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Kamala Harris details her concession call with Donald Trump and campaign choices in her memoir 107 Days.
Former US Vice President Kamala Harris
Former US Vice President Kamala Harris offered new details of her concession phone call with US President Donald Trump after the 2024 election in her forthcoming memoir 107 Days, set for release on September 23. According to excerpts reviewed by The New York Times, Kamala Harris wrote that she urged Donald Trump to help bring the country together during the call but realized it was “a lost cause.”
Donald Trump, she said, struck a markedly different tone than during the campaign, telling her, “I am going to be so nice and respectful. You are a tough, smart customer, and I say that with great respect. And you also have a beautiful name. I got use of that name, it’s Kamala.”
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Kamala Harris noted that Donald Trump correctly pronounced her name during the call after repeatedly mispronouncing it on the campaign trail.
In the memoir, Kamala Harris has also recounted the inner workings of her 107-day campaign at the top of the Democratic ticket after Joe Biden’s withdrawal. She revealed that her first choice for running mate had been former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg but concluded the electorate might not be ready for a ticket featuring both a Black woman and a gay man. She wrote, “He would have been an ideal partner if I were a straight white man.”
Instead, she chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, with whom she ultimately lost the election.
Pete Buttigieg told Politico he was surprised by Kamala Harris’s reasoning, saying he preferred to “give Americans more credit.”
He added, “My experience in politics has been that the way you earn trust with voters is based mostly on what they think you’re going to do for their lives, not on categories.”
Delhi, India, India
September 19, 2025, 17:21 IST
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