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The former US vice president and democratic ex-presidential candidate Kamala Harris describes it as “reckless” in her upcoming book “107 Days” to have left Joe Biden alone. Despite growing worries about his health.
Harris about bidens exhaustion
In a preliminary print in the “Atlantic”, Harris writes: “I was in the worst position to make the case that he should get out. He would have seen it as a self -interest, perhaps as a toxic illoyality. ‘It’s Joes and Jill’s decision’, we all said like a mantra. But in retrospect it was reckless. The risks were just too high. It would have to be more than a personal decision.”
Harris explains that Biden was physically tired in the election year at the age of 81, which was shown in promises and dropouts. The notorious debate appearance against Trump had been made directly after strainy European trips and a Hollywood fundraiser. “I don’t think it was inability. If I had been convinced, I would have said.
In the middle of the election campaign, just three months before the election, Biden withdrew after the catastrophic debate. Harris became his successor – with the official support of Bidens and the party leadership.
Unusual way to the candidacy
Harris describes the 107 days of her candidacy as historically unusual. But her loyalty to bidden remained a constant: whether with business, foreign policy or the war in Gaza – Harris avoided clear demarcation. When asked in the TV show “The View,” what she would do differently than bidges, she replied: “I can’t think of anything.”
In the end, this line turned out to be fatal. Donald Trump clearly defeated Harris in November 2024 and won all the decisive swing states.