Ken Salazar weighed 2024 Biden challenge over border crisis
What's new: The former ambassador said he built a team and draft platform, then faulted Democrats for skipping an open primary.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar considered a 2024 presidential run against Joe Biden after the president’s July debate performance, according to an excerpt of a forthcoming book reported by Politico and highlighted by Fox News. Salazar wrote that he had pushed early for the administration to label the U.S.-Mexico border situation a crisis and to create a border czar role. He argued Democrats failed to grasp the political fallout of migration and later criticized Kamala Harris, saying her assignment to address the root causes of migration did not curb border flows. Salazar ultimately did not enter the race, though he wrote that he recruited a team and drafted a platform before Democrats moved to Harris without an open primary.