Kamala Harris describes when and how Joe Biden changed

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00:00Kamala Harris describes when and how Joe Biden changed.

00:04Kamala Harris expected a smooth handoff when she became the Democratic candidate

00:08after Joe Biden ended his 2024 campaign.

00:12In her memoir, 107 Days, she says she was not treated warmly by Biden or his staff.

00:19As she took over, she writes,

00:21the once warm and fuzzy Uncle Joe turned cold.

00:24The then-vice president was saddened by his apparent change in attitude toward her.

00:28After warmly welcoming us into the Biden family at the beginning of the campaign,

00:33there seemed to be a change of temperature after the election, she stated.

00:37Harris opposed Biden's plan to delay endorsing her,

00:40warning the wait would sow doubt among voters and donors.

00:43Even after he backed her, she recalls,

00:45it was almost nine minutes into the 11-minute address before he mentioned me.

00:49And at the Democratic National Convention, it was a legacy speech for him,

00:53not an argument for me, and he was entitled to it.

00:56It's Joe and Jill's decision.

00:59We all said that like a mantra, as if we'd all been hypnotized.

01:03Was it grace or was it recklessness, she wondered.

01:06In retrospect, I think it was recklessness.

01:09The stakes were simply too high.

01:11This wasn't a choice that should have been left to an individual's ego,

01:14an individual's ambition.

01:16It should have been more than a personal decision.

01:18Before the book's release, Biden's camp prepared to push back by sharing secrets of their own.

01:24Kamala has a chip on her shoulder,

01:26and she's been told by everybody in the party to keep her mouth shut or will bury you,

01:31said presidential expert Leon Wagoner.

01:33Political reporter Mark Halperin said,

01:35If the Biden people feel threatened,

01:37you will hear stories about Kamala Harris as vice president that will not make her look good.