Then, in classic Kamala fashion, she cut sharper:
“Because let’s be honest,” she said, gesturing to the audience, “there’s so much about this time that makes people feel like they’ve lost their minds. When in fact, these motherf***ers are crazy!”
The audience erupted in cheers, laughter, and applause. “I call this ‘The Freedom Tour,’” she added. “Freedom starts with truth. And sometimes the truth is messy.”
Harris pulls no punches when discussing her 2024 defeat. After President Joe Biden withdrew, she became the Democratic nominee — initially seen as a strong contender. But Trump’s lead widened, fueled by misinformation and a surge of online attacks. Harris recalls the emotional toll: “I kept saying, ‘My God, my God.’ I had never felt that kind of pain except when my mother died. I wasn’t just grieving the loss of an election. I was grieving for the country.”
Even in defeat, a shocking moment emerged. Harris reveals in her memoir that Trump called her after surviving a second assassination attempt in September 2024.
“He called me out of the blue,” she writes. “At first, I thought it was a prank.”
Trump allegedly told her, “Kamala, how do I say bad things about you now? I’m going to tone it down. I will. You’re going to see.”
Harris describes the call as brief but unprecedented. “He wasn’t apologizing. He was recalibrating — realizing the game almost ended.”
Yet, publicly, she doesn’t hold back. Harris portrays Trump as “a showman with no moral compass” and criticizes a culture that amplified him. “Trump didn’t create the darkness,” she told a crowd in Atlanta. “He just gave it a microphone.”
Her memoir paints the 2024 campaign as a battlefield of misinformation, misogyny, and personal attacks. Online trolls, pundits, and extremist groups all targeted her relentlessly. But Harris frames her story as one of resilience, not bitterness: a cautionary tale and a call to action for voters, leaders, and storytellers alike.
At the Los Angeles event, she reflected on the emotional toll: “It felt like America looked at me and said, ‘Not yet.’ And maybe that’s true. But it doesn’t mean never.”
Harris also tackled the “politics of cruelty,” warning that lies don’t just distort facts — they erode trust and divide communities. But the comment that went viral was her unfiltered remark on Trump’s team: “crazy.” Fans praised her honesty; critics slammed her. Harris stands by it: “If you’ve watched what’s happened over the last few years and you don’t think it’s crazy, then I don’t know what to tell you.”
Looking forward, Harris focuses on advocacy, storytelling, and empowering women. “Losing doesn’t erase your voice,” she said. “It just changes how you use it.”
Her book, her tour, and even that surprising phone call from Trump underline a key point: in politics, power is temporary, but accountability and truth endure. “Power doesn’t make you untouchable,” Harris warns. “It just makes your fall louder.”
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