Vice President Kamala Harris is reportedly spending more time at her Los Angeles home now than she previously did in order to escape increasing bipartisan “scorn and criticism” for failing to address several key issues, such as record migration at the US-Mexico border, which was supposed to be high on her priority list. …

“In a city full of celebrities and A-listers, Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff’s presence is hard to escape. For Harris, the temptation to abandon Washington, where she faces Republican derision and criticism within her own party, for downtime at home has been tough to satisfy in recent years.”

“While President Biden has a near-weekly habit of returning home to neighboring Delaware, a taxpayer-funded cross-country journey to Los Angeles is more difficult to justify unless it is for official business. Harris’ excursions back to Los Angeles are frequently disguised as an event to celebrate a local small business or a stop to raise awareness about one of her legislative priorities, such as black maternal healthcare or reproductive rights,” the LA Times added.

[Jon wonders whether this is a prelude to Biden dumping Harris in 2024. There is no way that Biden could get away with that and still hold onto black female voters and the progressives he wooed by picking her in the first place. It sounds more like Biden wants Harris to run a basement campaign in 2024 to stay out of the media’s attention. — Ed]