# Biden repeatedly told Harris there could be 'no daylight' between them on policies: Report

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### Biden repeatedly told Harris there could be 'no daylight' between them on policies: Report

#### By Hanna Panreck



Published March 13, 2025 3:00pm EDT

Hanna Panreck is an associate editor at Fox News.

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Former President Biden reportedly urged Vice President Kamala Harris against  on policies she supported as his vice president during her presidential run, according to a new book by reporters Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes.

"He would say publicly that Harris should do what she must to win. But privately, including in conversations with her, he repeated an admonition: let there be no daylight between us," the authors wrote.

Allen, a senior politics reporter at NBC News, and Parnes, a senior political correspondent for The Hill, wrote a book set to be published in April 2025 titled, "FIGHT: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House," which is about the 2024 election. Parnes published an  in The Hill on Thursday.

"But the day of the debate Biden called to give Harris an unusual kind of pep talk — and another reminder about the loyalty he demanded. No longer able to defend his own record, he expected Harris to protect his legacy," they wrote. "Whether she won or lost the election, he thought, she would only harm him by publicly distancing herself from him — especially during a debate that would be watched by millions of Americans. To the extent that she wanted to forge her own path, Biden had no interest in giving her room to do so."





Vice President Kamala Harris introduces President Joe Biden during a campaign rally at Girard College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 29, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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During the phone call, according to the authors, Biden told Harris, "No daylight, kid."

Harris was criticized throughout her campaign for not breaking with the president on more issues after she took his spot at the top of the Democratic ticket.

Stephanie Cutter, a Democratic strategist and Harris campaign aide, suggested "a list of all the items that made Harris proud of her work with Biden," as they considered how to address her role within Biden's administration ahead of  as the Democratic candidate, the authors write.

"Wait, wait, wait!" Sean Clegg, a Harris advisor at the time, reportedly said during media prep for the interview, according to the book excerpt. "Let’s not do this. Let’s not go down memory lane."



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