Kamala Harris is back in the headlines—but not for a campaign or a new policy. This time, it’s for a new book. And in it, she’s pointing fingers at the people she used to work with.
Harris, who served as Vice President under Joe Biden, claims in her upcoming book that Biden’s team made her take the blame for the border crisis. The book, titled *107 Days*, tells her side of the story about what happened inside the White House during one of the most chaotic times in recent U.S. history.
Let’s break down what she’s saying—and whether it holds up.
Back in 2021, President Biden put Kamala Harris in charge of the border situation. It was a mess even then, with thousands of migrants crossing into the U.S. illegally every day. But rather than taking full control of border security, Harris was supposed to focus on the “root causes” of migration—things like poverty and violence in Central America that push people to flee their countries.
That didn’t stop people from calling her the “border czar,” a nickname that stuck. And when the border got worse, so did the criticism.
Harris now says she was set up to fail.
In an early look at her book, she writes that the White House communications team didn’t help her explain her real role. When critics, especially Republicans, blamed her for the open borders, she says no one came to her defense—not even the press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre.
She also claims Biden’s close advisers let bad stories spread. Sometimes, she says, they even helped spread them. Why? According to Harris, it’s because she started to get more popular than Biden during his failing 2024 re-election campaign.
She writes, “Their thinking was zero-sum: If she’s shining, he’s dimmed.” In other words, they believed that if she looked good, it made Biden look bad—especially because of concerns about his age.
This is a big accusation. She’s not just saying they ignored her. She’s saying they wanted her to fall.
Now, let’s look at the facts.
It’s true that the border crisis got worse under Biden’s leadership. Illegal crossings reached record highs by the end of 2023. Harris barely visited the border and didn’t hold many public events about immigration. Critics said she was missing in action. Even some Democrats privately admitted she wasn’t helping solve the problem.
At the same time, Biden’s approval ratings were falling. Harris, for a brief period, saw a slight bump in popularity. But it didn’t last. She ended up launching a short-lived campaign for president after Biden dropped out, only to quit herself just 107 days later. That’s where the title of her book comes from.
So now she’s trying to explain what went wrong.
But while Harris blames others, many still blame her. After all, she accepted the job. She had the chance to lead. She had the microphone. If she was being mistreated by Biden’s team, she never said anything publicly—until now.
Some former staffers say Harris often avoided hard decisions and didn’t communicate well with the rest of the administration. Others say she struggled to lead her own team, which saw several high-level resignations during her time in office.
Still, her claims raise serious questions. If Biden’s inner circle really did try to “knock her down,” as she says, that would show a disturbing level of dysfunction at the top of the Democratic Party.
It also shows how quickly Democrats are turning on each other now that they’re out of power. With Trump back in the White House and Republicans controlling the agenda, Harris’s book reads less like a memoir and more like a warning shot—aimed squarely at her own party.
In the end, Harris may be right that she wasn’t given a fair shot. But blaming others doesn’t erase the fact that she was part of an administration that failed on one of the most important issues facing the country.
The border crisis didn’t start with her, but she was part of the team that made it worse. And now, with her political future on hold, she’s trying to rewrite the story.
The question is: Will anyone believe it?