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Perspectives: Where is Kamala Harris?

United States Vice President Kamala Harris waves to reporters before boarding Air Force Two, en route to Joint Base Andrews, at the Paris-Orly airport, in Orly, south of Paris, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times)
United States Vice President Kamala Harris waves to reporters before boarding Air Force Two, en route to Joint Base Andrews, at the Paris-Orly airport, in Orly, south of Paris, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times) United States Vice President Kamala Harris waves to reporters before boarding Air Force Two, en route to Joint Base Andrews, at the Paris-Orly airport, in Orly, south of Paris, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times)

Two columnists share differing perspectives on Vice President Kamala Harris.

POINT: As crises continue to mount, the vice president is out of sight

By Chris Talgo

At the outset of the Biden administration, Vice President Kamala Harris was a media darling, portrayed as the heir apparent and always willing to make a public appearance.

In fact, the White House was so high on Harris in the early days that it instructed media to, “Please be sure to reference the current administration as the ‘Biden-Harris Administration’ in official public communications.”