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Invisible Joe Biden disappears from Kamala Harris’ campaign

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Newsweek, October 2024

In the final stretch of the 2024 presidential race, one person seems notably absent from Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign: President Joe Biden. Since ending his reelection bid in July, Biden has largely stayed off the campaign trail, leaving Harris to carve out her own path and focus on distinguishing herself from the sitting president’s record.

She has dropped all references to “Bidenomics” from her campaign speeches, a term which she and Biden’s administration used to refer to its agenda of investing in domestic manufacturing, infrastructure and clean energy. In its place, Harris has pivoted to what she calls the “opportunity economy,” her plan to grow the middle class through tax cuts, a $6,000 child tax credit for new parents, assistance for first-time homebuyers and tax deductions for new small business startups, among other plans.

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