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Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ highly anticipated book detailing her experiences on the unprecedented 2024 campaign trail only included three mentions of Michelle Obama, the majority of which were quotes about the former first lady and prominent Democrat voice, a Fox News Digital review of the memoir found.
The name “Michelle” or “Michelle Obama” appears in the book, “107 Days,” only three times across its 300 pages, including two mentions related to the Obamas’ delayed public endorsement of the vice president to serve as the 2024 Democratic nominee for president.
“Saddle up! Joe did what I hoped he would do. But you have to earn it,” former President Barack Obama told Harris when the pair shared a conversation about a presidential endorsement following then-President Joe Biden dropping out of the race in July 2024.
“Michelle and I are supportive but not going to put a finger on the scale right now. Let Joe have his moment. Think through timing,” Obama continued, according to Harris’ notes of their conversation, which she published in her book.
OBAMA, PELOSI, OTHER TOP DEMS RESISTED INSTANT HARRIS ENDORSEMENT CITING NEED TO ‘EARN IT,’ ‘HIKING’ EXCUSE
Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ highly anticipated book detailing her experiences on the unprecedented 2024 campaign trail only included three mentions of Michelle Obama, pictured here with her husband, Barack. ( Scott Olson/Getty Images)
In another section of the book, Harris details that on July 26, 2024, the Obamas endorsed Harris through a video message after holding off an endorsement since July 21, 2024.
“The big news of the day for my campaign wasn’t news to me. Barack and Michelle Obama had decided the time was right to endorse me. They’d wanted to make a film of them calling me, and it was now up on social media,” she wrote in a second example of mentioning Michelle Obama.
The former first lady is again mentioned for a third and final…
