Headline Roundup • September 10th, 2025
Harris Criticizes ‘Recklessness’ of Biden Admin in New Book
Elections,Politics,Campaign Rhetoric,Kamala Harris,2024 Presidential Election,Joe Biden,Biden Administration,Books
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Former Vice President Kamala Harris called former President Joe Biden’s decision to run for reelection “reckless” in her new book, an excerpt of which was published in The Atlantic (Left bias) on Wednesday.
The Details: Harris’ book, “107 Days,” outlines her 2024 presidential campaign and highlights a shift in the former vice president’s loyalty to the Biden administration.
Key Quotes: “‘It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.’ We all said that, like a mantra, as if we’d all been hypnotized,” Harris wrote. “In retrospect, I think it was recklessness. The stakes were simply too high. This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego, an individual’s ambition. It should have been more than a personal decision.” Harris did not wholly abandon her defenses of Biden, but rather stated, “On his worst day, he was more deeply knowledgeable, more capable of exercising judgment, and far more compassionate than Donald Trump on his best. But at 81, Joe got tired. That’s when his age showed in physical and verbal stumbles.” She asserted, “As loyal as I am to President Biden, I am more loyal to my country.”
How The Media Covered It: Some news outlets, on both the left and right, juxtaposed the excerpt with an interview of Harris on “The View” last October. In the interview, she said “there is not a thing that comes to mind” that she would do differently than Biden as president. CNN (Lean Left) called the excerpt’s content a “significant break from the dutiful stance she took toward her old boss throughout their time in office and since.” Fox News (Right) framed it as “admit[tance]” to the recklessness she highlighted. The Hill (Center) focused on direct quotes from the excerpt with minimal surrounding context.
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