The social media meme of the week being shared by the MAGA Meme-Mongers is some variation of:
"Kamala has been there for 3-1/2 years, she’s accomplished nothing.”
Knowing that they’ve already shared 20 more memes that are just as simplistic, crude, and wrong, I’ll go ahead and address this one anyway…
The Constitution specifies only a few duties for the VP. The first is to be ready to assume the Presidency if required -- and it’s clear that VP Harris IS ready. In fact, she has already been Acting President for a few hours in 2021, when Biden was anesthetized for a colonoscopy (only the 3rd time this has happened).
The second duty is to preside over the Senate. Because of the even split in the Senate, this is a duty that she has had to perform more than most VPs. In fact, she cast the tie-breaking vote on at least 33 pieces of legislation (the media seem to have stopped counting late last year when she broke the previous record). Many of those were judicial and agency appointments, which Republicans would have blocked, leaving vacancies in key courts and agencies. Perhaps the most important was the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed with zero Republican votes (but GOP representatives up for re-election are now happy to take credit for the benefits to their constituents.)
So from a Constitutional perspective, VP Harris has accomplished more than most of her predecessors. And that's saying nothing about her advocacy for reproductive rights, her work on addressing root causes of immigration, meeting with foreign leaders, being a liaison to Congress, and advising the President. She has been a loyal supporter and partner to President Biden and his agenda, without calling undue attention to herself – until she became the President’s choice to be his successor as the Democratic nominee.
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