Kamala Harris was “shocked” by defeat, blamed biden for loss, says the book
Former Vice President Kamala Harris According to reports, he was blinded by his 2024 electoral loss to President Donald Trump and “purchased the hype he would have won, according to a new book.
“He was completely shocked and (Harris’ running companion) Tim Walz was shocked,” said Hill Amie Parnes journalist on the podcast, “Someone must win with Tara Palmeri“Released Thursday.
Parrnes discussed to report in his new book, “Fight: Inside the wildest for the White House”, who wrote with the reporter of the NBC Jonathan Allen. The book faces the presidential campaign of 2024 and the chaos that took place after the former president Biden retired from the race and Harris took his place on top of the democratic ticket.
While continuing to discuss the confusion within the Harris campaign on the night of the elections, Parnes said that Walz was sitting in his “stunned” hotel room.
Kamala Harris was “very annoyed” with Obama while looking for approval, reveals the book
According to reports, the Harris-Walz campaign was shocked by the results of the electoral night, according to a new book. (Getty Images)
“He has no words. And people explain to him, the same with her. And is it how, are you sure? Did we do a story? Should we make a new meeting?” Parrnes said about the Podcast, telling how Walz and Harris reacted to their defeat.
“They thought they would win. And so, you know, when they come back now and say: ‘Oh no, we really didn’t have a chance.’ No, that’s not what they were thinking.
Harris campaign The staff felt “free to gas“For Leadership on Harris’ possibilities to win after he was told that” things were well “for the candidate in view of the elections, according to Parnes.
Harris “also bought the hype” he was doing better than her, said the author.
The supporters react to the results of the first elections to the Democratic Presidential candidate, the Vice -President of the United States Kamala Harris, during the presidential elections of the United States of 2024, at the Howard University, in Washington, the United States, on November 5, 2024. (Reuters/Daniel Cole)
“Kamala Harris was looking at her size of the crowd and they felt as if the atmosphere were strong and people said: ‘Oh, we have more boots on the ground. We are doing better in the fundraising’,” continued Parnes. “And he bought all this. He bought the hype, and so he did many people in the countryside.”
According to the book, according to reports Harris told friends following his defeat that he could win the elections if he had had any time and if Biden had not run for the re -election.
“He could have won, he told friends, if only the elections were more subsequent in the calendar – or entered before. In other words, Joe Biden He was responsible, “the authors wrote.
Harris’s friends said he believed that Biden’s unpopularity and his late entry into the race have made his campaign cut.
According to reports, Harris told friends that he could win the elections if Biden had not raced for the re -election. (Left: (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images), right: (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)))
However, not all Harris’ friends believed that time would help, according to the book.
“This is F — Ing Bonkers”, according to reports, a friend of Harris. “If the day of the elections were on October 1st, we could have actually removed it in some way. In reality, the shorter was actually better, no longer longer.”
A Harris consultant said that the candidate’s problem was “substance”, not a lack of time of the campaign.
“I don’t think we needed more time … we needed more substance. And she no longer had substance”, the consultant is mentioned in the book.
According to reports, the former president Obama did not want Harris to be the candidate after Biden was abandoned. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images, on the left, Kamil Krzaczynski/AP, right.)
The book also revealed that the former president Obama hesitated to support Harris, believing that he cannot win against Trump.
“He did not think it was the best choice for the Democrats, and for a long time he really worked behind the scenes to try to have a mini-prime or an open convention, or a mini-prosecutor who led to an open agreement, did not have confidence in his ability to win the elections,” the co-author told Msnbc, “Msnbc told Msnbc.
“Apparently, he didn’t win, but he was really working against her,” Allen continued.
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