Harris interview with Joy Reid shows sadness and alarm as she promotes 107 Days
In a Los Angeles chat about her presidential bid book, Kamala Harris leans on context over administration as Joy Reid notes a restrained posture and a sense of concern about the nation.
Kamala Harris sat for an interview with Joy Reid at her Los Angeles home to promote her new book, 107 Days, but the conversation touched more on Donald Trump than Joe Biden, according to Reid.
Reid told Page Six there were no parameters for the interview, and Harris was reluctant to discuss the Biden administration. Harris said the book is not about Biden or her time as vice president, but about contextualizing the 107 days.
Harris said the book is not about Biden or her time as vice president, but about contextualizing the 107 days. The book is described as a political thriller that is nonfiction and centers on a historic race in which a president contemplates not running and a sitting vice president enters the race against a former president with 107 days to go.
During the chat, Reid described sensing sadness and alarm in Harris, a departure from her usual buoyant demeanor. The discussion also revisited Trump’s remarks about Harris’s race at a convention, which Harris has previously dismissed as a tired playbook.
Harris described the work as a political thriller that is nonfiction and explained that the book captures the experience of that race.
Harris’s background is noted: her father is Black Jamaican and her mother is Indian. This racial background has been a talking point in earlier campaigns.
The interview took place during a book-tour stop and the LA home chat shows the dynamic of the promotion.
The reporting is based on Page Six coverage; the story comes as Harris continues her tour promoting 107 Days.
