"'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."
"I don't believe it was incapacity. If I believed that, I would have said so. As loyal as I am to President Biden, I am more loyal to my country."
"They had a huge comms team; they had Karine Jean-Pierre briefing in the pressroom every day. But getting anything positive said about my work or any defense against untrue attacks was almost impossible."
Kamala Harris characterizes the decision to remain in the 2024 race as reckless, saying the stakes were too high for an individual’s ego or ambition to decide alone. Harris states she does not believe President Biden was incapacitated, attributing a poor debate showing to exhaustion and asserting loyalty to country over personal ties. Harris says the White House failed to defend her against attacks despite a substantial communications team and daily press briefings. Harris notes discomfort among Biden aides as her polling rose while the president's performance lagged. A book titled "107 Days" will chronicle the period around the campaign and election.
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