Overview
- On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kamala Harris said that when she called President Donald Trump after the Florida golf‑course assassination attempt, she could hear him in the background selling his book.
- Harris described the moment as an unbelievable contrast to a somber situation, adding that it did not surprise her.
- The anecdote also appears in her memoir 107 Days, where she writes that Trump privately praised her during that call.
- Following the renewed attention, White House spokeswoman Elizabeth Huston issued a sharply critical statement about Harris’s continuing book tour.
- The gunman in the Florida incident, Ryan Wesley Routh, was found guilty in September on federal charges including attempted assassination of a president.