Kamala Harris was asked Tuesday if she was ready for the White House.

Harris said that she already was. She leaves everyone, including Biden, walking away “fully aware of my capacity to lead,” she said.

“I am ready to serve,” she added. “There’s no question about that.”

Harris made the remarks Tuesday, in an interview published by the Wall Street Journal the following Monday.

In other words, Harris gave the interview two days before the special counsel’s controversial report describing Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory” and “diminished faculties.”

Since then, Biden has only seen more scrutiny over his mental state. Defensive, Biden announced at a press conference, “My memory is fine.”

Meanwhile, the media has rushed to Biden’s defense. Mainstream outlets have been running headlines comparing Biden’s senior moments to those of former President Donald Trump, a rival candidate three years Biden’s junior.

“There was always going to be a lot of scrutiny and pressure on her in the 2024 campaign, and that moment’s here now,” Jennifer Palmieri, an alum of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, told the Journal. “I think that the special counsel’s report has sort of accelerated that moment.”

Harris herself has slammed the special counsel’s report as “politically motivated.” She described Biden as “on top of and in front of it all.”

In the Journal interview, Harris claimed to have already convinced voters of her capacity to serve. In a way, she’s right. By some metrics, Harris polls more favorably than Biden, although both remain underwater.

Political opponent Nikki Haley recently remarked, “A vote for Joe Biden is a vote for Kamala Harris.”

Harris, despite her low polling, wants the voters to think so, too.

 

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The Horn editorial team