Harris on pancakes — and the call that changed US history

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 30, 2024 4:49 pm

SAVANNAH, United States — Kamala Harris was flipping pancakes and frying bacon with her family when the phone rang. It was President Joe Biden — telling her he was ending his reelection bid and backing her to take his place.

'My family was staying with us, and including my baby nieces, and we had just had pancakes,' Harris recalled Thursday in an interview with CNN about the July 21 afternoon when Biden suddenly turned the November presidential election on its head.

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