On Real Time, comedian and commentator Bill Maher criticized former Vice President Kamala Harris’s new memoir 107 Days, saying it presents her as a victim and deflects blame onto others. He quipped that the book “should have been called ‘Everyone Sucks But Me.’”
Maher argued the memoir frames her failed 2024 campaign not as a result of her own decisions, but as a product of external betrayals and miscalculations by others. He pointed to her criticisms of President Biden’s delayed withdrawal, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s endorsement silence, and her explanation that Americans weren’t ready for a Black woman president partnered with a gay vice president.
Harris’s book recounts her brief, 107-day run for the presidency after Biden’s exit. It reflects on her perspective of why the campaign faltered, including interpersonal friction and strategic missteps.
The exchange reignites questions about memoirs from public figures: how much is self-defense, and how much is accountability? To Maher’s view, 107 Days leans heavily into narrative control—casting Harris as wronged rather than wrong.
