Kamala Harris savagely calls out Biden’s ‘reckless’ decision to run for second term in new memoir
Kamala Harris has openly criticized Joe Biden in her new memoir, arguing that his decision to run for a second term in office was not just a personal matter but a reckless move that carried consequences for the entire country.
In the book, titled 107 Days and set for release on September 23, Harris reflects on her time as Biden’s vice president from 2021 to 2025. She says she saw firsthand how Biden, then 82 years old, made the call to run again in 2024, a choice that eventually led to Donald Trump regaining the presidency. Harris questions whether Biden acted out of courage or out of sheer recklessness, and she ultimately concludes that it was the latter.
She writes that the stakes were far too high to let one man’s ego or ambition decide the future of the nation. According to her, the decision should not have been based on Biden’s personal will alone, but rather on what was best for the country as a whole.
Some former White House officials have already reacted strongly to her words. One told *The New York Post* that Harris’s revelations make it unlikely she could make a political comeback in the future, arguing that leaders should be able to challenge those above them in real time, not just in a book years later. Another former colleague admitted that while many initially dismissed the memoir, the excerpts have generated serious interest, predicting the book will sell well and boost Harris’s personal profile, though it might not improve her chances in politics.
Biden, who had dropped out of the 2024 race before Trump eventually won, is portrayed in Harris’s book as a man who struggled to recognize the risks of running again. Harris explains that she felt trapped at the time if she had tried to convince him to step down, it would have looked like she was acting out of selfish ambition, perhaps even betraying him. But deep down, she feared that keeping him in the race meant giving Trump another opening to win.
Outside of the memoir, Harris recently appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to discuss her future. She admitted she thought about running for governor of California but chose not to, saying the political system felt broken and she needed a break. Instead, she plans to spend her time traveling across the United States, talking directly with everyday people. She wants those conversations to be authentic rather than transactional, stressing that she’s not asking for votes right now but trying to rebuild trust.
The memoir is already stirring heated debate, not only about Biden’s decision-making but also about Harris’s own role in the White House and what her future in politics might look like.
