Washington Post blasts Kamala Harris' book tour, warns Dems can’t afford to waste time on ex-VP

WASHINGTON, DC: Kamala Harris’ big comeback week just got slammed by The Washington Post editorial board, which roasted her new book and media blitz on Sunday, September 28.

The editors argued it was a blessing this all played out now, since Democrats “won’t have time to waste” on their former VP when 2028 rolls around.

Harris spent last week appearing on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow and chatting with the hosts of 'The View,' but the Post wasn’t impressed. “She managed to put on a book tour even less compelling than her presidential campaign,” the board cracked.

Even her supposedly cushy MSNBC interview got skewered. “Harris offered her first major interview since leaving office to a predictably deferential MSNBC. Yet even on friendly turf, the former vice president seemed uncomfortable and inauthentic,” they wrote.   

Kamala Harris book tour mocked by The Washington Post editorial board

The editors dug in further, pointing to Harris’ awkward explanations about why she passed over Pete Buttigieg as a VP contender and why she never distanced herself from Joe Biden during the campaign.

“Is Harris a brilliant political mind who simply freezes up in front of cameras? Alas, taking the time to organize her thoughts in writing doesn’t help much. Indeed, virtually every page of her book, '107 Days,' offers a glaring reminder of why she failed to close the deal,” the Post shot back.

They accused Harris of using the memoir to “settle scores” and displaying “the sort of small-mindedness that Democrats rightly knock President Donald Trump for.”

“A once and perhaps future presidential candidate should have a better grasp on what presidential leadership sounds like, even in a self-serving memoir," they continued. "Instead, Harris creates the image of herself as an A student who tells interviewers her greatest weakness is that she’s just too much of a perfectionist.”

According to the Post, there is one silver lining. “The best that can be said about Harris’s step back into the spotlight is that it’s happening now. Democrats have a real shot at victory in 2028, but they won’t have time to waste on someone like the former vice president," the editors declared. 

Kamala Harris faces backlash as critics revisit 2024 campaign gaffes

It wasn’t just the Washington Post throwing shade.

Former CNN analyst Chris Cillizza joined the roast in his Substack column. “Harris’ recent media tour to tout her memoir — 107 Days — has reminded me of something I think I have long known: She is simply not a very good politician. And she hasn’t gotten much better over her decades in the business," he wrote.

Her infamous 2024 stumble on 'The View' even made it into the book. “I had no idea I’d just pulled the pin on a hand grenade,” Harris admitted about her clumsy answer.

At the time, when asked if she would’ve done anything differently than then-President Biden, she flatly replied that nothing “comes to mind” since she had “been a part of … most of the decisions that have had impact.” Critics say that moment was a disaster.

Kasie Hunt and Rahm Emanuel blast Kamala Harris on Joe Biden loyalty issue

CNN’s Kasie Hunt and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel tore into Harris’ handling of the Biden loyalty question, especially after she admitted that she didn’t fully appreciate how badly voters wanted "daylight" between her and Biden.

“Didn‘t fully appreciate how much of an issue it was? Just the entire ballgame,” Hunt scoffed, before tossing it over to Emanuel.

“To not appreciate that question, given that the people thought at that time that the country was headed — 70% thought it was headed in the wrong direction, they wanted to see a change — is to totally misread where the American people were," Emanuel responded. "And that, I‘m a little shocked at, to be honest.”

Even when pressed again on 'The View' this week, Harris still insisted the infamous exchange hadn’t cost her the election. “No, no,” she said. 

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