{"id":174779,"date":"2021-11-23T05:06:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T05:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/?p=733791"},"modified":"2021-11-23T05:06:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T05:06:19","slug":"buttigieg-tamps-down-narrative-that-theres-a-rivalry-with-harris-were-too-busy-with-a-job-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/11\/23\/buttigieg-tamps-down-narrative-that-theres-a-rivalry-with-harris-were-too-busy-with-a-job-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg tamps down narrative that there\u2019s a rivalry with Harris: \u2018We\u2019re too busy with a job to do\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Updated 12:14 PM EST, Sun November 21, 2021<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Washington(CNN)Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday tried to tamp down the idea that he and Vice President Kamala Harris are starting to quietly compete to be the future standard-bearer of the Democratic Party, saying their focuses are on their roles in the nearly year-old Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The comments from Buttigieg, who competed against Harris \u2014 and Joe Biden \u2014 for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination come after CNN and other outlets detailed how allies of the vice president saw Buttigieg as unfairly boosted by the West Wing as she was repeatedly sidelined.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Buttigieg, pressed by NBC on whether a rivalry was emerging between himself and Harris, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cno, because she and I are part of a team that is disciplined and doesn\u2019t focus on what\u2019s obsessing the commentators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019re too busy with a job to do \u2014 she as a leader in this administration, with her leadership role, and I, and the President, and everybody else in the Cabinet and across the administration, are laser focused on getting the job done,\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">he added.<\/p>\n<h3>Exasperation and dysfunction:<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Inside Kamala Harris; frustrating start as vice president<br \/>\nExasperation and dysfunction: Inside Kamala Harris\u2019 frustrating start as vice president<br \/>\nAs the two administration members who also vied for the Democratic nomination, many have speculated that, if President Joe Biden decides not to run for a second term, Buttigieg and Harris may be poised for a rematch in a 2024 Democratic primary or the 2028 contest.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Buttigieg and Harris weren\u2019t always at odds prior to the presidential election, with the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, helping Harris, then the vice presidential nominee, prepare for her 2020 debate against then-Vice President Mike Pence, a fellow Hoosier.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere\u2019s no room to get caught up in the parlor games, and I\u2019m proud to be part of the Biden-Harris team,\u201d Buttigieg told NBC, saying his focus as Transportation secretary remained on the job at hand.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">CNN reported last week that Harris loyalists are growing increasingly frustrated by how the West Wing has handled right-wing attacks on Buttigieg as compared to the amount of help she\u2019s gotten during various episodes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s hard to miss the specific energy that the White House brings to defend a White man, knowing that Kamala Harris has spent almost a year taking a lot of the hits that the West Wing didn\u2019t want to take themselves,\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">said a former Harris aide, reflecting conversations last month among several former aides and current allies.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Source: CNN Politics.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To get featured on 360PRWire, Fox News, Yahoo News, Google News, Microsoft News, IPS News IPSNews.net, Wikipedia, Forbes or any other mainstream news or media website. Contact:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Adam Lyad,<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">P.S. to VP (Pete Varoufakis)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">News &#038; Content Syndication \u2013 360PRGuest<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.1.0\/72x72\/2122.png\" alt=\"\u2122\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">adam@360prwire.com<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">LinkedIn: Adam Lyad<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">360PRWire.com<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/buttigieg-tamps-down-narrative-that-theres-a-rivalry-with-harris-were-too-busy-with-a-job-to-do\/\">Buttigieg tamps down narrative that there\u2019s a rivalry with Harris: \u2018We\u2019re too busy with a job to do\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/\">360PRWire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated 12:14 PM EST, Sun November 21, 2021 Washington(CNN)Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday tried to tamp down the idea that he and Vice President Kamala Harris are starting to quietly compete to be the future standard-bearer of the Democratic Party, saying their focuses are on their roles in the nearly year-old Biden administration. The &hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/buttigieg-tamps-down-narrative-that-theres-a-rivalry-with-harris-were-too-busy-with-a-job-to-do\/\"> <span>Buttigieg tamps down narrative that there&rsquo;s a rivalry with Harris: &lsquo;We&rsquo;re too busy with a job to do&rsquo;<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/buttigieg-tamps-down-narrative-that-theres-a-rivalry-with-harris-were-too-busy-with-a-job-to-do\/\">Buttigieg tamps down narrative that there&rsquo;s a rivalry with Harris: &lsquo;We&rsquo;re too busy with a job to do&rsquo;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/\">360PRWire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/11\/23\/buttigieg-tamps-down-narrative-that-theres-a-rivalry-with-harris-were-too-busy-with-a-job-to-do\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378,374,27,366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-ipsnews","category-media","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Buttigieg tamps down narrative that there\u2019s a rivalry with Harris: \u2018We\u2019re too busy with a job to do\u2019 - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/11\/23\/buttigieg-tamps-down-narrative-that-theres-a-rivalry-with-harris-were-too-busy-with-a-job-to-do\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Buttigieg tamps down narrative that there\u2019s a rivalry with Harris: \u2018We\u2019re too busy with a job to do\u2019 - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Updated 12:14 PM EST, Sun November 21, 2021 Washington(CNN)Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday tried to tamp down the idea that he and Vice President Kamala Harris are starting to quietly compete to be the future standard-bearer of the Democratic Party, saying their focuses are on their roles in the nearly year-old Biden administration. 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