Former Vice President Kamala Harris described herself as a “historic figure” during an interview with The New York Times, saying that Congress will honor her with a marble bust. The conversation surrounded her book tour.
“I understand the focus on ’28 and all that,” she said. “But there will be a marble bust of me in Congress. I am a historic figure like any Vice President of the United States ever was.” Harris further stated, “Thousands of people are coming to hear my voice. Thousands and thousands. Every place we’ve gone has been sold out.”
Some Democrats condemned Harris for her book, arguing that it is “unhelpful and divisive.”
Michael Hardaway, a former senior adviser to House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, told Politico in September that the memoir “seems to be unhelpful and divisive in a way that makes it hard for her to be the face of the party as we look to the future.” A former Biden-Harris campaign staffer echoed the concern, warning that voters could “start seeing her as a sore loser,” which they called a “risk.”
“Democrats privately worry the parade of scab-picking, backward-looking books isn’t helping the party move on,” Politico wrote in its report.
The Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection began in 1886. “The collection chronicles the individuals who have served as vice president and pays tribute to their role as president of the Senate,” the Senate site explains. It also provides a unique survey of American sculpture from the 19th century to the present.”
