{"id":150912,"date":"2025-05-25T07:36:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T07:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/kamala-harris-called-anderson-cooper-a-motherf-er-after-tense-interview-on-bidens-debate-meltdown-new-york-post\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T07:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T07:36:05","slug":"kamala-harris-called-anderson-cooper-a-motherf-er-after-tense-interview-on-bidens-debate-meltdown-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/kamala-harris-called-anderson-cooper-a-motherf-er-after-tense-interview-on-bidens-debate-meltdown-new-york-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris called Anderson Cooper a 'motherf\u2014er' after tense interview on Biden's debate meltdown – New York Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Vice President Kamala Harris blasted Anderson Cooper as a \u201cmotherf\u2013ker\u201d to colleagues following a tense interview over former President Joe Biden\u2019s catastrophic debate performance<\/a> against Donald Trump last year, a bombshell new book revealed.
The then-veep unleashed the disparaging remark after the CNN host grilled her<\/a> on Biden\u2019s cognitive health immediately following his disastrous showing in June \u2014 that ignited widespread panic and ultimately led to the octogenarian dropping out of the race.
\u201cThis motherf–ker doesn\u2019t treat me like the damn vice president of the United States, she said to colleagues,” according to the new book \u201cOriginal Sin,\u201d co-authored by Anderson\u2019s CNN colleague Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson. 
\u201cI thought we were better than that.\u201d
Harris, who was encouraged by her aides to cancel all post-debate interviews after her boss appeared frail and stone-faced, often losing his train of thought while going toe-to-toe with Trump, downplayed concerns from her party when she appeared on CNN. 
Cooper spoke of Democrats describing \u201cpanic\u201d over Biden\u2019s \u201cdisaster\u201d or \u201ctrain wreck\u201d of a debate. He questioned if the president should step aside. 
Harris fought back, telling the anchor that Biden had a \u201cslow start\u201d but finished \u201cstrong.\u201d
\u201cPeople can debate on style points,\u201d she added when pressed by Cooper. 
\u201cI got the point that you\u2019re making about a one-and-a-half-hour debate tonight \u2014 I\u2019m talking about three and a half years of performance and work that has been historic.\u201d
While many in Biden’s circle cheered on Harris’s strong defense, according to the book, she was visibly angry when the interview was over and wielded the expletive comment.
Tapper and Thompson wrote that Harris took Cooper’s questions, which reflected the nation’s concerns, personally.
“Original Sin,” which was released May 20, also revealed that Biden, 82, was “rusty” as he struggled during debate prep<\/a> — even napping the entire first day his wary staff had set aside to practice at Camp David in rural Maryland last June.
\u201cBiden\u2019s performance ranged from bad to passable \u2026 His voice was hard to hear, his delivery was halting, and his answers were all over the place,” the authors wrote of the mock debates.
\u201cAdvisers also told him his mouth was agape when he wasn\u2019t speaking and urged him to close it,\u201d the book goes on.
\u201cHis voice got raspier as the week went on, to the point that aides couldn\u2019t hear him during mock sessions. Biden kept asking for more cough drops.\u201d
Biden eventually developed a cold — which he blamed for his brutal performance that culminated in him becoming the first duly elected president not to seek a second term since Lyndon Johnson in 1968.
However, before withdrawing from the race, allies of the 46th president frequently responded to criticisms<\/a> of his speaking ability by citing a childhood stutter, while critics pointed out that as a senator and vice president, Biden had shown an ability to discourse at length with no hiccups.
His aides then tried to limit his exposure to public scrutiny in “subtle ways,” the book noted.
\u201cWhen a group wanted Biden to tape a five-minute video address to keynote an event, the White House usually responded by saying the video would be one to two minutes,\u201d the authors write.
\u201cHowever, even with the time limitation, Biden often couldn\u2019t make it through one or two minutes without botching a line or two.\u201d
Aides tried to compensate by filming the then-president from multiple angles and using jump cuts, but they couldn\u2019t mask fundamental problems with Biden\u2019s capability.
Biden has since announced that he has been diagnosed<\/a> with advanced prostate cancer that metastasized to his bones.
The Post has reached out to Harris about the Cooper remarks.
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