she is cooked no matter what
Kamala was a communist hail marry. Biden was 100% going to lose, by doing this the odds shift to maybe 90% that Kamala loses, but that is better than 0% and this one is for all the deep state marbles, so the risk was worth it from their perspective.
I agree the odds are against her, but nothing is impossible and my prediction makes sense to try to improve her standing with Latinos