The VP is calling up women senators on both sides of the aisle ahead of a fight over Biden's Supreme Court pick.
Vice President Kamala Harris, who earned a reputation in the Senate as a tenacious questioner of judicial nominees, is leveraging her chamber connections for the forthcoming Supreme Court fight.
The one-on-one outreach comes as Harris has struggled to find her footing as an effective emissary for President Joe Biden. She has taken on the deeply challenging core issues of Central American migration and voting rights, but the former remains a problem for the administration and the latter push faltered in the Senate. Now, Harris is poised to get more assertive, on wooing high-court votes and beyond.
During Harris’ time on the judiciary committee, she acquired a formidable reputation for grilling then-President Donald Trump’s nominees, including now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. She’s also been the first woman of color — and Black woman — to serve in many of her past elected offices, including district attorney of San Francisco, attorney general of California and a senator from the state.
Bakari Sellers, a longtime Harris ally and former South Carolina state lawmaker, described her conversations with former Senate colleagues as in keeping with Biden’s interest in a less partisan Supreme Court confirmation this year. Sen. John Cornyn , who spoke to the White House counsel about the incoming nomination but not to Harris, quipped that “I don’t know what she does all day … I guess they’re trying to find something for her to do.”
A White House official, addressing Harris’ outreach on condition of anonymity, said only that she is making calls to senators on both sides of the aisle.
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