it's a very ill-defined role, and so the biden administration has tried to give her a bigger role. just because of, i think because of the historic nature of her being vice president. and they've given her, i think they've set her up for failure. they've given her roles that are impossible to succeed in like the border czar role. how the heck are are you going to clean up the border with the biden administration policies in place right now? so i think she is being ill-served by the biden administration. not by her own staff. but i also think she doesn't do well in interor views, she comes across as awkward. and there's a reason she was the first person to drop out of the presidential race because she doesn't have that kind of appeal. howard: let me get richard in. there are obvious tensions between vp and the biden white house. many people have reported that. tensions on both sides. does the backlash suggest to you that any criticism of kamala harris is vulnerable to being dismissed as mere racism or