Kamala Harris ‘thinking about’ running for president again in 2028 | Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris said she is “considering” running in the 2028 presidential election.
“It could happen, I can do it. I’m thinking about it,” the former vice president and 2024 candidate told the crowd at a meeting of the National Action Network (NAN), a civil rights organization founded by Al Sharpton, in New York on Friday.
Expanding on his response to Sharpton’s question about a possible presidential run, he added: “I served four years as a heartbeat away from the presidency of the United States… I know what the job is and I know what it takes.”
He said: “I’ve traveled around the country in the last year, spent a lot of time in the south and many other places, and the one thing I’m really clear about is… the status quo isn’t working and hasn’t been working for a lot of people for a long time.
Speaking about the presidency, Harris added: “This should be about the American people, and that’s how I think. I think about it in the context of: who, where and how can do the best job for the American people. I’ll keep you informed.”
Harris lost to Donald Trump, He also criticized the president and the gradual erosion of US global alliances, saying that he was “the first US president since the Second World War who does not believe in the alliances we have made with friendly countries and the importance of that relationship to our position around the world.”
Addressing the US war against Iran, Harris called it a “war of choice” and added: “While he brags about how he’s going to destroy an entire people, what he’s actually doing is making us weaker, more unreliable, and less effective.”
Harris also warned against the erosion of voting rights across the US: “They’ve been working for years to build a supreme court with the structure we have now, and they’re about to make a decision on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.” He was referring to the clause that requires MPs to take race into account when necessary to ensure fair representation of racial minorities.
“I regret to say that I believe they are going to eliminate that, and that will mean that we will lose the legal tool that we had before, the tool that we had to be able to challenge in court laws that are clearly influenced by racism to prevent certain people from voting,” he warned.
Harris continued by encouraging voters to “check their voter status now,” saying: “For example, don’t wait until election day to see if your name has been removed from the rolls.”
He continued: “Ask people today to check their polling places, because part of this cover game they’re playing involves shutting down the place where your mother and grandmother always vote, so that on election day she’ll go to that local elementary school and find out that it’s no longer a polling place – so let’s do some of the work right now.”
Harris has not ruled out another presidential bid in interviews since leaving office. Sharpton recently said Policy He said Harris is “absolutely an influential force in the Black community” and that he believes “she’s been overlooked and we’re going to bring it up at our convention.”
Harris too set to appear at a fundraiser for the South Carolina Democratic party next week.
Harris’ appearance comes as some of the Democratic party’s most prominent figures — and potential 2028 presidential hopefuls — took the stage with Sharpton this week at NAN’s annual multi-day convention, where they participated in discussions about the upcoming midterms, the affordability issue, the war in Iran and the future of the Democratic party.
Elected officials speaking so far this week include Maryland governor Wes Moore; Illinois governor JB Pritzker; Josh Shapiro, governor of Pennsylvania; Representative Ro Khanna of California; Arizona senator Ruben Gallego; Hakeem Jeffries, House minority leader; Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts; et al.
Following Harris on Friday morning, former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg also suggested that he would run in the 2028 elections.
During their conversation, Sharpton asked Buttigieg: “You met me when you were running for president and we… went to lunch at Sylvia’s restaurant in Harlem. Should I reserve a table at Sylvia’s so I have a clear calendar?”
Buttigieg said in response: “You book your seats. I’ll be there.”
Like Harris, Buttigieg harshly criticized the Trump administration and warned of the threat to voting rights across the country: “This administration has taken a search-and-destroy approach to anything that appears to have anything to do with helping disadvantaged communities.”
He also called for stronger leadership across the Democratic party, saying: “Nothing can stop us in our leadership except ourselves. That’s why we need better leadership. Of course the other guys are bad, but that’s not the point.”
Maryland representative Glenn Ivey, South Carolina representative Jim Clyburn and New York district attorney Alvin Bragg are scheduled to speak. On Saturday, attendees are expected to hear from Arizona senator Mark Kelly, Florida representative Maxwell Frost and Kentucky governor Andy Beshear. (Has been reported California Governor Gavin Newsom and New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were unable to attend.)
