Vice President Kamala Harris this week downplayed the importance of approval ratings while also saying polls show her having "great approval ratings."
Harris, in an interview with ABC on Monday, was asked if she thinks "race and gender" have anything to do with reports that she has "the lowest approval rating of any vice president."
Said Harris: "Well, there are polls that also say I have great approval ratings. I think the point that has to be made is that there are attempts to create distractions away from the accomplishments of our administration.
"We've created over 13 million jobs since we've been in office. Joe Biden and I have been responsible for 800,000 new manufacturing jobs in the United States, not to mention what we have done to restore America's integrity on the international stage."
FiveThirtyEight's polling average as of July 23 showed Harris with an average rating of 40.2% approval, 51.2% disapproval. RealClearPolitics shows her average job approval rating as 40.7% approval, 52.7% disapproval. Recent polls from Leger, Monmouth University, and Fox News show Harris as having a negative approval rating.
During her ABC interview, Harris also was asked about a recent statement by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., about opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and his family.
"I don't really have much to say about, again, the kind of the — the cinema and the grand gestures that are political games," Harris said.
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