How Harris Is Pivoting From Biden’s Campaign Message

Time: “In her first two stump speeches this week as a presidential candidate, Kamala Harris made clear she was overhauling the Democrats’ pitch to voters. In both speeches, the Vice President offered a sharper message that largely left out the long recitations of Biden administration accomplishments that often bogged down the stump speeches she and Joe Biden had been delivering for months.”

“Instead, Harris emphasized her vision for the country, while also framing the contest as between a convicted criminal in Trump, and herself as a prosecutor.”

“The scant mention of her administration’s policy wins was no accident. The Vice President purposely used those initial speeches to center her comments around her own vision for the future ‘because she’s now running for President of the United States,’ said a Harris aide. Upcoming speeches will incorporate more of what the Biden administration has gotten done, the aide said, including one she’s delivering Wednesday afternoon in Indianapolis at the annual convention of the influential historically Black sorority Zeta Phi Beta.”

“Still, the overall focus of a Harris campaign speech is likely to be more forward-looking than Biden’s have been in recent months.”