Kamala Harris opens up about the 'recklessness' of Biden's re-election bid

Former Vice President Kamala Harris opened up about former President Joe Biden's decision to seek re-election in her forthcoming campaign memoir, writing that deferring to the Bidens to make the decision on their own was "recklessness."

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Kamala Harris opened up about former President Joe Biden's decision to seek re-election in her forthcoming campaign memoir, writing that deferring to the Bidens to make the decision on their own was "recklessness."

"'It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.' We all said that, like a mantra, as if we’d all been hypnotized," Harris said.

"Was it grace, or was it recklessness? In retrospect, I think it was recklessness," she continued. "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."

The comments in Harris' upcoming book, "107 Days," are her harshest criticism of the Bidens' circle yet, laying bare divisions in the White House and grappling with Biden's decision to seek a second term despite widespread concerns over his age.

"During all those months of growing panic, should I have told Joe to consider not running?" she wrote. "Perhaps."