President Joe Biden made a surprise appearance at the White House press briefing on Friday, where he claimed that he and Vice President Kamala Harris are "in constant contact" and "singing from the same song sheet." However, his comments may not be music to the Harris campaign's ears as she has been attempting to distance herself from the Biden administration in an effort to defeat Donald Trump.
President Joe Biden made a surprise appearance at the White House press briefing on Friday, where he claimed that he and Vice President Kamala Harris are "in constant contact" and "singing from the same song sheet." His comments come amid reports that the Harris campaign has been attempting to distance itself from the Biden administration in an effort to defeat Donald Trump.
During the briefing, Biden remarked on the port strike, the latest jobs numbers, and briefly on Hurricane Helene. No reporters asked about the administration's response to the storm, but one asked Biden to assess whether Harris has been deeply involved in policy.
President Biden and Vice President Harris: Singing from the Same Song Sheet?
"Well, she's, I'm in constant contact with her. She's aware we all, we're singing from the same song sheet. We, she helped pass all the laws that are being employed," said Biden.
Biden strongly linked Vice President Harris to the Biden administration's record over the past 3 ½ years, despite the Harris campaign's attempts to distance her from everything from "Bidenomics" to inflation to the border crisis. Harris has insisted that she was never in charge of Biden's border policy, despite Biden personally handing her the reins at the White House in March 2021.
President Biden and Vice President Harris: Singing from the Same Song Sheet?
In recent months, the Harris campaign has begun creating some daylight between itself and Biden in an effort to defeat Trump. Axios reported that Harris would begin distancing herself from Biden in August in order to defeat Trump, as inflation raged, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East heated up, the border crisis continued, crime lingered as a concern, and other factors, including Harris' own weak approval rating, weighed her campaign down.
Other outlets and pundits on the left soon followed suit, arguing that Harris needed to distance herself from Biden in order to win the election. But Biden has reportedly bristled about his vice president distancing herself from him behind the scenes. He has also hinted that he believes he could have won the election had he not dropped out.
President Biden and Vice President Harris: Singing from the Same Song Sheet?
During an appearance on The View last week, Biden said, "I never fully believed the assertions that somehow there was this overwhelming reluctance to my running again. The fact of the matter is, my polling was always in range of beating [Trump]."
Biden even joked about jumping back into the race during Friday's surprise appearance at the White House. He also began his first White House briefing appearance of his presidency at the same time Harris was taking the stage at a campaign event, raising questions over whether it was a communications issue between him and the campaign, or he was trying to upstage her.
The Harris campaign has further distanced itself from the Biden administration by mentioning him less and less often as the election nears. During Tuesday's Vice Presidential Debate, Harris' running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, only referred to the sitting president by referencing the "Biden-Harris administration."
The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
