Vice President Kamala Harris revealed how President Joe Biden informed her that he would be exiting the 2024 presidential race in her first sitdown interview since she became the Democratic nominee for president. Harris held her first interview on CNN with her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz , where they addressed everything from Harris changing her policy positions to attacks from Republicans on his military record . Harris revealed to the network’s Dana Bash that the president told her he was stepping aside when she had invited family over.
“I'll give you a little too much information,” she said. “My family was staying with us, and including my baby nieces, and we had just had pancakes, and, you know, ‘Auntie, can I have more bacon? Yes, I'll make you more bacon.’ And then we were gonna sit, we were sitting down to do a puzzle, and the phone rang.
And it was Joe Biden and he told me what he had decided to do.” Harris said that she asked the president, who had received criticism for his poor performance during his debate with former president Donald Trump , if he was sure about the decision. Shortly after Biden announced he would not run for re-election, he endorsed Harris, but the vice president would not say whether she asked for his endorsement.
“He was very clear that he was going to support me,” she said. “My first thought was not about me, to be honest with you. My first thought was about him, to be honest.
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