The View: Biden Staff Launching Racist ‘Microaggressions’ at Kamala

They love Joe Biden’s presidency, and so do the women of The ViewAdmire and have greater respect for Kamala Harris, Vice President. They spoke with each other Monday. New York TimesAlexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, authors about their books This will not workThe palace intrigue is a constant theme in this room. Aside from the anti-Trump portions, the cast zeroed in on the claims that Harris felt disrespected by Biden’s West Wing staff not standing when she entered a room.

They returned to the commercial after a segment featuring Martin and Burns on former President Trump (R-CA) and Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy. Martin noted that Harris doesn’t have the experience in the Senate compared to Biden and has no useful expertise, thus it’s “created tensions with the West Wing.”

Amplifying the tensions are Harris’s insecurities and complaints that Biden’s staff isn’t standing up when she enters a room, as Martin explained:

In the book, we have one scene. She feels disrespected by the West Wing staffers she observes when she enters the room. They aren’t standing for her and always support President Biden as he walks in to the room. And she had her chief of staff telephone somebody in the West Wing and say, ‘She’s noticed this. Tell the staff. When the VP walks into the room, they are to stand.’

Burns suggested there were an “unmistakable context of identity for this too” since the “Biden inner circle is overwhelmingly white,” “largely male,” and “have largely been with Biden for a very, very long time.”

“Well, protocol is protocol. So, they need to follow that,” huffed co-host Sunny Hostin despite the fact it’s unclear what the actual protocol is.

The solution proposed by co-host Whoopi Goldberg was to drag everyone into “a giant meeting” and lecture everyone. “Because we know that everybody has little microaggressions that they may not be aware that they’re putting out there,”Sie said.

And if they still wouldn’t worship Harris, then they should be fired. “So let’s have this big meeting and if I see you do it again, you’re out,” she declared.

Martin replied that Biden did similar things when it was time for leaking information to the press.

Biden has, of course, set the standard in this regard. We have a scene in the book where Biden tells people plainly, tells his staff plainly, I should say, ‘if I hear about any of you leaking about the vice president, you’re fired.’

Martin pointed out that this tension was caused by the uncertain future of Biden winning a second term. But co-host Joy Behar couldn’t understand why the aging President wouldn’t stick around for another four years, so Martin had to spell it out for her:

BEHAR: What’s the basis?

MARTIN: Based on the fact that he’ll be 82 years old in 2024, and that they’re skeptical that he’s going to serve a full second term or he would want to serve a full second term. This raises the question: if not Biden who? This is what inspired the Kamala Harris news.

Charmin and Olay sponsored Kamala Harris with lucrative sponsorships. The following links provide their contact information.

Below is the transcript. Click “expand to read:

ABC’s The View
May 2, 2022
Eastern: 11:35.53

SARAHAINES: What is the relationship of the President and Vice-President? You discuss the tension and disrespect that sometimes exists. Can you speak about this and what it could look like in 2024?

JONATHAN MARTIN (Yes) All of this is shaping 2024, because it’s unclear if Biden will run for reelection in 2024. This is unlike other modern American cases. In recent years we have never had a president who was first elected. That is exactly what Biden did. This makes it all the more fascinating.

ANA NAVARRO : He did 2 jokes during the White House Correspondents Dinner. One was where he mentioned that he was running again.

MARTIN : He is interested in running. He’s told people that we talked for our book that he plans to run in ’24 for reelection unless there’s a health issue intervening. Many Democrats doubt that. They’re convinced he’s not going to run again.

JOY BEAR: What’s the basis?

MARTIN: Based on the fact that he’ll be 82 years old in 2024, and that they’re skeptical that he’s going to serve a full second term or he would want to serve a full second term. This raises the question: if not Biden who? This is what forms the Kamala Harris news.

She had only been in the Senate for a couple of years, and she didn’t enjoy the same relationships with Washington like Biden. So, she wasn’t able to take over the VP position on Capitol Hill that Biden had, nor did she have foreign policy experience. Her challenge, according to me, has been finding her niche. This has created tensions between the West Wing and her.

In the book, there is a scene where she feels disrespected by staffers from the West Wing. They aren’t standing for her when she enters the room. But they stand for President Biden every time he comes into the room. And she had her chief of staff telephone somebody in the West Wing and say, ‘She’s noticed this. Tell the staff. When the VP walks into the room, they are to stand.’

ALEXANDER BURNNS: Let’s face the facts. For this, there is also the unmistakable context identity. Right? The Biden inner circle is almost entirely white. The inner circle is predominantly male, and has been with Biden for a long, long time. So, anyone who’s new to Biden operations will know that they are difficult to get to grips with. The Vice President has also experienced difficulties in getting close to the president.

SUNNY HOOSTIN: It’s protocol. That’s why they have to adhere to it.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG (Yes). Don’t you think it would behoove everyone to maybe have a giant meeting and say, ‘let’s go over how this actually works so that everybody is clear?’” Because we know that everybody has little microaggressions that they may not be aware —

MARTIN: Right. Right.

GOLDBERG – That they put out there. Also, let’s meet up and see if we can do it again.

MARTIN: That law has been set by Biden. We have a scene in the book where Biden tells people plainly, tells his staff plainly I should say, ‘if I hear about any of you leaking about the vice president, you’re fired.’ So that has put a scare into some folks in the West Wing.

BURNS: Though not enough to stop the leaks to –

MARTIN: It’s not enough to prevent the leaks from this book which will be out tomorrow.

(…)