Kamala Harris Reflects on the Moment President Biden Shared His Decision to Drop Out of the Race
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Vice President Kamala Harris is recalling the moment President Biden called her up to tell her he was dropping out of the race … interrupting what was supposed to be a family weekend.
Harris just sat down for her first interview since becoming Democrats’ choice for president … telling CNN’s Dana Bash about the phone call that turned the 2024 election on its head.
The Veep says she was having a nice Sunday with her family, cooking bacon for her nieces and getting ready to do a puzzle with her loved ones when all off a sudden the phone rang … with Biden on the other line.
Harris says POTUS informed her he was not going to seek reelection — following pressure to drop out in the wake of his disastrous June debate — and she says her first response was to ask if he was certain it was what he wanted to do.
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KH says Biden made it clear he was endorsing her instead, so she didn’t even have to ask … but she says her first thoughts weren’t about that at all.
It’s the first time Harris has talked about the bombshell call, but she kept it short and sweet … just like when Bash asked her to respond to Donald Trump‘s racial attacks.
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Harris brushed off Trump questioning her racial identity … chalking it up to the “same old tired playbook.”