Yet another ginormous difference between Biden and Trump is that while Biden is actually competent and Trump is not, the incompetent Trump insists on running everything as a one-man show, and Biden builds a team of trusted, competent professionals to whom he can delegate serious responsibilities.
Joe Biden is showing respect for Kamala Harris.
He said he will entrust her with the responsibility of managing the issue of immigration reform, just as Obama had trusted him as vice president with a variety of high-profile responsibilities.
Vice President Harris will be fully empowered to handle the issue. Biden made it clear she does not need to check with him before making decisions, and that when she speaks on this subject, she speaks with the authority of the president.
Trump constantly belittled, ignored, minimized and ultimately jeopardized the life of his vice president, even though Mike Pence was actually smarter and more qualified than Trump was. (Not that Pence, who had repeated failures as governor of Indiana, is all that smart or qualified, but being smarter and more qualified than Trump is a pretty low bar.)
Biden is showing that he is a team player, and that his team will be entrusted with real authority to make decisions. It is no longer just a one-man show.
And Harris is the perfect person for this: both of her parents were immigrants, and she was the Attorney General for and then the Senator from a state with among the highest rate of border crossings.
Yet another ginormous difference between Biden and Trump is that while Biden is actually competent and Trump is not, the incompetent Trump insists on running everything as a one-man show, and Biden builds a team of trusted, competent professionals to whom he can delegate serious responsibilities.
Joe Biden is showing respect for Kamala Harris.
He said he will entrust her with the responsibility of managing the issue of immigration reform, just as Obama had trusted him as vice president with a variety of high-profile responsibilities.
Vice President Harris will be fully empowered to handle the issue. Biden made it clear she does not need to check with him before making decisions, and that when she speaks on this subject, she speaks with the authority of the president.
Trump constantly belittled, ignored, minimized and ultimately jeopardized the life of his vice president, even though Mike Pence was actually smarter and more qualified than Trump was. (Not that Pence, who had repeated failures as governor of Indiana, is all that smart or qualified, but being smarter and more qualified than Trump is a pretty low bar.)
Biden is showing that he is a team player, and that his team will be entrusted with real authority to make decisions. It is no longer just a one-man show.
And Harris is the perfect person for this: both of her parents were immigrants, and she was the Attorney General for and then the Senator from a state with among the highest rate of border crossings.