Harris admits Biden 'got tired,' denies 'conspiracy' to hide mental decline

Vice President Kamala Harris revealed President Joe Biden's fatigue at 81 and called Democrats reckless for leaving reelection decision to him in new book.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris opened up about former President Joe Biden's age in an excerpt from her upcoming book. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Harris went on to complain that Biden's staff didn't give her the support she felt was necessary as vice president, on issues from foreign policy to illegal immigration.

The former vice president also said Democrats across the board should have been more aggressive in pushing Biden not to run, saying it was "reckless" to leave the decision in his hands for so long.

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Harris says Biden got "tired" when he turned 81, but she says there was no "conspiracy" to hide his decline. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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"'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.

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