Politics- Kamala Harris spoke about her role as Vice President in a new interview.
- She says one key role for her is making sure that Biden doesn't get "sugarcoated" information.
One key job for Vice President Kamala Harris? Ensuring there's no bullshit.
That was the assessment that Ron Klain, the former White House Chief of Staff, gave to POLITICO as the outlet interviewed Harris about her role as vice president.
Harris, he said, makes sure there's "no one spreading bullshit in the Oval Office."
Asking about Klain's comments by POLITICO, Harris concurred, albeit in softer language, saying she ensures President Joe Biden gets information that's "not sugarcoated and not filtered and not through some policy wonk-speak."
"I do feel very strongly about that," said Harris. "I have a very keen and very deep sense of understanding of the significance and the weight of the decisions that the president must make."
She said that she does so when the two are getting briefed on an issue together, where she makes sure that "every aspect" of the issue is "made clear in that room, and that people aren't sugarcoating something for the sake of I don't know what because the decision will have impact."
Biden previously said that Harris "hasn't gotten the credit that she deserves."
Despite well-documented struggles during the first two years of her vice presidency, Harris has recently taken on a role as a chief antagonist towards certain Republicans, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
She's visited Florida twice in the last two months, criticizing the state's history curriculum around slavery and triggering an intra-party spat that's pitted prominent Black Republicans against DeSantis.