What role will Vice President Harris play in Biden's reelection campaign?

>>> WELCOME BACK. AS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S RE- ELECTION CAMPAIGN CONTINUES WHAT ROLE WILL VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS PLAY IN 2024? JOINING US NOW IS ASHLEY, A FORMER COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND SPEAKER PELOSI. POLITICO SAID THAT THE BIDEN RE- ELECTION CAMPAIGN WANTS TO DO A HARRIS RESET AND GIVE VOTERS ANOTHER LOOK AT THE VICE PRESIDENT. HOW DO YOU REACT TO THAT? >> I MEAN HERE IS

THE THING. FOLKSARE QUOTING POLLS ALL OVER THE PLACE ABOUT HOW SHE IS FARING WORSE THAN ANY OTHER VICE PRESIDENT. I THINK IT'S NOT A FAIR COMPARISON. SHE HAS BROKEN THE MOLD AS THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR IN THE JOB AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT POLITICAL OPPOSITION HASSIN VESTED IN TEARING DOWN AND ATTACKING THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SO IT'S DEFINITELY A CONCERN OF

THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEY SHOULD BE CONCERNED BUT I COULDN'T OVER INVEST IN THE POLLING. I THINK THE KEY IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU ARE USING HER. RIGHT NOW IT'S HYPER FOCUSED ON ISSUES. I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD FOCUS ON PEOPLE THAT THEY ENERGIZES. SHE IS AT 60% PLUS WITH THE YOUNG VOTERS. DRIVE OUT THE TWO GROUP THAT WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NEXT ELECTION

THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK THEY HAVE TO RETOOL THE PLAY BOOK. WE CAN'T USE THE OLD POLITICAL PLAY BOOK AND THE OLD MODEL WHERE YOU OVER INVEST IN THE PRESIDENT AND IGNORE THE VICE PRESIDENT. NOW IS A TIME TO REALLY INVEST IN THE VICE PRESIDENT AND LIFTING UP HER PROFILE. WHAT I MEAN IS I THINK THAT THE LARGER DEMOCRATIC

APPARATUS AS WELL AS THE WHITE HOUSE NEEDS TO PUT RESOURCES AROUND ELEVATING THE VICE PRESIDENT. IT COULD INCLUDE MORE TALKING -- TALKING MORE ABOUT WHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT IS DOING FROM THE PODIUM EVERY DAY IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. EVEN BRINGING THE VICE PRESIDENT TO THE PODIUM. HERE IS THE OTHER THING THAT I FIND VERY INTERESTING. YOU KNOW AS YOU SAID I WORKED FOR SPEAKER PELOSI AND SHE

MAKES THIS POINT THAT WOMEN IN POLITICS HAVE TO HAVE A COUNTER PUNCH. WITH THE GOP AND ALL THEIR CANDIDATES COMING AFTER THE VICE PRESIDENT THAT IS THE QUESTION. YOU HAVE SEEN WHERE JOE BIDEN HAS REFRAMED HIS AGE AS A POSITIVE BY CALLING IT EXPERIENCE. THE QUESTION IS HOW WILL SHE REALLY ADDRESS THESE ATTACKS HEAD ON? SHE HAS TO DO THAT. I THINK THE KEY IS TO

REALLY START INVESTING SOME RESOURCES AND PROMOTING WHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT IS DOING. GOING AROUND TRADITIONAL MEDIA, GOING DIRECTLY TO THESE KEY VOTERS AND LETTING THEM KNOW UNFILTERED FROM THE MEDIA WHAT SHE IS ACTUALLY DOING ON ISSUES THEY CARE ABOUT. >> YOU MADE GENERAL REFERENCE TO THE POLLS. LET'S DRILL DOWN ON THEM. 42% OF DEMOCRATS SAID THAT THEY ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE PRESIDENT SEEKING RE-ELECTION

AND THE TOP REASON FOR THEM, 45%, SAID THEY DON'T WANT HIM TO RUN RE-ELECTION BECAUSE THEY DOUBT IF HE COULD FINISH A SECOND TERM. DOES THAT KIND OF SENTIMENT WITH IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BY IT'S VERY NATURE, MEANING IT EXISTS AND IT EXISTS IN PROMINENT NUMBERS, MEAN THAT PART OF THIS RESET OR PART OF THIS INTRODUCTION IS VOTERS VIEWING HARRIS AS A POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR IN A

SECOND TERM FOR THE BIDEN PRESIDENCY IF THERE IS ONE? >> I THINK THAT WE SHOULD JUST TAKE A STEP BACK AND REALLY LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. 56% OF DEMOCRATS SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT RUNNING AGAIN. THAT MATTERS. THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO POLLING CONSISTENTLY POLLING HIGHER. THE LEAD OPPOSITION ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. THAT ACTUALLY MATTERS. I THINK THEY ARE LESS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POLLING AS IT RELATES TO THE

PRESIDENT BUT ABOUT POSITIONING THE VICE PRESS AS AN ASSET TO THE PRESIDENT. THAT'S WHAT WE STARTED TO DO FROM DAY ONE. TO POSITION HER AS AN ASSET. NOW I THINK THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE PLAY BOOK? HOW DO WE INVEST MORE RESOURCES AND REALLY SHOW THAT MESSAGE THAT SHE IS AN ASSET TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO THE WHOLE OF THE PARTY? >> AND

THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT IF THE VICE PRESIDENT IS OR IS NOT AN ASSET, NBC POLL, 32% HAD A NET POSITIVE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT, 49% NET NEGATIVE. THAT'S A 17 POINT NET NEGATIVE. THE LOWEST FOR ANY SITTING VICE PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THAT NBC POLLING. THOSE ARE BAD NUMBERS. ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS IN POLITICS IS FOR SERIOUS PEOPLE TO TAKE BAD NUMBERS SERIOUSLY. YOU DON'T

WANT TO BELIEVE IT. DOES THE VICE PRESIDENT BELIEVE THESE BAD NUMBERS AND DOES SHE BELIEVE THEY ACCURATELY REFLECT HER CURRENT STANDING? >> I MEAN I WOULD JUST SAY I HAVE BEEN IN POLITICS FOR 20 YEARS AND I NEVER FOUND A POLL TO BE HELPFUL. I JUST SORT OF WOULD CHALLENGE THAT. >> YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IT EVEN WHEN IT ITS BAD OR ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S BAD.

>> HERE IS THE THING. YOU KNOW THERE'S ALSO INTERNAL POLLING THAT'S PROBABLY RUNS COUNTER TO WHAT THE PUBLIC POLLING S I THINK WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE BIDEN APPROACH TO POLITICS IS TO REALLY KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN AND BLOCK OUT ALL THE NOISE. ALL THESE POLLS, ESPECIALLY THIS EARLY ON IS JUST A LOT OF NOISE. I THINK THE QUESTION IS HE HAS KEPT HIS HEAD DOWN.

FOCUSED ON THE WORK AND THE VICE PRESIDENT. SHE IS GOING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TALKING ABOUT ISSUES THAT'S IMPORTANT TO WOMEN. REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS BUT THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU EXPAND WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT? HOW DO YOU BROADEN WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT AND APPEAL TO MORE PEOPLE? ABORTION IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE BUT IT'S ONLY ONE AMONG MANY THAT SHE CAN TALK ABOUT. IF YOU

USE HER TO DRIVE OUT LIBERALS AND YOUNG VOTERS THAT POSITIONS HER TO TALK ABOUT GUNS, HER LEADERSHIP ON GUNS, CLIMATE, WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ISSUES, A HOST OF ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THAT WOULD MAKE HER A GREATER ASSET TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO TELL A FULLER STORY ABOUT THE IMPACT THE PRESIDENT HAS HAD. >> VERY QUICKLY BEFORE I LET YOU GO. HOW CONCERNED IS THE

BIDEN RE- ELECTION CAMPAIGN ABOUT ROBERT K KENNEDYJR.? >> NOT AT ALL. THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU LEVERAGE THE REST OF THE DEMOCRATIC APPARATUS TO DEFINE WHO HE IS AND REALLY EDUCATE VOTERS ON WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE BELIEVES IN WHICH IS COUNTER TO WHAT THE DEMOCRATS REALLY WANT IN A CANDIDATE. I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION REALLY IS HOW DO YOU REALLY EDUCATE THE VOTERS

ON WHO HE ACTUALLY IS. I THINK THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AND THE PARTY AREN'T GOING TO GIVE IT MUCH AIR AND MUCH ATTENTION. THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH IN THE PARTY WHO WILL FOCUS ON DEFINING WHO HE ACTUALLY IS AND I THINK ONCE THAT HAPPENS HIS NUMBERS WILL DROP. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >>> FOR THOSE WATCHING REALLY CLOSELY AND YOU KNOW WHO

YOU ARE. MY HAIR LOOKS DIFFERENT NOW THAN IT DID IN THAT INTERVIEW YOU JUST SAW. IT'S THE SAME HAIR, IT'S JUST A BIT SHORTER NOW. NO, THERE WASN'T AN