What are her duties?

[Hammster]

I don't know what people on the left actually think, I certainly don't know what everyone on the left actually thinks.

I'm not on the left. But here is your original question

And someone has responded to you about what her duties have been as VP

So I think that answers quite clearly your question from the OP.

If you want to have an engaging and perhaps informative discussion about the Southern Border, and what the state of the situation is, and what various people in government have done or tried to do to improve the situation, and what other political parties and people have done to try to stop any improvement in the situation. Then that could be an interesting conversation.

If you specifically want to know what involvement if any Harris has had in all this, then that could be discussed too.

Your OP is a loaded question. You try to pin all the blame on Harris, and this is faulty because of course Harris doesn't have the authority you are claiming she has. For example she couldn't unilaterally get the Border bill through. As we know, it came down to a vote and the Republican members voted against improvements at the border, as they wanted to campaign on this issue for the next presidential election. It seems they want the "crisis" to be as bad as possible. That's what they want.

So you really thought I was asking about the duties of the Vice President of the United States.

Okay.

 

[Hans Blaster]

That’s not an answer.

If you don't understand the limitations of her powers, then it is hard to evaluate her accomplishments or failures.

 

[Hammster]

If you don't understand the limitations of her powers, then it is hard to evaluate her accomplishments or failures.

So you are one who actually thought I was asking duties of the Vice President of the United States.

I’m not buying it.

 

[KCfromNC]

Illegal immigration encounters increased over 3 times from 2020 to 2021 & have kept increasing since.

It's weird that 2020 is used as the starting point rather than data throughout Trump's term. I wonder if there was anything going on in 2020 that was out of the ordinary?

 

[Hammster]

It's weird that 2020 is used as the starting point rather than data throughout Trump's term. I wonder if there was anything going on in 2020 that was out of the ordinary?

It’s weird that this is being discussed when it’s not the topic of the OP.

 

[Hans Blaster]

So you are one who actually thought I was asking duties of the Vice President of the United States.

I’m not buying it.

I'm thinking you don't know the limits of the powers of the VP. The VP controls no agencies including those that control the border (HHS, BP). Those all have executives confirmed by the Senate with real legal powers and responsibilities and then there is the President who has legal powers over those confirmed agency heads.

 

[Hammster]

I'm thinking you don't know the limits of the powers of the VP. The VP controls no agencies including those that control the border (HHS, BP). Those all have executives confirmed by the Senate with real legal powers and responsibilities and then there is the President who has legal powers over those confirmed agency heads.

Okay. Keep pretending that you don’t understand the OP. I mean good grief, Michele Obama was able to take control of school lunch programs. But Harris just sat around doing nothing I guess.

 

[Hammster]

The border was mentioned in post #1. And multiple posts after that. And yet for some reason my post, the one which raised a fact uncomfortable to the right wing talking points, was the one singled out as off topic. Peculiar.

It exemplifies the pro-Harris participant. Basically, the pro-Harris camp knows that there is nothing that can be pointed to that is a positive for Harris, so the smokescreen has been deployed.

 

[Lukaris]

It's weird that 2020 is used as the starting point rather than data throughout Trump's term. I wonder if there was anything going on in 2020 that was out of the ordinary?

Maybe that is the point, since Covid 19 was spreading in 2020 and 2021. Why did border control collapse so badly in 2021?

 

[Hammster]

Maybe that is the point, since Covid 19 was spreading in 2020 and 2021. Why did border control collapse so badly in 2021?

How is this relevant to the OP.

 

[Lukaris]

How is this relevant to the OP.

She was given an assignment to get a handle on border security between the US and Mexico. I am just a citizen aware of her general task and observing that the situation deteriorated since she took the assignment. I would think she would have kept the same policies in place that seemed to have the situation under control under the same circumstances of an epidemic.

 

[Hammster]

She was given an assignment to get a handle on border security between the US and Mexico. I am just a citizen aware of her general task and observing that the situation deteriorated since she took the assignment. I would think she would have kept the same policies in place that seemed to have the situation under control under the same circumstances of an epidemic.

There have been a lot on the left that said it wasn’t her duty. So I’m just wondering exactly what she was doing instead.

 

[Larniavc]

I have no idea what’s she’s done.

Why not just google her?

 

[Hammster]

Why not just google her?

Another smoke screen.

 

[Larniavc]

Another smoke screen.

So, you're refusing to google her? That seems weird if the OP is genuine question.

 

[Hammster]

So, you're refusing to google her? That seems weird if the OP is genuine question.

It’s a genuine question designed to start a discussion. But here we are almost four pages later, and a bunch of little smokescreens. That’s very telling of what Harris actually does.

 

[Larniavc]

That’s very telling of what Harris actually does.

Which is?

 

[Hammster]

Which is?

Nothing, apparently. Otherwise there would be supporters listing off all the wonderful things she’s accomplished as VP.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Okay. Keep pretending that you don’t understand the OP. I mean good grief, Michele Obama was able to take control of school lunch programs.

She wasn't in charge of school lunch programs.

But Harris just sat around doing nothing I guess.

Didn't say that. But like the First Lady, discussion and advocacy are the primary powers available to the VP.

 

[Hammster]

She wasn't in charge of school lunch programs.

She sure did get a lot of credit for it. So she did something.

Didn't say that. But like the First Lady, discussion and advocacy are the primary powers available to the VP.

So did Harris do that anything like what Michelle did?