“Kamala Harris is on Joe Biden’s vice presidential shortlist. But leading up to his pick, the California senator has spent time promoting her progressive collaborations with Bernie Sanders, their old rival for the Democratic nomination” writes Hanna Trudo in The Daily Beast.
“The strategy isn’t as unexpected or unusual as it might at first seem. Biden himself often consults with Sanders, his longtime friend, on areas where they can unite. With his running mate selection looming, Harris is making moves in the same, leftward direction, and allies in both camps have taken note. Harris (D-CA) has, in recent weeks, put her name behind bills that would give Americans $2,000 stipends, provide masks universally across the country, and send supplemental food stamp benefits to communities in need. Those closest to her say she’s operating from a sincere ideological position and that the public perception of her as a non-progressive has always missed the mark. ‘Kamala has always been a progressive despite what a few loud old white men have said,’ said a source close to Harris familiar with her thinking. ‘These bills fit with the type legislation that she always supported while in the Senate.'”