"The political firestorm comes after the release of excerpts from her forthcoming memoir, 107 Days, published in The Atlantic on Wednesday. The passages expose the simmering tensions long denied by both camps as the former vice president accused former President Joe Biden's inner circle of deciding she should be knocked down a little bit and fed stories to the right-wing press about her."
"Speaking to Axios reporter Alex Thompson, several aides who served on the administration outright rejected Harris's claims and brutally hit back at her lack of political acumen. Vice President Harris was simply not good at the job, said one former Biden official told the outlet, adding that Biden is not the reason she struggled in office or tanked her 2019 campaign. Or lost the 2024 campaign, for that matter."
Kamala Harris accused Biden's inner circle of deciding to diminish her and of feeding negative stories to the right-wing press. Several former aides rejected those claims, criticizing her political acumen and saying Biden was not responsible for her struggles or campaign losses. One longtime aide described her account as an attempt at political absolution and mocked her decision not to speak up about Biden running. When asked about future ambitions, some aides scoffed at a 2028 run, while other staffers defended Harris and said she had been mistreated by Biden allies.
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