Former President Joe Biden denied telling former Vice President Kamala Harris that there is no “daylight” between them on the campaign and defended the opportunity for the Vice President to separate from Biden during an interview at the ABC exhibition in October 2024.
Co-host Sunny Hostine raised her questions to Harris before the election. At the time, when Housting asked what was going on, the then vice president would do something different from Biden, Harris said: "A thing came to mind."
Houstin said the vice president's answer was "a weapon against her" and asked about Biden's reports that he told Harris "there is no sunlight" during the campaign.
"Well, first of all, I don't recommend her to say, ranking first. Like I said, I'm the vice president. I know first place. Second. Second. I think she's talking about, she's talking about, she's not changing our success, without objection, we're not changing her meaning at all. That's what I think, she's part of every success we've achieved," the former president said.
Biden told "The View" that he was not surprised that Harris was lost, accusing sexist, racism
Former President Biden denied telling Kamala Harris that there might not be "daylight" between them in an interview on the campaign for "The View." (Screen shot/ABC)
A book written by journalists Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen alleges Biden “openly said Harris should do the victory she had to win. But privately, including in a conversation with her, he repeated a warning: Let there be no sunlight between us.”
"But the day of Biden's debate calls for an unusual expression to Harris and reminds him of the loyalty he demands. No longer able to defend his record, he hopes Harris can protect his legacy," they wrote. "Whether she wins the election or loses the election, she will only hurt him by publicly staying away from him, especially in a debate that millions of Americans will watch. In a way, she wants to exercise her own path, and Biden has no interest in giving her room."
In an interview Thursday, Hosting asked the former president to respond to critics who believed he should withdraw from the game soon to give Harris more time, noting that Harris's campaign is about 90 days.
Biden replied: "I said the first one is still six months, she's in every aspect, every decision I make, every decision we make, and also doesn't think I wish I wouldn't sound the wrong way. I don't think anyone thinks we're going to succeed as we do."
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Biden withdrew from the game on July 21, 2024. In addition to the extra weeks, Harris escaped her campaign throughout the months of August, September and October.
The former president blamed Harris for his losses for sexism and racism and revealed that he was not surprised by Trump's victory.
Hosting also blamed Harris’s losses on post-election racism and misogyny.
Whoopi Goldberg introduced Kamala Harris as the "Next President of the United States" when he visited the scene on October 8, 2024. (ABC/View)
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"As a country, it's very difficult for people to believe that racism and misogyny, they're just alive and well. I think that we don't want to think that about ourselves, our neighbors, our friends, but it's – my lived experience tells me that it does still exist, even if your lived experience doesn't tell that it exists and, you know, the facts support that," Hostin said, pointing to a graph that showed "a clear racial divide" in who voted for Trump as opposed to who voted for Harris.