Kamala Harris caught between a restless base and a traditionalist Biden
Sean Sullivan and Cleve R. Wootson Jr., The Washington Post
March 6, 2021
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Rev. William J. Barber II speaks at a service in the Washington National Cathedral last year.photo for The Washington Post by Oliver Contreras.
WASHINGTON - As the Rev. William J. Barber II pressed his case for a $15 minimum wage recently, the civil rights leader proclaimed that one elected official faced a defining moment straight out of scripture: Vice President Kamala Harris.
Just as the biblical Queen Esther saved her people, Barber argued, Harris was uniquely positioned to rescue struggling Americans by disregarding an arcane Senate ruling that disqualified the wage increase from a sweeping pandemic relief bill. The vice president, he and other activists contended, had extraordinary power as the constitutional president of the Senate to overrule the parliamentarian s ruling on the matter.
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As Harris seeks to build a political identity, she faces dueling pressures from impatient Democratic activists and a more methodical Biden administration. A recent spat over the minimum wage highlights her conundrum.
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