
And more I’m sure but she was off my list of potential candidates based on any of these alone
She’s an accomplished Black woman. That’s literally it.
Yeah. Right. Has nothing to do with her being some neoliberal cop who has a shit record from the left. It's because she's black. And a woman. Got it.
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Former cop and decisions in the past most likely. Some of it could be racial though.
For me, it's this:
[Harris] fought for this law, which raised the financial penalty and made it a criminal misdemeanor for parents, up to a year in jail, when their children missed at least 10 percent of school time.
Fine with me. Her favorabity is higher then Trump or Biden. So I think your asking a loaded question.