Sunday 11 September 2022 04:46 PM Kamala vows to 'proudly' run with Biden in 2024, says people will 'demand ... trends now
Vice President Kamala Harris enthusiastically reaffirmed her support for President Joe Biden's re-election bid on Sunday even as a growing number of their fellow Democrats cast doubt on the commander-in-chief's 2024 ambitions.
During a wide-ranging interview on NBC News' Meet The Press, Harris also tried to avoid weighing in directly on the Justice Department's bombshell investigation into Donald Trump's handling of classified documents.
However, she did say that 'people are going to demand justice' in a broad sense, calling upon her past as a US prosecutor, and added that they would 'rightly' be doing so.
It comes as the White House continues to maintain that the president himself has not been briefed on the operation nor has he discussed it.
Ever since the FBI raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida last month, concerns have been raised about the visual of a Democrat president's government investigating a political rival - should the ex-president formally declare his 2024 candidacy.
Asked whether Biden has any plans to file for re-election after the November midterm elections, Harris replied, 'Listen, the president has been very clear that he intends to run again.'
'And if he does, I will be running with him proudly,' she added in the pre-taped discussion.
Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for a wide-ranging pre-taped interview with NBC's Meet The Press that aired on Sunday, September 11
The California Democrat's vote of confidence for Biden comes as other members of their party raise concerns about his prospective candidacy - chiefly, his age.
Democrat Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio, who is running for Senate there, called for a 'generational change' in leadership just a day before Biden visited his state.
And another left-wing Senate hopeful, Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes, opted not to appear with Biden during a Labor Day speech in Milwaukee.
The president will be 81 years old on Election Day 2024, a new record that surpasses the one he currently holds.
Harris would not say on Sunday if or how she and Biden had discussed the 'worst case scenario'
