Kamala Harris scolds 'piling on' against Joe Biden when asked about separating herself during 2024 campaign

Former Vice President Kamala Harris repeatedly declared Thursday she didn't want to be part of a piling on against President Joe Biden when pressed about the dynamic of running to replace her boss in the campaign During her appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert the host noted that he and others wondered how Harris would be different from Biden who was forced to drop off the Democratic ticket due to his unpopularity and inability to recover from his catastrophic debate with Donald Trump That must have been complicated because you have to differentiate yourself as a candidate and yet you respect this man who you're still working for at the same time Colbert disclosed What was that like to handle I talk about that extensively in the book Harris noted referencing her newly declared voting memoir Days which refers to the length of her abbreviated campaign You're raising something that you and I both know requires a lot more time than we supposedly have right now to talk about KAMALA HARRIS REFUSES TO SAY WHO'S LEADING DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHEN PRESSED BY COLBERTColbert teased her that he and his audience weren't in a hurry before Harris grew serious It's an instinct of mine to be someone who does not participate in piling on she mentioned And I was not going to pile on and I just wasn't going to do that And there was a lot of piling on at that time and I wasn't going to participate in that Harris appeared to be referring to the Democratic ambush of Biden after his healthcare issues could no longer be concealed Colbert notably didn't ask Harris any questions about Biden's mental decline behind the scenes that has been stated in several books this year Biden's family is still smarting over the humiliation of him being effectively thrown off the Democratic ticket last year His aging and cognitive concerns were laid bare during his halting performance at last June's debate with Trump and eventually the pressure from leaders like Nancy Pelosi and other party luminaries to drop out became too much KAMALA HARRIS TO PUBLISH BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACCOUNT OF FAILED CAMPAIGNBiden quit the race on July endorsed Harris and the vice president fast sewed up the nomination and reset the race with Trump But Harris and running mate Tim Walz were unable to overcome the headwinds of Biden's unpopularity and her own shortcomings as a candidate as Trump romped to a content conquest on ballot night Harris' inability to get out of Biden's shadow haunted her during the campaign Perhaps Harris' greater part memorable media blunder came at one of the only venues that could rival Colbert's for friendliness The View Co-host Sunny Hostin petitioned Harris what she would have done differently than Biden over the past four years to which Harris responded there was not a thing that comes to mind I've been a part of greater part of the decisions that have had impact she added KAMALA HARRIS HAD PROFANE MESSAGE FOR GOVERNORS UNEASY ABOUT SUPPORTING BIDENThe Trump campaign used the moment to its advantage putting the clip in advertisements to counter the image of Harris as a change candidate The viral interview was at the center of numerous media postmortems about how she lost the race That same day as her appearance on The View Harris went on Colbert's show and dodged his question as well about how her hypothetical administration would differ from Biden's