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The misunderstood first 100 days of Kamala Harris
It’s not caution driving her. It’s an overarching desire to earn the trust of the president she serves.
Vice President Kamala Harris applauds during U.S. President Joe Biden's address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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One hundred days into her historic turn as vice president, Kamala Harris remains a largely misunderstood figure.
Rather than the cautious and overly ambitious pol she’s portrayed to be, interviews with more than a dozen current and former aides and others in Harris’ orbit paint a picture of a veep who remains intensely focused on earning the trust of Joe Biden, so much so that outside allies believe she’s partially motivated by a fear of losing it. Some worry she may be hurting her future political prospects in pursuit of it.