Harris says leaving reelection decision to Biden was 'recklessness,' but she defends his abilities

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris says it was "recklessness" for Democrats to leave it to President Joe Biden to decide whether or not to seek reelection.

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00:00Former Vice President Kamala Harris says it was recklessness for Democrats to leave it to

00:04President Joe Biden to decide whether or not to seek re-election. That's according to an excerpt

00:09of her new book, 107 Days. Harris writes, the stakes were simply too high. This wasn't a choice

00:15that should have been left to an individual's ego, an individual's ambition. It should have

00:19been more than a personal decision. It's the first time Harris has been publicly critical

00:23of Biden's decision to run for president again. He dropped out after a disastrous debate performance.

00:30She was left to head up the Democratic ticket and ultimately lost to Republican Donald Trump.

00:35However, she does continue to defend Biden's ability to do the job, but describes him in 2024

00:40as tired. She adds that if she believed Biden were incapacitated, she would have said so out

00:45of loyalty to the country. The former vice president also accuses Biden's staff of being afraid of her

00:50upstaging him. She describes a speech she gave in Selma, Alabama last year, where she called for an

00:55immediate ceasefire in Gaza and more humanitarian aid to be delivered to the people there.

01:00And let's provide immediate relief to the people of Gaza. She says,

01:04I was castigated for apparently delivering it too well.

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