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Harris says she hasn't decided on 2028, warns Democrats to be 'braced' for Trump
Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she has not decided whether to run for president in 2028, telling MS NOW's "Clock It" podcast in her first public reaction to the midterms: "I will keep you posted." She also called President Trump "unstable" and "reckless" and urged Democrats to be ready if he goes "off the rails."
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is still keeping Democrats guessing about 2028. Calling into MS NOW's "Clock It" podcast with hosts Symone Sanders Townsend and Eugene Daniels this week, in what the network billed as her first public reaction to Democrats' midterm victories, Harris was asked whether she plans to enter the party's next presidential primary.
"I will keep you posted. I have not made a decision yet," she said.
In the brief clip from the call-in, Harris answers Daniels' question about the 2028 Democratic primary with the same line she has used for months. She did not say when she expects to decide.
'Ruthlessness,' not cruelty
Harris spent much of the call on what Democrats should do with their new power in Washington after winning control of both the House and the Senate on Tuesday. "We need to be prepared to lead, and we must lead with a certain level of ruthlessness, and by that I do not mean cruelty," she said. "We must be uncompromising in our commitment to actually deliver on the actual needs of the American people."
She struck a similar note in a post on X on Wednesday, Fox News reported, writing that on Election Day voters "spoke loud and clear: they are done with the corruption, incompetence, and callousness coming from the White House and the capitulation of Republican leaders." Newly elected Democrats, she wrote, "must be ruthless in using every lever of power to deliver economic relief for working families" and "hold this administration accountable."
Warning about Trump
Harris also turned to President Donald Trump, warning Democrats not to be caught off guard after his party's defeat.
"We know that he is unstable. We know that he is reckless," Harris says in the clip. "He doesn't really care about the well-being of people outside of his immediate circle. Let's be braced and ready, and not pretend as though it would be unpredictable were he to go off the rails as he is wont to do."
The remarks capped a busy fall on the campaign trail. Harris campaigned for Democrats in at least seven states, including a two-day swing through Georgia, the Associated Press reported. On Oct. 29 she rallied student canvassers with Sen. Jon Ossoff at Clark Atlanta University, and at Atlanta's Elizabeth Baptist Church she urged a turnout "too big to rig."
A wide-open 2028 field
Harris, who lost the 2024 race to Trump after replacing President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket, has left the door open to another run all year. In April, asked by the Rev. Al Sharpton at the National Action Network convention in New York, she said, "I'm thinking about it," and added, "I'll keep you posted," NBC News reported. In September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom told CNN's Jake Tapper, "I wouldn't run if she ran."
Early polling has her in front. A Financial Times-Focaldata survey conducted Oct. 2-5 found Harris leading potential Democratic contenders with 30%, ahead of Newsom at 15% and Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at 9% each, according to Newsweek. On the Republican side, Vice President JD Vance has been courting disaffected Trump voters ahead of 2028, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio has declined to discuss a possible bid.
Video: MS NOW's "Clock It" via social media. Photos: AP Photo/Mike Stewart
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