I’ve often assumed Harris didn’t want to insult her boss by going against him, because I got the impression she was planning to give Netanyahu what for once she took over - especially with him escalating things further and further. Did anyone else get that vibe, or was it just wishful thinking on my part?

  • Blackbeard
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    Not as a representative of the US government receiving classified information, no. That’s absolutely not how this works.

      • @givesomefucks
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        It’s total bullshit

        When Obama drew a line in the sand on Israel/Palestine, Biden publicly and repeatedly told any journalist who would listen that the only way to deal with Israel is give them everything they want.

        If Kamala can’t do it now, Biden couldn’t have done it then.

        Instead he got rewarded with the party backing another presidential run despite him always performing terribly.

        It sure as shit looks like it helped his career when he disagreed with the president as a VP

        But “moderates” will always bend over backwards to defend pulling the party right when anyone left of Richard Nixon tries to move the Overton window suddenly it’s the end of the world.

        There’s no logical consistency to it, just saying what makes them sound right in the moment.

      • Blackbeard
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        In a way that could jeopardize ongoing negotiations? Very well might be. Or at a minimum could actively undermine arguments being made by the State Department so that they lose their leverage.

        • @[email protected]
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          By that logic any presidential candidate would be banned from disagreeing with the president on active foreign policy issues which is absolutely not true. There’s no legal reason why the VP can’t disagree with the president.

          • Blackbeard
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            By that logic any presidential candidat

            Any Presidential candidate in the current administration. Why do y’all keep skipping over that part?

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              Because your explanation didn’t demonstrate why that matters. Any candidate’s position can jeopardize ongoing negotiations if its contrary to the current admin.

              The VP is very much at liberty to sabotage the current admin. There’s illegal ways to do it sure. Like if Harris said “Bibi openly admitted on a confidential line that he’s doing genocide.” That might be illegal because it was confidential. But she could say “I think Bibi is doing genocide. Biden doesn’t, but I think he’s wrong”. That wouldn’t violate any laws, even if it did effect negotiations. Remember the VP is an elected position, not a cabinet member. The president can’t fire them.

              If you’re just speculating then its baseless speculation. You might be right, but you’ll have to point to an actual law to prove your point.

        • @Ensign_Crab
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          Negotiations. Ha.

          Biden wasn’t negotiating shit.

    • @[email protected]
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      She literally can. There’s absolutely nothing preventing any member of the government from lying for any reason, no matter what, unless they’re on the stand. Campaigning is not a court room.

    • @kreskin
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      she receives classified info because she’s the backup in case the president dies, not because Biden allows it or controls it. You are simply making stuff up and dont understand the role of VP at all.