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Back on track? Kamala Harris pays tribute to Joe Biden with train-themed Christmas message days after it was claimed she was ‘frustrated’ with president

  Vice President   Kamala Harris   paid tribute to President   Joe Biden   in her Christmas message with Amtrak train just days after 'f...

 Vice President Kamala Harris paid tribute to President Joe Biden in her Christmas message with Amtrak train just days after 'frustrations' were reported among them. 

Harris, 57, wished Americans a 'very merry Christmas' on Twitter on Saturday, alongside a graphic showing a beautifully lit tree with an Amtrak train circling its base. 

The president is known for his love of the rail network, and was nicknamed 'Amtrak Joe' for his habit of taking the train between DC and his home in Delaware while he was a US senator.  

She wrote: 'From our family to yours, wishing you a safe and very merry Christmas filled with hope, happiness, and the comfort of loved ones.' 

Just days earlier, reports or 'frustrations' between the two was published in The New York Times, where some of Harris' allies criticized the way the White House utilizes its VP. 

Kamala Harris, 57, paid tribute to Joe Biden, 79, with an Amtrak train riding around the Christmas tree in her Christmas message (pictured)

Kamala Harris, 57, paid tribute to Joe Biden, 79, with an Amtrak train riding around the Christmas tree in her Christmas message (pictured)

She wished Americans a 'very merry Christmas' just days after 'frustrations' were reported between Biden and Harris as she traverses her role as Vice President

She wished Americans a 'very merry Christmas' just days after 'frustrations' were reported between Biden and Harris as she traverses her role as Vice President 

They're said to feel that Kamala was used to help Biden win the election, thanks to her historic status as the first female, African-American and Indian-American presidential candidate, only to then be left aside while Biden and his team deal with the business of governing.  

But it seems the VP is showing there's no bad blood between her and Joe Biden, 79, this holiday season as Biden's beloved Amtrak - which he claimed to have travel more than 200 miles a day between DC and his home in Delaware while being a Senator - makes its debut on her message. 

Despite her united front with the president, Harris' allies have been making rounds, criticizing the bad press and narrative that she is 'adrift' in her role. 

Mark Buell, a longtime fundraiser for Harris, told The New York Times he wished to see his friend utilized like she was during the Presidential campaign.

'I think she was an enormous help to the ticket during the campaign,' he told the Times. 'I would like to see her employed in the same way, now that they’re implementing their objectives or goals.' 

Biden does not always consult Harris on his biggest political relationships - such as his strained relationship with Senator Joe Manchin, who he has butted heads with several times, especially on climate change. 

One person reportedly suggested the recent meeting about climate control legislations between Biden and Manchin should stay private, excluding the Vice President from the meeting, The New York Times reported. 

Harris' allies are criticizing the way the Biden Administration is utilizing its VP, claiming that Biden used Harris to attract black voters to win the election, but doesn't use her as much as he did on the campaign

Harris' allies are criticizing the way the Biden Administration is utilizing its VP, claiming that Biden used Harris to attract black voters to win the election, but doesn't use her as much as he did on the campaign

Manchin would later reject the bill that proposed legislation to keep the planet from reheating. 

Moments like these leave Harris' critics rallying that she's falling short in her role and won't be on the ticket for 2024. Meanwhile, her allies are concerned that although Biden reportedly used Harris to win the election to gain black voters, he doesn't need her to govern, The New York Times reported. 

Biden said he could run in 2024 if his health permitted, but Harris has not confirmed if she would be along for the ride. White House officials have reported that her relationship with Biden is a partnership, but many remain skeptical, with the vice president's poor poll ratings suggesting she'll have her work cut out if she wants to win election in 2024 or 2028.

'The vice president has diligently worked alongside the president coordinating with partners, allies and Democratic members of the House and Senate to advance the goals of this administration,' Harris' deputy press secretary told the Times. 


Despite their so-called partnership, Harris is struggling to define herself and her role within the White House as her approval rating decline. 

Harris has faced even more criticism after several staff members have left after the VP's reportedly bad attitude and negative Republican views. The mounting pressure to perform has caused the Vice President to turn to none other Hillary Clinton, who has faced her own fair share of backlash. 

 With her role hiding among the gray areas, many don't understand what tasks she's assigned and why. 

'What the White House could’ve done is been clearer with the expectations of what was supposed to happen under her watch,' Democratic representative Karen Bass told the Times. 

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has said that Harris' job is 'incredibly demanding' and not 'publicly understood,' but part of the VP role is not taking 'credit.' 

'I think it’s no secret that the different things she has been asked to take on are incredibly demanding, not always well understood publicly and take a lot of work as well as a lot of skill,' Buttigieg said in an interview. 'You have to do everything except one thing, which is take credit.'

However, on some of her bigger roles, such as immigration, she has fallen flat. 

Texas Representative Henry Cuellar claimed he's 'moved on' from Harris after a disappointing exchange from her office after he offered to accompany her to the border in June and didn't hear back. 

Harris, who has faced criticism for being 'adrift' in her role as VP, has been excluded from some of Biden's most important political relationships, such as Representative Joe Manchin (pictured). In a recent meeting between the two men, an advisor suggested their meeting be private to discuss legislation about climate control. The public have criticized Harris for falling short in her role over moments like this

Harris, who has faced criticism for being 'adrift' in her role as VP, has been excluded from some of Biden's most important political relationships, such as Representative Joe Manchin (pictured). In a recent meeting between the two men, an advisor suggested their meeting be private to discuss legislation about climate control. The public have criticized Harris for falling short in her role over moments like this 

'I say this very respectfully to her: I moved on,' Cuellar said. She was tasked with that job, it doesn’t look like she’s very interested in this, so we are going to move on to other folks that work on this issue.' 

He also said he would bypass Harris' office next time and go straight to Biden's office, because 'at least they talk to you.' 

Harris has also reportedly told allies that she believes her unfair criticism stems from her being a woman, and on top of that, a minority woman. 

'There is a double standard; it’s sadly alive and well,' Clinton told the Times. 'A lot of what is being used to judge her, just like it was to judge me, or the women who ran in 2020, or everybody else, is really colored by that.' 

The two reportedly speak a few times a month over the phone. 

Bass also said she knew it would be difficult for Harris and she a 'first' for some many as the first Black Asian Vice President. 

'I know, and we all knew, that she would have a difficult time because anytime you’re a "first," you do,' she said. 

'And to be the first woman vice president, to be the first Black, Asian woman, that’s a triple. So we knew it was going to be rough, but it has been relentless, and I think extremely unfair.' 

Harris has also reportedly spoken to former secretaries of state Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine Albright and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Despite the 'frustrations' reported between them, one advisor liken them to 'good cop, bad cop,' The New York Times reported, and that Harris is still figuring out her role. 

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