Former Vice President Kamala Harris was floored by her loss to President Trump this previous November, having “purchased the hype” that her marketing campaign was in good condition within the run-up to Election Day, in accordance with the creator of a brand new e book on the 2024 presidential election.
“She was fully shocked, and Tim Walz was shocked,” The Hill correspondent Amie Parnes, co-author of “FIGHT: Contained in the Wildest Battle for the White Home,” informed the podcast “Anyone’s Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri” Thursday.
Walz was so “surprised” by Harris’ crushing defeat that he was unable to talk, in accordance with Parnes.
“He has no phrases,” the reporter informed Palmeri, describing the Minnesota governor sitting in his resort room silently on election evening as staffers tried to clarify the scenario.
“And persons are form of explaining to him, identical factor with [Harris]. And he or she’s like, ‘Are you certain? Have we completed a recount? Ought to we do a recount?’” Parnes continued.
“They thought that they have been going to win,” she added. “And so, you already know, after they come again now and say, ‘Oh no, we didn’t actually have an opportunity.’ No, that’s not what they have been pondering. They thought they have been going to win.”
Parnes reported that some members of Harris’ workforce felt they have been being “gaslit” by senior marketing campaign officers, who have been assured that “issues have been trying good” for the Democratic nominee.
Harris “purchased the hype,” in accordance with the journalist, and thought she was on a path to victory.
“Kamala Harris was her crowd dimension, they usually felt just like the vibe was sturdy and other people have been saying, ‘Oh, now we have extra boots on the bottom. We’re doing higher in fundraising,’” Parnes mentioned. “And he or she purchased all of that. She purchased the hype, and so did lots of people within the marketing campaign.”
Within the aftermath of her defeat, Harris reportedly informed associates that she may have crushed Trump had she had extra time and had former President Joe Biden initially run for re-election earlier than bowing out July 21.
“She may have received, she informed associates, if solely the election was later within the calendar — or she bought in earlier. In different phrases, Joe Biden was guilty,” Parnes and co-author Jonathan Allen write of their e book, in accordance with Fox Information.
A few of Harris’ associates don’t purchase the previous vp’s evaluation.
“That’s f—ing bonkers,” mentioned one Harris good friend, in accordance with Parnes and Allen. “If Election Day was October first, we would have truly one way or the other pulled it off. Shorter was truly higher, not longer.”
“I don’t suppose we wanted extra time … We wanted extra substance,” a Harris marketing campaign adviser argued. “And he or she didn’t have extra substance.”
Parnes and Allen’s e book additional reveals that former President Barack Obama was reluctant to endorse Harris after Biden dropped out of the race as a result of he felt she couldn’t beat Trump.
“He didn’t suppose that she was the only option for Democrats, and he labored actually behind the scenes for a very long time to attempt to have a mini-primary, or an open conference, or a mini-primary resulting in an open conference, didn’t place confidence in her means to win the election,” Allen mentioned throughout an look on MSNBC earlier this week.
“Because it turned out, she didn’t win, however he was actually working towards her,” he added.
