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From Fox News: Reporter and author Jonathan Allen said Tuesday that former President Barack Obama was working against Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden dropped out, advocating for an open primary because he didn’t think Harris could win.
“President Obama absolutely did not think that Joe Biden should continue, according to our sources close to President Obama,” Allen told MSNBC. “And he also didn’t want Kamala Harris to be the replacement for Biden. He didn’t think that she was the best choice for Democrats, and he worked really behind the scenes for a long time to try to have a mini-primary, or an open convention, or a mini-primary leading to an open convention, did not have faith in her ability to win the election.”
Allen, a senior politics reporter at NBC News, and Amie Parnes, a senior political correspondent for The Hill, joined MSNBC to discuss their new book set to be released this month, titled, “FIGHT: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House.”
“As it turned out, she didn’t win, but he was really working against her,” Allen continued.
Allen also said Obama was not willing to endorse Harris when he talked to the vice president on the day Biden dropped out.
Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama did eventually endorse Harris, but their support came five days after the president announced he was dropping out and endorsed Harris himself.
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WATCH the interviews with Allen below:
EXCLUSIVE: @KamalaHarris pressured @JoeBiden to endorse her immediately this summer. The author of “Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House” gives Primetime an inside look into the innermost American Democrat circle. Jonathan Allen says Biden thought he was going to… pic.twitter.com/1BFeZWwKB9
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) April 1, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Allen tells Primetime that the @BarackObama and @MichelleObama video endorsing @KamalaHarris was all a money play. @JoeBiden dried up all the donors and @KamalaHarris needed cash. pic.twitter.com/cXM1nTW5D2
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) April 1, 2025
FIGHT is now available in bookstores — the story of the 2024 election, taking you deep inside the campaigns & the White House.
You may have seen some “bombshell” excerpts. And there’s more where they came from. But it’s also a playbook for the future.https://t.co/jMGHhnkZjp pic.twitter.com/WDc2DwYt8n
— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) April 1, 2025
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