- Sunday, April 06, 2025
The former US president worked hard behind the scenes for a mini-primary as he did not have faith in Harris’ ability to win the election
By: India Weekly
A NEW book on the 2024 US presidential election, Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House, has stated that former US president Barack Obama was hesitant to endorse former vice president Kamala Harris after Joe Biden exited the race.
The book, authored by Jonathan Allen of NBC News and Amie Parnes of The Hill, and released on April 1, claims that Obama felt she couldn’t beat Trump and favoured a mini-primary to elect Biden’s successor.
He worked hard behind the scenes for a mini-primary as he did not have faith in Harris’ ability to win the election.
Obama finally endorsed her five days after Biden’s announcement, and Harris was upset with the delay.
He had posted his endorsement on X, accompanied by a video of a staged phone call.
The book said that Kamala Harris was stunned by her loss as she believed the hype that her campaign generated was strong.
The crowd size, celeb endorsements, and good fundraising made her hopeful that she would pull it off.
Her running mate Tim Walz was even more shocked and found it very hard to come to terms with the defeat.
The book also accuses Obama of leaving the Democratic Party in shambles following his departure from the White House in 2016.
It claims that Obama’s creation of a nonprofit Organizing for Action in 2012 fractured the Democratic Party, as both organisations ended up competing with each other for power and money.
The book says that the Clintons, along with Biden and former Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile and a few others tried to rebuild the party after Obama left the White House.
