Harris vows to create a ‘bipartisan council’ at the White House – Washington Examiner
Vice President Kamala Harris recently announced her intention to establish a ”bipartisan council of advisers” within her administration if elected, during a “Republicans for Harris” event in Scottsdale, Arizona. This plan follows her recent promise to include a Republican in her Cabinet, a practice not observed by the current President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump. Harris emphasized the importance of good ideas, regardless of their origin, and advocated for a healthy two-party system. She expects the bipartisan council to provide her with policy advice. Notably, in a state critical for the upcoming 2024 elections, where polls show Trump with a narrow lead, she highlighted the legacy of the late Senator John McCain, who was known for standing on principle, to appeal to the gathered Republican audience.
Harris vows to establish a ‘bipartisan council of advisers’ at White House
Vice President Kamala Harris vowed in Arizona on Friday to create a “bipartisan council of advisers” within her administration if elected.
The news comes weeks after the vice president promised to place a Republican within her Cabinet. Presidents past routinely installed a member of the opposition party within the Cabinet, but both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump eschewed that practice.
Harris’s announcement came during an appearance at a “Republicans for Harris” event in Scottsdale, Arizona.
“I love good ideas, wherever they come from,” Harris told the crowd. “We need a healthy two-party system.”
The vice president added that she expected the aforementioned bipartisan council to “counsel” her on policy.
Most polls show Trump holding onto a razor-thin lead over Harris in Arizona, a 2024 battleground state, and, like on Thursday night, Harris evoked the memory of the late Sen. John McCain, a staunch critic of the former president before his death in 2018, while speaking to the group of gathered Republicans on Friday.
“John McCain stood on principle,” she stated. “He stood on a belief in the importance of patriotism, of sacrifice, of what we stand for as a country.”
“The people of this state have always shown extraordinary courage,” Harris continued. “We share not only a concern but a commitment to our country about what is most important.”
Army 1st Lt. Jim McCain, one of the late senator’s children, campaigned with Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), Harris’s running mate, earlier this week.
Meghan McCain, a former Fox News and ABC TV personality and Jim McCain’s older sister, has also been a vocal critic of Trump but declined to endorse Harris this cycle.
“For all of you tweeting at me — yes, I am over here the last Republican in the family. Albeit, it feels strange, everything is okay. There is no family drama,” she wrote on X Thursday morning. “I won’t endorse Harris (or Trump) because I am still a principled conservative, like my Dad was his entire life.”
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