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Fight

Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House

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Fight

By: Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes
Narrated by: Joe Knezevich
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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER

"Brutal." —Huffington Post

"Scathing." —New York Post

"[D]epicts Biden's decline in vivid detail." —Politico

“So many revelations.” —Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe

"Bombshell." —Jesse Watters, host of FOX’s Jesse Watters Primetime

The authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller Shattered provide a revelatory, inside look at the Biden, Harris, and Trump camps during the 2024 battle for the White House, arguably the most consequential contest in American history.

The ride was so wild that it forced a sitting president to drop his re-election bid, a once and future president to survive felony convictions and a would-be assassin’s bullet, and a vice president, unexpectedly thrust into the arena, to mount an unprecedented 107-day campaign to lead the free world.

Fight is the backstage story of bloodsport politics in its rawest form—the clawing, backstabbing, and rabble-rousing that drove Donald Trump into the White House and Democrats into the wilderness. At every turn, the combatants went for the jugular, whether they were facing down rivals in the other party or their own.

Bestselling authors Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes give listeners their first graphic view of the characters, their motivations, and their innermost thoughts as they battled to claim the ultimate prize and define a political era. Based on real-time interviews with more than 150 insiders—from the Trump, Harris, and Biden inner circles, as well as party leaders and operatives—Fight delivers the vivid and stunning tale of an election unlike any other.

In the end, Trump overcame voters’ concerns about his personal flaws by tapping into a deep vein of dissatisfaction with the direction of the country. At the same time, Democrats struggled to connect with an electorate that felt gaslit by Biden’s insistence that he had delivered economic prosperity—and his pledge to be a “bridge” president. He tore his party asunder, leaving destroyed personal relationships in his wake, as he clung to power. And when he gave it up, he kneecapped Harris by demanding unprecedented loyalty from her.

As Allen and Parnes have done in the #1 New York Times bestseller Shattered and Lucky, they provide listeners with a skeleton key to the rooms where it all happened, revealing a story more shocking than previously reported.

©2025 Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers
Elections & Political Process Politicians Politics & Activism Politics & Government Presidents & Heads of State United States World Democrat

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I watched the build-up to Trump vs Biden, part 2, from the UK with a mix of bafflement and horror. Why was Trump even allowed to run again? And why were the Democrats betting the house on Biden who was looking increasingly incapable? Of all the people in the USA, are these two really the best two you have as candidates for President?

Anyway, the book is sober account of what happened. It felt impartial to me, both sides got their share of criticism and praise when it was justified. In the end, the conclusion, that the Biden team were responsible for the election loss by gaslighting the public about the economy and Biden's health, then by dropping out too late, then by insisting on "no daylight, kid", seems fair. Would a full primary process had led to a different outcome? Who knows? Can the Democrats rebound? It looks like they have a lot of work to do, and it will be important that they do it.

Impartial and fair

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Loved it all great insight into both campaigns and the infighting was a revelation great listen

The story

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A fascinating dissection of not only how Trump won, but more so of how Kamala and Biden lost it. Biden’s desire to remain in power definitely cost the democrats, and the book makes clear how desperate he was to remain in the picture…even after he stepped down. However, what seems to have hurt Kamala just as much is the fact she was suddenly thrown into the spotlight, and didn’t seem to have a “why” to back up her running for the most powerful office.

Fight

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Traumatic listening for Harris fans! But great to revisit the campaign. The book focuses on reporting who said what to whom - it doesn’t delve into demographics. It’s balanced between the Trump / Harris camp. Who gets the blame for Democrat disaster? You’ll have to listen!

Inside information and balanced reporting

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So much under the hood information about how these propaganda campaigns are run....by a bunch of sycophantic degenerates backstabbing each other for $$$

Detail was great

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It was interesting listen, but I thought it was ridiculous that the narrator read women like Nancy Pelosi and Kamala Harris as though they are little delicate, earnest wallflowers, when they have famously strong distinct voices.

Interesting, but a lot of conjecture

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This book is the third in a series of behind the scenes of both the 2024 Democratic and Republican presidential races, which for me ended in a disappointing result. It helps to process why we have Trump 2.0, and how a combination of factors lead to Kamala Harris losing. This should make sobering reading for all Democratic operators in the US, and show how you can’t take your electorate for granted.

Revealing

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A mostly unbiased view of the 2024 election. Probably the best book available on the subject.

An interesting read

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The authors have invented or guessed at thoughts and feelings of the actors they write about. Not sure I came away with new insights, only the confirmation that Washington politics is not a place to find a good culture.

Half fiction.

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