"As vice-president, Harris says, she felt caught in an impossible position: unable to counsel Biden against running without appearing self-interested. And of all the people in the White House, I was in the worst position to make the case that he should drop out, she writes. I knew it would come off to him as incredibly self-serving if I advised him not to run."
"In passages published by the Atlantic on Wednesday from 107 Days, her memoir chronicling her presidential campaign, Harris breaks on certain points from her typically loyal public stance. She writes how she felt sidelined within the White House, with her chief of staff fighting to prevent her from standing like a potted plant at events, and the administration failing to defend her against Fox News attacks branding her a DEI hire."
Kamala Harris calls Joe Biden's decision to seek re-election in 2024 reckless, arguing the stakes were too high and the choice should not rest on an individual's ego. She describes being caught in an impossible position as vice-president, unable to counsel against the campaign without appearing self-interested, and unable to make the case for withdrawal without appearing disloyal. Harris reports systematic marginalization within the White House, with staff repeatedly advocating to give her substantive roles at events and criticizing the administration's failure to defend her against Fox News attacks labeling her a DEI hire. She frames Biden's running as a personal decision with national consequences.
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