Former Vice President Kamala Harris revealed in her new book, ‘107 Days,’ that then-President Joe Biden called her right before her critical debate with Donald Trump, warning her about major donors and political risks. The call left Harris ‘angry and disappointed,’ as she felt Biden distracted her with personal concerns rather than focusing on the debate.
Biden reportedly called Harris as she sat in a hotel room preparing for the only debate of her abbreviated campaign. He apparently wanted to wish her luck — and to scold her. The then-president said, ‘My brother called. He’s been talking to a group of real power brokers in Philly,’ according to an excerpt of the book in The Guardian. He then allegedly asked if Harris was familiar with several people related to the matter, but she was not.
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According to The Guardian, Harris wrote in the book that Biden had told her that those guys were not going to support her because she had been saying bad things about him. He wasn’t inclined to believe it, but he thought Harris should know in case her team had been encouraging her to put daylight between the two of them. Biden then went on to talk about his past debate performances, leaving Harris confused, ‘angry and disappointed,’ as reported by The Guardian. She was upset that her boss had called before a critical moment in her political career and made ‘it all about himself.’ Harris added that Biden was ‘distracting me with worry about hostile power-brokers in the biggest city of the most important state.’
Then-second gentleman Doug Emhoff apparently noticed his wife was in distress and advised her to ‘let it go’ before facing off against Trump.
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While Harris avoided criticizing Biden during her campaign, she has used her upcoming book to shed light on the tensions between them as she took his place as the Democratic presidential nominee. Harris’ book is set to hit shelves on Sept. 23, but it has already sparked conversations about the 2024 election cycle.
In another section, Harris said while ‘It’s Joe and Jill’s decision’ became a mantra ahead of the 2024 election cycle, she said it was ‘recklessness,’ rather than ‘grace,’ according to an excerpt released by The Atlantic.
‘It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.’ We all said that, like a mantra, as if we’d all been hypnotized. Was it grace, or was it recklessness? In retrospect, I think it was recklessness. The stakes were simply too high. This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego, an individual’s ambition. It should have been more than a personal decision,’ Harris wrote.
Harris also revealed in her book that then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was her ‘first choice’ as running mate, not Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. However, she said it was ‘too big of a risk’ because the campaign was ‘already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man.’
Fox News Digital’s Deirdre Heavey and Greg Norman contributed to this report.