?A bold leader?: White House defends Kamala Harris after reports say she?s struggling

The White House was moved to defend her on Sunday night, after leading US media outlets portrayed a VP struggling to make her mark.

Psaki was firing back on multiple fronts.

Like Harris, Buttigieg has been attacked by the right - if not so bizarrely as in claims last week that Harris spoke with a French accent while in Paris. Buttigieg recently took paternity leave after he and his husband adopted twins. Criticised by Fox News hosts and others, he was defended by the White House.

There is also a typically outlandish Washington rumour that Biden might remove Harris as VP by appointing her to the supreme court.