Biden Privately Grumbling Harris Isn’t Mentioning Him Enough In Speeches: Report

President Biden is reportedly grumbling behind closed doors that Vice President Kamala Harris hasn’t been mentioning him or “Bidenomics” enough in her recent campaign speeches.

Biden, 81, has privately complained to allies that Harris and the Democratic Party appear to have “moved on from him” since his July exit from the 2024 race, and that his “accomplishments” are no longer being highlighted as Election Day nears, according to an NBC News report on Monday.

The president was particularly upset at one instance in which the 59-year-old vice president did invoke his name — during her Sept. 10 debate against former President Donald Trump — but in an effort to distance herself from his policies.

“Clearly, I am not Joe Biden,” Harris said in response to an accusation from Trump that “she is Biden” when it comes to economic policy. “And I am certainly not Donald Trump. And what I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country.”

Biden reportedly feels Harris should be playing up his economic policies, and that he should be mentioned when she talks about the “positive trajectory” of the economy, according to the report.

“It’s very complex,” a person familiar with Biden’s thinking told the outlet of the president’s emotional state as he’s been phased out of Harris’ campaign after ending his re-election bid and promptly endorsing her.

Others familiar with Biden’s private comments indicated that the president has been “anguishing over his imprint’s vanishing from the national stage” and that he sometimes feels his legacy is dependent on Harris beating Trump in November.

The president, however, appears to understand the political reasoning behind Harris running away from his record.

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