ABC’s Mary Alice Parks: “President Obama seemed to indicate that he was worried some voters might be trying to make excuses for not voting for a woman. I’ve heard that myself from a lot of voters out on the campaign trail. I understand you can’t talk about politics and the campaign, but have you seen moments or do you believe that that this has been a unique challenge for Vice President Harris in her role as Vice President?”
KJP: “I mean, look, here’s the thing, here’s what I can’t say, both this President and this Vice President are very much proud of what they have been able to deliver for the black community and many other communities, historic, historic results. Obviously there’s always more work to be done, and that’s something that we say, whether it’s about the economy, whether it’s about health care, there’s always more work to be done. Uh — but we’re proud of what we have been able to see when we think about record wealth, including, like, obviously record wealth, employment, small businesses. We’ve seen a boost in small business applications within the black community and other — just more broadly, not just the black community, and so we understand there’s more work to be done. We’re certainly going to continue to do that work and that’s what I can speak to and that is something that I know both this President and the Vice President are very proud of doing.”
AP’s Aamer Madhani: “President Biden yesterday spoke of Harris cutting her own path as president if she’s elected. Does he feel he’s held her back?”
KJP: “No, not at all. Look, the President has always been — I’m going to be, you know, not gonna speak to politics from here, but what I can say more broadly is that every — every president has the opportunity to cut their own path and the President has been really clear about passing the torch — uh — and seeing — uh — Vice President Harris as a leader from day one — on day one, and — um — and he understands how this all works, right? He said this yesterday as well. He was loyal to Barack Obama, but he also got an opportunity to cut his own path as President and so, and that’s what he believes Kamala is going to do and that’s — that’s his words — right — when calling her, Kamala, the Vice President. And so she’s been loyal to him and this is something that he shared, and he understands that she will cut her own path, and I think that’s just the way it goes, right? I think that’s the process that we’re seeing right now that we’re living it, that you all are covering every day since the President decided to step aside from this election and pass the torch to the Vice President and so, I think that’s what you’re hearing from this President. He’s incredibly proud of her. He has supported her from day. He has said many times the best decision that he made in 2020 was asking her to be his running mate.”
ABC’s Mary Alice Parks: “Do you think she’s had to overcome sexism as the first female Vice President?”
KJP: “Look, I’m not going to — I’m not going to — uh — get into it from here. Um — what I can say is that we are all very proud of what the Vice President has been able to accomplish with this President as a critical partner over the past four years, and you don’t just have to look at her career as — almost four years, I should say, as Vice President, we look at her record as senator, as Attorney General of California — uh — I think it’s been— she’s had an impressive record and, you know, and she’s done that with everything, all the — the headwinds that come at her. She’s been able to get it done.”
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