text:  I think people expected her to keep that, specifically that bully pulpit that she had in the Senate, and that's just not the role of the vice president. In this new job, Harris struggled at first to find her footing, and the president gave her a tricky assignment, figure out how to deter so many people from coming to the U.S. southern border. She traveled to Guatemala and Mexico City, but this interview with NBC's Lester Holt overshadowed her work on the issue. We've been to the border. You haven't been to the border.