2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/KAMALA HARRIS: “I wanted someone who was, who was strong and who was ready to be president on day one, and she’s [Harris] ready…
I know she’ll not be reluctant to tell me exactly what she thinks. And I know she’ll have a perspective — different in many cases than mine just by nature of who we are and our backgrounds and that’s why I thought it was so important as well to have a woman as vice president.”
-Joe Biden, “TRANSCRIPT: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris’ first joint interview with ABC’s Robin Roberts,” abcnews.com, Aug. 23, 2020