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A cluster of Biden allies, including top donors, have reportedly complained to his V.P. search committee that Senator Kamala Harris—who is believed to be a top contender—shouldn’t be chosen because she’s “too ambitious” and “will be solely focused on becoming president herself,” according to a now widely lamented CNBC report. At the same time, Representative Karen Bass, the Democratic congresswoman from California and chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, is reportedly rising in the ranks of the veepstakes as a “loyal” and “well-liked” prospect who has assured Biden brass “that she has no interest in seeking the presidency herself,” the New York Times reported.
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Since when is lack of ambition a requirement for any job, much less one that involves running the country? When a woman—and, it’s worth noting, a woman of color—appears to have a solid chance at ascending to the right hand of the president of the United States for the first time in history. It’s already abundantly clear how American voters feel about ambitious women; just take a look at how many of them have been elected president. Even Air Force Two has been deemed too far a reach for female politicians, and only two—Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah Palin—were ever V.P. contenders. But now it’s clear that even the second-place job is laden with nonsensical sexist baggage. To be clear, the backers of a former vice president who wants to become president don’t want his vice president to want to become president.

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