5 takeaways from Kamala Harris’ new book about her sprint for the presidency

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Then-Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at Philadelphia International Airport for a campaign event on Aug. 6, 2024, in Philadelphia. Harris believes she was loyal to the Bidens, but says the feeling wasn’t mutualLoyalty is one of the underlying themes in Harris’ book. In another instance, two months into Harris’ bid, right as she was about to get on the debate stage, Harris writes that Biden called her. “He would see it as naked ambition, perhaps as poisonous disloyalty, even if my only message was: Don’t let the other guy win,” Harris writes. While she touches on the topics of transgender athletes and Israel’s war in Gaza in the book, Harris doesn’t offer any suggestions for how the party should handle specific issues going forward.