In Kamala Harris’s newly released book “107 Days,” the former vice president lists the effusive reactions of numerous politicians to her phone calls seeking support for her 2024 presidential candidacy in the hours after President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race.
“Saddle up!” former President Barack Obama said, according to notes she made that day.
“Oh my God, I’m so relieved! Send me anywhere!” former President Bill Clinton said.
And Gov. Gavin Newsom, her old friend with whom she came up through San Francisco and California politics?
“Hiking. Will call back,” he said in a text message.
He never did, Harris wrote.
Maybe that subtle dig was as “inconsequential” as Newsom said it was. Her call came from an “unknown number,” he told reporters in San Francisco last week when advance