Kamala Harris is telling anyone who will listen that she’s still a major figure in the Democratic Party, but even some of her longtime supporters say her moment has passed.
The failed 2024 presidential nominee told the Wall Street Journal, “I was the Democratic nominee for president. I came close to winning. Of course I do,” when asked if she still sees herself as a top party leader. Harris made the comments while promoting her new book “107 Days” in Philadelphia, a memoir that chronicles her losing campaign against President Donald Trump.
The book tour has stirred up old frustrations inside the party. Insiders told the Journal that Harris’ attempt at a political comeback has landed poorly. Critics argue the book is less about vision and more about score-settling, particularly in her digs at former running mate contenders like Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pete Buttigieg.
Ashley Etienne, her former communications director, blasted the project as a missed opportunity, saying Harris should have focused on cementing her legacy instead of reopening wounds. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign manager Faiz Shakir piled on, calling it “a sign of weak leadership” to blame others for her failures.
Harris defended herself, insisting she wasn’t writing a tell-all, but a personal journal of her presidential run. Still, her silence during Joe Biden’s visible decline continues to haunt her. In the book she says Biden simply “got tired,” and denies he was incapacitated, but many voters still view her as complicit in pushing him out of the race.
On the left flank, she’s also facing blowback for bungling her endorsement of socialist Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race, referring vaguely to supporting “the Democrat” in an MSNBC interview before backtracking.
Meanwhile, Harris is cashing in on her notoriety. She signed with Creative Artists Agency earlier this year and is reportedly demanding $250,000 a speech.
Even some who once backed her are ready to move on. As one insider put it, Harris’ effort to reclaim leadership is only reminding Democrats why she lost in the first place.
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