White House: Biden is not holding Harris back, has been 'really clear about passing the torch'

White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre insisted Wednesday that President Biden is "not astatine all" holding Vice President Kamala Harris backmost and has been "really wide astir passing the torch" pursuing his determination to driblet retired of the 2024 race. 

Jean-Pierre made the remark aft Biden said past nighttime that Harris is "going to chopped her ain path" if elected president, and conscionable days after reports emerged of increasing hostility and miscommunication betwixt the White House and the Harris campaign. 

"Kamala and I person circumstantial plans to bring down the outgo of housing, kid care, elder attraction and more," Biden said during a run event for Harris successful Philadelphia.  

"Every president has to chopped their ain path. That's what I did. I was loyal to Barack Obama, but I chopped my ain way arsenic president. That's what Kamala is going to do. She's been loyal truthful far, but she's going to chopped her ain path," Biden added. 

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Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden be a run lawsuit astatine the IBEW Local Union #5 national hallway successful Pittsburgh, connected Sept. 2, 2024. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

When asked Wednesday astatine the White House property briefing if Biden feels helium has held Harris back, Jean-Pierre said, "No, not astatine all." 

"I’m not going to talk to authorities from here, but what I tin accidental much broadly is that each president has the accidental to chopped their ain path. And the president has been truly wide astir passing the torch," Jean-Pierre said, "and seeing Vice President Harris arsenic a person from time one." 

"He's incredibly arrogant of her. He has supported her from time one," she besides said. "He has said galore times the champion determination that helium made successful 2020 was asking her to beryllium his moving mate."

However, an Axios study alleged Sunday that determination are increasing tensions betwixt the White House and the Harris campaign. 

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President Biden gives remarks connected the effects of Hurricane Milton connected the White House field connected Oct. 10. He said Tuesday nighttime that Harris volition person to "cut her ain path" if elected president. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

National governmental analogous Alex Thompson reported that "many elder Biden aides stay wounded by the president being pushed retired of his re-election bid and are inactive adjusting to being successful a supporting relation connected the run trail." 

Thompson wrote the main contented with immoderate Harris run members is that White House aides "aren't sufficiently coordinating Biden's messaging and docket to align with what's champion for the vice president's campaign." 

Thompson cited caller conflicts specified arsenic Biden holding an impromptu property league connected Friday portion Harris was attending an lawsuit successful Michigan.  

Vice President Kamala Harris waves arsenic she boards Air Force Two connected departure from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, connected Wednesday, Oct. 16.

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Another notable incidental included Biden complimenting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for handling caller hurricanes soon aft Harris criticized DeSantis for not taking her calls. Thompson wrote that a idiosyncratic acquainted with the concern said Biden wasn’t briefed connected Harris’ comments earlier praising DeSantis. 

Fox News’ Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.