
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With growing concern even among Democrats over Joe Biden’s mental fitness, Vice President Kamala Harris says she’s “ready to serve.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The VP made the statement in a Wall Street Journal interview published on Monday, February 12, as voter concerns mount about Biden&#8217;s age and obvious mental decline in an election year.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The 59-year-old Harris has faced growing scrutiny about her own abilities as the first in line to the presidency should Democrat Biden, 81, be incapacitated or chose to step down.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;I am ready to serve. There&#8217;s no question about that,&#8221; Harris told the newspaper when asked whether voters&#8217; concerns about Biden&#8217;s age meant she must convince them of her credentials.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Everyone who sees her on the job &#8220;walks away fully aware of my capacity to lead,&#8221; said Harris, the first Black, South Asian and female vice president in US history.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The interview was carried out two days before a stinging special counsel report portrayed Biden as elderly and forgetful. Special counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s probe into Biden&#8217;s handling of classified documents said the president should not face charges but damningly said he would come across to a jury as a &#8220;well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the same WSJ interview, Harris criticized Hur&#8217;s report as &#8220;gratuitous, inaccurate and inappropriate&#8221; and said the comments about Biden&#8217;s memory and age were &#8220;clearly politically motivated.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The White House also has hit back hard at the report, noting that Hur interviewed Biden when he was under intense pressure the day after the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But does anyone really care if Harris is ready? She faces her own popularity issues, with an approval rating of a mere 37.5%. That&#8217;s the percentage of people who approve of Harris as of February 6, according to ;an average of the latest polls compiled by FiveThirtyEight. Those numbers are even <em>lower </em>than Biden&#8217;s approval rating, which is at 38.9% as of February 12, according to ;an average of polls compiled by FiveThirtyEight.</p>

Harris Declares “I’m Ready to Serve!” – As Biden’s Faculties Fail
