By Molly Goddard
1:51am PDT, Apr 3, 2025
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Barack Obama may not have been as supportive of
Kamala Harris as he appeared to be.
According to a new book,
FIGHT: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House, author
Jonathan Allen claims the 44th president of the United States was not confident the former vice president would secure victory in the 2024 election against
Donald Trump — who ultimately won back the White House.
Join us to hear about how Obama allegedly worked against Harris behind the scenes…
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Before former President
Joe Biden dropped out of the race in July 2024, Barack Obama knew a shake-up was needed for the Democratic ticket. However, anointing Kamala Harris was not what he had in mind.
"President Obama absolutely did not think that Joe Biden should continue, according to our sources close to President Obama and he also didn't want Kamala Harris to be the replacement for Biden," Jonathan Allen explained during a Tuesday, April 1, interview on
Morning Joe.
"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," the writer claimed.
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According to Jonathan Allen, when Joe Biden publicly endorsed Kamala Harris on July 21, 2024, to become the
Democratic nominee, Barack Obama was not eager to throw his support behind her campaign.
"[He] did not have faith in her ability to win the election," the author added. "He was really working against her."
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Per the tell-all, Barack Obama was allegedly trying a hard as he could to find other
candidates to replace Joe Biden instead of Kamala Harris.
"In one moment, he had set up a phone call with Congressman
[James] Clyburn from South Carolina on the day that Joe Biden handed off the baton to Kamala Harris and Obama had set up a call with Clyburn for like 5:30 that afternoon," Jonathan Allen claimed. "And Clyburn thought to himself, this guy is going to try to rope me into the open convection thing, I better get my endorsement of Harris out there fast so this is a short conversation."
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Five days after Joe Biden promoted Kamala Harris as the frontrunner to be the left-wing nominee, Barack Obama and his wife,
Michelle Obama, announced their support for the former district attorney.
"We told her we think she'll make a fantastic President of the United States and that she has our full support," Barack wrote in a message shared to X.
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Not only did Barack Obama show his support for Kamala Harris online, but he also made many rally appearances during her campaign where he slammed her
opponent, Donald Trump.
"I'm sorry, gentlemen, I've noticed this especially with some men who seem to think some of Trump's behavior — the bullying and the putting people down — is a sign of strength. And I am here to tell you: That is not what real strength is. It never has been," the Hawaii native explained to the crowd during an October 2024 event.
