Former Vice President Kamala Harris, in an interview out Thursday, stated a irritating telephone name with Joe Biden forward of her debate with Donald Trump confirmed her that the previous president wasn’t targeted on her success – citing it for example of why she has a “complicated” relationship with Biden.
“My takeaway is his motivation was all about himself,” she stated on “The Diary of a CEO” podcast. “It wasn’t about my performance at the debate.”
Harris recounted the decision, moments earlier than her high-stakes confrontation with Trump, by which Biden informed her “a group of people” have been talking poorly of her in Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state, “because they heard I was saying bad things about him.”
“I was told that he wanted to call so that I’d be ready,” Harris stated. “‘I was so sure it was to buck me up and (say) ‘go get ‘em’ … When I hung up the phone I was just – it was unbelievable, and I was – yes I was angry, and deeply disappointed. It was so unnecessary.”
The podcast look, a part of Harris’ media tour selling her e book “107 Days,” marked the previous vp’s newest candid dialog rehashing what occurred throughout her temporary and unsuccessful bid for the presidency, in addition to the fallout from her loss.
Harris stated she remains to be mates with Biden, who she stated had referred to as her two days earlier for her birthday.
“I have a great deal of affection for him, and there were times, that I’ve been quite candid about, where he greatly disappointed me and, frankly, angered me,” she stated.
Harris additionally mentioned her notion of Biden’s psychological state main up to his disastrous June 2024 debate in opposition to now-President Trump. Harris stated within the interview that she didn’t assume Biden really needed to carry the early basic election debate, however was talked into it.
“It’s like any competition you go in, whether it’s you’re bidding for something, if it’s sports – you gotta want it, right?” Harris stated. “If you don’t want to be in the competition it will absolutely have an impact on your performance, and I don’t think he – I’m pretty sure he did not want to debate.”
The former vp additionally advised that she is open to operating for president once more.
“I think the case for running again is if I can make a difference,” she stated. “If I feel that I can offer something as president of the United States that would be not only uplifting to the American people, but would be about getting us on a correct trajectory.”
Harris was requested if she thinks she will provide such a message to the nation.
“I mean, that’s why I ran the last time,” she stated. “We’ll have to see what happens over the course of these next few months, several months.”