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Kamala Harris: Biden made me cry and angry at a crucial moment
Former US Vice President Kamala Harris revealed in her upcoming book that President Joe Biden confused and upset her moments before she confronted then-Republican candidate Donald Trump on the debate stage.
She revealed in her new book, "107 Days," that Biden called her while she was sitting in her hotel room preparing for the only debate of her short campaign. His goal, as it seemed, was to wish her success, but he ended up reprimanding her.
"My brother called me,"
- Biden said at the time. "He was talking to a group of
- real influencers in Philadelphia," he said, then asked her
- if she knew a number of people connected to the subject, but she didn't.
Harris added in her book that
Biden explained that his brother told him that
these people
- would not support her
- because she made negative
- statements against him.
She noted that Biden confirmed that
he was not inclined to believe this, but he believed it was necessary for her to know, in case her team encouraged her to show political distance between them.
Biden
continued to talk about his previous debates
- which left Harris in a state of confusion
- anger and disappointment
- as she described it.
She explained that
she felt upset because her president called her before a crucial moment in her political career and made the matter "completely revolve around himself", considering that he confused her by raising concerns about hostile influence in the largest cities of the most important states.
Although Harris refrained from directly criticizing Biden during her campaign, she invested her new book to highlight the tensions that marred their relationship when she took his place as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.
The book is scheduled to be published on September 23
but it has already sparked widespread discussions about the 2024 elections.
In another clip published
- by The Atlantic magazine
- Harris said that the phrase that
- was repeated repeatedly, "It is Joe and Jill's decision"
turned into something like a talisman in the period leading up to the 2024 elections, but she later saw that the matter was more "reckless" than "nice".
We were all saying
'It's Joe and Jill's decision,'"
Harris wrote. It's like we've been hypnotized.
Was that kind or reckless?
But I think it was reckless, because the risks were too great. This was not a choice that should be left to an individual's selfishness or ambition, but rather the decision had to go beyond personal considerations.
Harris also revealed that then
Transportation Secretary
Pete Buttigieg was her first choice for her running mate, not Minnesota Governor Tim Walls. But she explained that it was a "very big risk" because the campaign was already asking a lot of Americans, as she put it: "to accept a woman, a black woman, a black woman married to a Jewish man".
Kamala Harris
memoirs spark a storm within the Democratic Party
and open controversy over the 2028 elections
The Washington Post reported that the upcoming memoirs of former US Vice President Kamala Harris are raising major tensions within the Democratic Party.
According to
the Washington Post, Harris presented in her new book, "107 Days," scheduled for release next Tuesday, a sharp and unsatisfactory assessment of some potential competitors, which sparked quick responses from them.
Two prominent
potential presidential candidates
- Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and former US Secretary of
- Transportation Pete Buttigieg, rejected the excerpts related to them
- and stressed that they would not postpone their political ambitions out of
respect for the former Democratic Party candidate in the 2024 elections.
In her book
Harris recalls the details of her presidential campaign that
she ran after then
President Joe Biden
withdrew from the race at the last minute
providing in some places frank observations
about prominent
Democratic figures she dealt with during the campaign.
These memos sparked new rifts within the already divided party over its future, and sparked an unusual wave of public criticism and harsh responses.
Harris
who has been known throughout her political career
for her relative reticence in her public statements
mentioned the names of a number of senior Democrats with precise details, sometimes including accounts of personal interactions. She also kept the door open to the possibility of running again in the 2028 elections.
California Democratic Rep.
- Ro Khanna said the party should "appreciate her story"
- calling her a "pioneer" who broke racial and gender barriers
- but at the same time stressed that it would be better for the party to
listen to
her comments and focus on formulating a "better vision" for the country.
Both Buttigieg
- and Shapiro objected to Harris's account of
- their exclusion from the vice presidential nominee list
- a position that ultimately went to Minnesota Governor Tim Walls.
Harris described Shapiro
as overly ambitious and largely confident, which Shapiro
spokesman Manuel Ponder called "completely ridiculous".
In her book
Harris touched on other figures who are potential candidates for the 2028 elections. She noted that Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker were reluctant to declare their support for her immediately after Biden's withdrawal.
She wrote that Whitmer preferred to "wait for the situation to calm down" before issuing a statement, while Pritzker appeared indecisive and indicated that his term would host the party's national convention.
As for
California Governor Gavin Newsom
- Harris wrote that he told her he was on a walk and promised to
- call later but "did not". However, they all expressed their support
- for her over the following hours and days.
The book also
reveals that Harris considered running for governor of
California earlier this year, but later announced that
she would not
leaving the door open to the possibility of running for president.