Willie Brown worried Harris has 'Hillary syndrome,’ that 'people don't like her'

Former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown was candid about Vice President Harris' chances in the 2024 presidential race in a newly published interview.

Brown, who has been open about his extramarital relationship with Harris in the ‘90s, saidhe was nervous about the VP’s likability with voters in the weeks before she became the presumptive Democratic nominee.

"Brown worried out loud that Harris had ‘the Hillary syndrome’ — that ‘people don’t like her’ — and fretted it was not fixable," Politico reported on Wednesday.

The interview was conducted before President Biden's disastrous debate and weeks before he dropped out of the 2024 race.

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Brown said he was no longer in touch with Harris, according to Politico, but believed Biden should step down immediately to give the country time to see her as president "before the election." He also advised Harris to downplay her gender and ethnicity in the presidential race because "the voters want her to answer them."

On her far-left record, Brown suggested she cling to a more vague political platform.

"If she keeps people continually guessing then she can adjust the interpretation of your guess every time she sees you," he told Politico.

The Democratic Party has been energized by Harris' decision to run since Biden exited the race, raising record-setting fundraising amounts for her campaign.

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Harris has also enjoyed a dramatic boost in the polls since becoming the presumptive presidential nominee. According to an ABC News/Ipsos poll conducted a week after President Biden exited the race, her overall favorability rose from 35% to 43% compared to the week prior, while her unfavorability