July 21, 2024 // 107 Days to the Election

This is the process. If anyone wants to challenge me, they are welcome to jump in, but I intend to earn the support of the majority of the delegates, and I'm doing it right now. Each call took no more than 2 or 3 minutes. Outside, in the fierce afternoon heat, a media scrum swarmed. A few hours into this day of frenzy, non-stop calls, I realized I needed centering. I stopped everything to call my pastor, Reverend Dr. Amos C. Brown is a Baptist preacher who marched with Dr. King. Of course, he had already heard the news. I put him on speaker so the whole table could listen to his wise and sonorous voice. And we prayed. He talked about Queen Esther who saved her people when they were threatened. "You were born for a time such as this," he said. And I teared up. He asked God to protect me, my family, my team, and to give us an understanding of our purpose in this moment. It grounded us all. Then we were back on it. Outside the sky darkened, Storm Horn Castle. My indispensable social secretary got us sandwiches, ordered pizza. Maya abandoned her stalled train and got an Uber for the long drive to DC. Doug hadn't been able to get a flight that night, so he arranged a plane to get him to the campaign headquarters in Delaware the next day. He made calls on my behalf from our home in Los Angeles into the evening until a neighbor came to the door. It's about to get serious. You need to come have a drink. They tossed down some Johnny Walker Blue Label as he let his new reality sink in. At 5:29 p.m., staff alerted me that the British singer songwriter Charlie XCX had posted Kamla is Brat. Brat was the title of her latest album and identified me with her brand, edgy, imperfect, confident, embracing. From then on, our rebranded Kamla HQ social media site was a wash in her signature color, lime green, and posts supporting us used that color. At 1000 p.m., I finally decided it was too late to call anyone else. We had been going for 8 hours. I'd spoken to more than 100 people. Every single call had mattered. I'd had to be entirely present for each one, giving out and taking in important information. Now the dining room table was strewn with scrolled notes, sandwich crusts, and the greasy remains of a pizza with anchovies, my favorite, no one else's. I was still in my workout clothes, my unbrushed hair tangled in its scrunchie. Despite that, I decided we needed to record the moment. Before I went upstairs to take a long overdue shower, I gathered my team. Things are going to get wild, I said. There will be hard days ahead. We have a lot of ground to cover, but you are the best team in the world, and I know we can do this. Let's take a photo. And there we all are. 17 rumpled, messy, smiling people. Joyful warriors about to go into the battle of our lives.

Vice President Harris shares a new excerpt from her upcoming book, 107 Days. In this video, she reflects on July 21st, the very first day of her campaign — and the entire team that made all 107 days possible. This book is dedicated to them. Through the joy, pain, and personal sacrifice, they left it all on the field. -------------------------------------- Follow Vice President Kamala Harris! Kamala's Twitter: https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris Kamala's Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@kamalaharris Kamala’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/KamalaHarris Kamala's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kamalaharris.com Kamala's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KamalaHarris Kamala's Threads: https://www.threads.net/@kamalaharris #KamalaHarris