Former vice-president talked to Colbert in first interview since election, after declining bid for California governor

Kamala Harris has said that she currently has no desire to re-enter “the system” of American politics because it is “broken”.

On Thursday night the Democratic party’s defeated presidential nominee, who replaced Joe Biden late in the 2024 campaign after he dropped his re-election bid, gave her first interview since losing the election to Donald Trump, talking to Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.

After she announced she will not run for the governorship of California just a day earlier, Harris told the TV show that it was about something more “basic” than whether she wanted to run for something else instead – with the subtext being whether she will attempt a White House run again in 2028.

    • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      When did she ever claim she intended to fix anything? She openly said she couldn’t think of anything she’d do differently from Biden.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        She openly said she couldn’t think of anything she’d do differently from Biden.

        And followed it up by promising to appoint a republican to her cabinet.

      • EightBitBlood@lemmy.worldEnglish
        33·
        2 days ago

        As the candidate who lost the election, she’s literally the only person who had the power to issue a recount.

        She failed in that responsibility. Despite the 2016 election interference, and Jan 6th. Trump has never had a fair election, and she chose to ignore that in favor of respect?

        Please. Respect is earned. Not given. Especially when the protection of our democracy comes with it.

        Any reasonable, spine-having American would have challenged the results immediately rather that talk about how broken shit got because they failed in their ultimate responsibility as an American.

          • EightBitBlood@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            2 days ago

            Why would they call for a recount?

            Reason 1: Trumps 2016 election interference Reason 2: Jan 6th Reason 3 - 37: Trumps 34 felonies for election interference

            There has never been better reason to call for a recount during a US election. Ever. Any thought otherwise is irrational and dangerous to our democracy.

            Especially considering Reagan won 16/18 swing states at the height of his popularity. And Trump just won a statistically impossible 18/18 swing states despite Covid ravaging his voter base?

            I don’t give a single personal fuck about how Kamala was polling for the election.

            I do however, give a massive fuck about her spinelessly ignoring her duty to challenge the outcome of this election. Without that challenge, we now have permantaly compromised presidential elections, and every branch of the government stacked with idiot sycophants unwilling to protect democratic law over Trumpian will.

            The very security and trust of our elections are now permanantly shattered because Democrats wanted to protect decorum rather than fucking Democracy.