Ever wonder why people get so obsessed with politicians? To most, politics is a boring practice where people in pretty suits tell ugly lies to each other’s faces. However, if you know what to look for, politics can be interesting because everyone involved has secret agendas of their own. That can fill even the simplest interactions with all the intrigue of an entire season of Game of Thrones.
A great example of this is the relationship between Jill Biden and Kamala Harris. On paper, these two prominent Democrats have each other’s backs…after all, Jill is the First Lady to the President, and Kamala is the woman who wanted to snag Joe Biden’s job. Ideally, these two will always present a united front, but many have speculated that there is secretly a major feud between these powerful women. Moreover, a recent incident may have taken this feud to a whole new level.
Just what are the signs of a possible feud, and what was the incident that has the internet speculating the rivalry has gotten worse? Keep reading to find out!
Jill Biden didn’t want Kamala to be Joe Biden’s running mate
It’s easy to imagine a feud between Kamala Harris and Jill Biden to be something more recent. For example, you might think that the older woman resents Harris for replacing Joe as the 2024 presidential contender. However, depending on who you talk to, this feud goes all the way back to 2020.
In the book This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future, writers Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns dropped some serious tea about many different political matters, including how Jill Biden really feels about Kamala. As Fox News reports, one excerpt claims that Jill Biden responded to Kamala getting the VP nomination in a very negative way. “There are millions of people in the United States. Why do we have to choose the one who attacked Joe?”
This is in reference to the fact that Kamala didn’t hold back when debating her rival back when she was also in the running for president. Joe and Kamala have long since buried the hatchet, but many now think Jill held onto a grudge for all of this time.
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Election day deepened rumors of a feud between Jill Biden and Kamala Harris
Some of the so-called evidence that Jill Biden has a feud with Kamala Harris is flimsier than others. For example, many felt that Jill was trying to send a message to her rival on election day. That message didn’t come in the form of words…instead, according to some very online conspiracy theorists, it came in the form of Jill’s wardrobe choices.
If you’ll recall, Jill wore a red pantsuit on election day. What’s so significant about that, you might ask? Some think that the pantsuit was meant to be evocative of Hillary Clinton’s wardrobe and that Jill was trying to say that Kamala should be more like Clinton. Others think the red coloration was meant to evoke Republican imagery and served as a subtle signal that Jill didn’t actually vote for Kamala.
Again, this is quite flimsy as far as evidence of a feud goes, though the fact that Joe and Jill Bidenm declined Kamala’s election watch party invite also raised a few eyebrows. However, the most recent incident left no doubt in the minds of many that there’s plenty of bad blood between these two.
The latest snub sends the rumor mill into overdrive
While Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election to Republic rival Donald Trump, she still had many public appearances to maintain while waiting for his inauguration. For example, she and the Bidens all attended the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony on December 8. This event is all about honoring lifetime achievements in the arts, and the Bidens were slated to sit next to Kamala and her husband, Doug Emhoff.
When the Bidens arrived, Kamala and Doug joined the rest of the crowd in giving them a standing ovation. However, while walking by, it looks like Jill Biden is doing her best to avoid even looking at the other woman. Some think this is a trick of the camera angle, but others think the recording captured one of modern politics’ nastiest snubs. And let’s be real: if one of your friends refused to even look at you while walking by, it would only be fair to assume they were mad at you!
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Did Kamala Harris losing the election make this feud worse?
Chances are that we’ll never know if there’s a real feud between Jill Biden and Kamala Harris. After all, both women are generally too classy to elaborate on tabloid rumors. And if either woman hopes to have a political career after this, it’s in their best interest not to publicly tear each other down.
However, if the feud is real, we can only assume that Kamala’s election loss to Donald Trump only made things worse. She might have lost more than an election that night…in Jill Biden, she might very well have lost a friend.