Nia-Malika Henderson, Columnist

Kamala Harris Is Done Being a Scapegoat

The former Vice President’s memoir, 107 Days, challenges the Democratic Party to accept that its mistakes, not just hers, resulted in the losses of 2024.

September 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM UTC

By Nia-Malika Henderson

Nia-Malika Henderson is a politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A former senior political reporter for CNN and the Washington Post, she has covered politics and campaigns for almost two decades.

In her Rihanna era.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris has done something that politicians rarely do. She has written a book that will likely torch relationships and could make a future career in Democratic politics more difficult. But Harris is firmly in her Rihanna phase, with zero you-know-whats to give.

I’m here for it. In taking off what she calls her “armor,” Harris has melded her private self with her public persona, a refreshing and overdue shift. She has traded calculation and caution for candor, making for a dishy read — even though readers already know how it ends.