Former Vice President Kamala Harris hinted at a second bid for the White House nearly one year after her brutal election loss to President Donald Trump.
In an interview with the BBC, Harris expressed confidence that the U.S. would finally have a woman in the Oval Office, telling Laura Kuenssberg her nieces would likely see one “in their lifetime, for sure.”
The television journalist asked if that woman would be her, with Harris responding, “Possibly.”
Harris has been on tour marketing her new memoir, “107 Days,” in which she suggested her political career will continue after Trump handily defeated her in the 2024 presidential election. Harris was elevated to the Democratic nomination after her boss, former President Joe Biden, ended his reelection campaign.
“I am not done,” Harris said in the interview. “I have lived my entire career a life of service. It’s in my bones.”
Harris declined to confirm a second run for the presidency. If she does enter the 2028 presidential election, she’ll likely face a crowded field of Democratic candidates, political analysts have said.
“When you look at the bookies’ odds, they put you as an outsider, even behind Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson,” Kuenssberg said during the interview. “I mean, isn’t that underestimating you?”
Harris responded confidently.
“I think there are all kinds of polls that will tell you a variety of things,” Harris said. “I’ve never listened to polls. If I listened to polls, I would not have run for my first office or my second office, and I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here, in this interview.”
Trump was elected the country’s 47th president after Harris’s hastily launched campaign followed Biden’s departure late in the process. Trump returned to office in a stunning political comeback by winning each battleground state. His campaign included a stop in Wildwood, where the then-former president was cheered by thousands as he ramped up attacks on his political opponents with his New York City trial in the background.
Harris’s career is highlighted by her tenure as California’s attorney general, after which she became the state’s junior senator. Biden, who was considering a vice presidential candidate list that included four Black women, later named Harris as his running mate, making her the first woman to serve in the office.
Last year’s election was Harris’s first attempt at the White House, running alongside Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. She touted a range of policies, including hefty tax cuts for millions of Americans, while critical of Trump’s first administration and his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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