Former chief of staff says Democrats’ efforts to push out Biden were ‘nasty’

Ron Klain says he didn’t agree with pressures for Biden to drop out but is optimistic about Harris’s prospects

Senior Democrats’ successful efforts to push Joe Biden out of the presidential race were “unfortunate, nasty and public” and did the president a “disservice”, Biden’s former White House chief of staff said – even as the new nominee, Kamala Harris, continued to fundraise strongly, campaign vigorously and show signs of catching Donald Trump in polling.

“I was disappointed that people in the party called for [Biden] to leave the race, and I thought they got out of control,” Ron Klain said.