[hanamizu]

Many in the vice president’s circle fume that she’s not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined.

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Historically, the VP’s position is to be sidelined. Attend funerals and sit around waiting for POTUS to drop dead, that’s about it.

Teddy Roosevelt was picked to be McKinley’s VP to get him out of the way politically. And VP Garner, FDR;s first VP, described the job as “not worth a bucket of warm piss.”

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

The VP presides over the Senate and can cast the tie-breaking vote for legislation that has a 50 - 50 tie.

Otherwise, like you said, they attend a lot of overseas funerals.

“You die, I fly.”