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I’ve often assumed Harris didn’t want to insult her boss by going against him, because I got the impression she was planning to give Netanyahu what for once she took over - especially with him escalating things further and further. Did anyone else get that vibe, or was it just wishful thinking on my part?

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      15 days ago

      Your boss can still fire you or make your life miserable if you openly trash the job (s)he’s doing.

      Yeah, but her boss is Biden…

      The worst that would happen is some journalist reports he mumbled something under his breathe.

      If he wouldn’t do more about Bibi and Republicans, why would he do more if he didn’t like what Kamala said?

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          14 days ago

          You’re getting downvoted because your understanding of the government is just made up. The vice president is an elected position, not an employee of Biden and not under some legal obligation to not contradict him. Until the Twelfth Amendment the vice president was just the person who got the second-most votes, often an actual opponent of the president.

    • tyler@programming.dev
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      15 days ago

      Once she was selected as the nominee she could have said anything she wanted. She’s only VP for a few more months.

        • kreskin@lemmy.world
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          14 days ago

          she receives classified info because she’s the backup in case the president dies, not because Biden allows it or controls it. You are simply making stuff up and dont understand the role of VP at all.

            • sudo@programming.dev
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              14 days ago

              By that logic any presidential candidate would be banned from disagreeing with the president on active foreign policy issues which is absolutely not true. There’s no legal reason why the VP can’t disagree with the president.

                • sudo@programming.dev
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                  14 days ago

                  Because your explanation didn’t demonstrate why that matters. Any candidate’s position can jeopardize ongoing negotiations if its contrary to the current admin.

                  The VP is very much at liberty to sabotage the current admin. There’s illegal ways to do it sure. Like if Harris said “Bibi openly admitted on a confidential line that he’s doing genocide.” That might be illegal because it was confidential. But she could say “I think Bibi is doing genocide. Biden doesn’t, but I think he’s wrong”. That wouldn’t violate any laws, even if it did effect negotiations. Remember the VP is an elected position, not a cabinet member. The president can’t fire them.

                  If you’re just speculating then its baseless speculation. You might be right, but you’ll have to point to an actual law to prove your point.