NBC White House correspondent Peter Alexander caught flak Thursday for asking Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff if Republican criticisms of his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, were motivated by racism or sexism. Harris is making her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border this week after months of backlash for avoiding the trip since being tapped as President Biden's border czar. But in their discussion about the criticism, Alexander asked Emhoff if Harris was facing those kinds of "attacks" because of her background. I think she said, at times, when you're breaking barriers there's breaking involved and breaking means you might get cut sometimes. Holt implied on Wednesday that his interview with Harris spurred her to finally book a flight to the border.

Source: Fox News June 24, 2021 20:26 UTC