Democrats want Vice President Kamala Harris to be front and center in the debate over abortion rights. They see last year’s overturning of Roe v. Wade as a wedge issue they can leverage in 2024.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told MSNBC that the lesson from last year’s midterm elections is that female voters care about abortion access. They were responsible for keeping Democrat losses to a minimum, she said.

Harris has become the butt of Republican jokes due to her lack of articulateness. Her party hopes to capture North Carolina in 2024, a state that went to Donald Trump in 2020.