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‘I am not done’: Kamala Harris says she may run for president again (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 days ago by cm0002@lemmings.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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Kamala Harris says she is not done with politics and strongly suggested that she is considering another bid for president in a new interview.

In an interview scheduled to air on the BBC on Sunday morning, Harris says that she would “possibly” be the next president, making the clearest suggestion to date that she will make another run for the White House in 2028 despite lagging far behind in the polls.

Harris insisted that she had not yet made a decision, but that she was confident that there will eventually be a woman in the White House and her political career is not over.

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[–] danielton1@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Oh no... She's the reason we are stuck with Old Orange Julius Caesar right now.

Anyone who's in denial of this should look up her 2020 presidential campaign. It wasn't the 107 days she had to campaign in 2024. You can't just answer every question by saying you're from a middle class family.

[–] spider@midwest.social 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Also, this...

Biden Suggests He Would Only Serve One Term if Elected President

Advisers close to the candidate say he won’t run for reelection in 2024 if elected in 2020.

And then he changed his mind.

If that hadn't happened and they instead had a normal convention, we might be in a much different situation now.

[–] danielton1@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yup, I remember that! I got a lot of crap for getting angry with Biden and the media before the 2024 election, since he was the candidate that was NotTrump™, but now I see more and more people realizing what happened. Better late than never, I guess.

Hopefully the Democrats will learn from this.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

(They won’t. They serve their aipac and corporate donors above all even if it means losing.)

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

yeah, it totally wasn't the 30% of Americans that refused or failed to vote at all.

[–] danielton1@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And why do you think that is?

Kamala Harris, or any other candidate, isn't just owed votes. She failed to convince those people she was a good choice. That's on her, whether or not you want to admit it.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

nobody believes that bullshit anymore.

[–] danielton1@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If that's true, then we will be under MAGA rule for the foreseeable future. And I don't know about you, but I don't want that.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

nor do I, so I vote for anyone not MAGA. like I did in November.

[–] danielton1@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Great, but most people aren't going to show up to the polls if they're not convinced that either candidate is any good.

The purpose of a presidential campaign is to convince the people that this candidate is a good choice. The Harris campaign failed to do that for the majority of Americans. If the left keeps gaslighting themselves into thinking she ran this flawless campaign, like you are, they are unlikely to win in the future.

Losing seems like a pretty big flaw to me, especially considering how many people didn't even show up.

[–] Smeagol666@crazypeople.online 2 points 3 days ago

I agree with you 100%, but here on Lemmy it's almost as bad as Reddit when it comes to the pretend-leftist circle-jerk; like I'm barking at the fucking Moon.