Vice President Kamala Harris poses for the cover of Vogue magazine on Monday, as Israel marks the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre and Florida prepares for its second deadly hurricane in recent days. It received a lot of attention.
Harris, 59, was hailed as the “contender of our time” on the front page of Fashion Monthly, wearing a $3,000-plus chocolate-colored Gabriella Hart suit with a wide collar and expensive Tiffany earrings. A photo of her smiling was posted.
An accompanying lengthy profile of the vice president and Democratic presidential candidate says she is a “results-oriented, sleeves-rolling leader” and that after President Biden leaves office, she will serve as a “rare person called upon for a national rescue mission.” He gushed that he had become one of those people. 2024 race.
On the same day the world marked the anniversary of the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust, when Palestinian Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, massacred more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped another 250. , Mr. Harris sat for a photo shoot for the article.
The photoshoot took place during one of her two public appearances before airing that night's high-stakes “60 Minutes” interview with CBS' Bill Whitaker. .
That day, as she left Washington, D.C., for a media blitz in New York, Harris criticized Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, 46, for allegedly dodging his phone calls after Hurricane Helen, saying he was “playing political games.” The attack was launched in secret.
At the time, the Sunshine State, which was devastated by Helen late last month, was also targeted by Hurricane Milton, which Biden warned would be the “storm of the century” for Florida if it hit this week.
“You know, any moment of crisis should be the moment when whoever calls themselves a leader declares that they're going to put politics aside and put the people first,” Harris said on the tarmac. DeSantis spoke to reporters without giving his name. directly.
“People desperately need help right now. It's completely irresponsible and selfish to play politics at this moment, in the midst of a crisis like this, an emergency.” she stated.
The Florida governor's aides reportedly “did not respond” to the vice president's overtures until Helen landed on Sept. 26, but DeSantis said at a Monday afternoon press conference that “she told me… I didn't know he was calling me,” he told reporters.
DeSantis shot back later that week on CNBC's “Squawk Box,” saying, “She had no role in this process.” “And I’ve been dealing with these storms in Florida. [former President Donald] with playing cards [President] Biden. Neither politicized it. ”
Mr. Biden was later asked whether Mr. DeSantis should take Mr. Harris' call, but he chose not to get involved in the uproar.
“All I can say is that I have spoken to Governor DeSantis,” he said Wednesday, without mentioning the former vice president. “He was very kind and appreciated everything we've done. He knows what we're doing and I think that's important.”
Before Monday's attack on the governor, Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff planted a pomegranate tree outside the Naval Observatory to commemorate the “strength and perseverance of the Jewish people” and the “horror of October 7th.” .
In response to a reporter's question about the Israel-Hamas war, she vowed: “We are doing everything we can to get a ceasefire and a hostage deal.” “This is one of the most important ways we can end this war and bring some stability to the region. It is one of the top priorities of this administration.”
The vice president clashed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu several times during the war, refusing to attend a joint session of Congress to hear Netanyahu's remarks, and responding to Israeli military killings of Palestinians by saying, “Too many people.'' ” repeatedly accused them of killing Palestinians. The horror of October 7th.
In interviews since becoming the Democratic presidential candidate, he has also avoided stating whether he supports withholding some US weapons shipments from Israel in order to take advantage of policy results.
Harris previously posed for Vogue ahead of the 2021 inauguration when it featured Biden as president and her as his right-hand woman. Afterwards, she reportedly complained to the editor-in-chief of the magazine that she looked unsightly wearing black Converse sneakers and slim-cut pants.
