US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre attend an official arrival ceremony for Kenyan President William Ruto on the South Lawn of the White House (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP / Getty Images)
In a chapter titled "July 24: 104 days til the election," Harris suggested that Biden’s team was not only being unhelpful, but at times had worked against her in the past.
"This was total nonsense, but the White House seemed glad to let reporting about my ‘gaffe’ overwhelm the significant thaw in foreign relations I’d achieved," Harris wrote about the White House not pushing back against media reports she had "faked a french accent" in 2021.
"Worse, I often learned that the president’s staff was adding fuel to negative narratives that sprung up around me," Harris wrote.
Harris took issue in the book with Republicans who "mischaracterized" her role as the "border czar" and lamented that "no one in the White House comms team helped me to effectively push back and explain what I had really been tasked to do" or to "highlight any of the progress I had achieved."
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
"They hide you away for four years, give you impossible, sh-- jobs, don’t correct the record when those tasks are mischaracterized, never fight back when you’re attacked, never praise your accomplishments, and now, finally, they want you out there on that balcony, standing right beside them," Emhoff is quoted as saying. "Now, finally, they know you are an asset, and they need you to reassure the American people. And still, they have to ask if we’re loyal?"
Ultimately, Harris concluded that the Biden White House was mistakenly operating using "zero-sum" thinking.
"If she’s shining, he’s dimmed," Harris wrote. "None of them grasped that if I did well, he did well. That given the concerns about his age, my visible success as his vice president was vital. It would serve as a testament to his judgment in choosing me and reassurance that if something happened, the country was in good hands. My success was important for him. His team didn’t get it."
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