Kamala Harris Blames “Tyrant” Trump, Floats 2028 Run After Historic Defeat

For­mer Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris, still reel­ing from her resound­ing 2024 elec­tion loss, is once again hint­ing at a future pres­i­den­tial run — this time in 2028. In an inter­view with the BBC, Har­ris accused Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump of act­ing like a “tyrant,” while insist­ing she’s “not done” with pub­lic life.

“I have lived my entire career as a life of ser­vice, and it’s in my bones,” Har­ris told the out­let, in her first U.K. inter­view since vot­ers sound­ly reject­ed her bid for the pres­i­den­cy.

Despite her campaign’s crush­ing defeat and the lack of enthu­si­asm among Democ­rats, Har­ris said she remains con­fi­dent that a woman will one day become pres­i­dent — and sug­gest­ed that woman could still be her.

When asked if that woman could be her, Har­ris replied, “Pos­si­bly.”

White House Fires Back

The White House was quick to respond to Har­ris’ remarks, offer­ing a blunt real­i­ty check.

“When Kamala Har­ris lost the elec­tion in a land­slide, she should’ve tak­en the hint,” said White House spokesper­son Abi­gail Jack­son. “The Amer­i­can peo­ple don’t care about her absurd lies. Or maybe she did take the hint, and that’s why she’s con­tin­u­ing to air her griev­ances to for­eign pub­li­ca­tions.”

Harris Doubles Down on Trump Attacks

Rather than reflect on her failed cam­paign or the Democ­rats’ declin­ing appeal to work­ing-class vot­ers, Har­ris dou­bled down on her attacks against Trump, claim­ing her cam­paign warn­ings about him have “proven true.”

“He said he would weaponize the Depart­ment of Jus­tice — and he has done exact­ly that,” she said.

She even went so far as to link Trump to the tem­po­rary sus­pen­sion of late-night come­di­an Jim­my Kim­mel after he made a taste­less joke about con­ser­v­a­tive com­men­ta­tor Char­lie Kirk’s death — a claim for which there is no evi­dence.

“His skin is so thin he couldn’t endure crit­i­cism from a joke and attempt­ed to shut down an entire media orga­ni­za­tion in the process,” Har­ris said, with­out pro­vid­ing proof.

Har­ris also took aim at Amer­i­can busi­ness lead­ers, accus­ing them of “bend­ing the knee” to Trump for per­son­al or finan­cial gain.

“There are many who have capit­u­lat­ed since day one,” she said. “They want to be next to pow­er, to have a merg­er approved, or to avoid an inves­ti­ga­tion.”

Democrats in Disarray

Har­ris’ remarks come as Democ­rats con­tin­ue to pick through the wreck­age of their 2024 loss and debate whether Joe Biden should have stepped aside ear­li­er. Her new mem­oir, 107 Days, describes the fran­tic after­math of Biden’s with­draw­al from the race — leav­ing Har­ris bare­ly three months to cam­paign.

She claims the race was close in the pop­u­lar vote, even though Trump’s Elec­toral Col­lege land­slide told a very dif­fer­ent sto­ry.

When asked whether she regrets not urg­ing Biden to step down soon­er, Har­ris refused to crit­i­cize him direct­ly:

“It’s unknow­able,” she said when asked if she would be pres­i­dent today had Biden with­drawn soon­er.

A Disconnect With Everyday Americans

Even Har­ris admit­ted her cam­paign failed to res­onate with work­ing fam­i­lies on core eco­nom­ic issues like hous­ing and child­care.

“I need­ed more time to do that,” she said, acknowl­edg­ing Democ­rats have faced a “long­stand­ing drift” among blue-col­lar vot­ers.

Polls now show Har­ris near the bot­tom of the Demo­c­ra­t­ic field for 2028 — even trail­ing actor and for­mer wrestling star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ John­son in some sur­veys. But she brushed off the num­bers.

“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,” she said.

Analysis

For con­ser­v­a­tives, Har­ris’ lat­est com­ments under­score what many see as the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Party’s con­tin­ued detach­ment from the con­cerns of ordi­nary Amer­i­cans. Rather than acknowl­edg­ing her own party’s pol­i­cy fail­ures, Har­ris is once again blam­ing Trump — and doing it on for­eign soil, no less.

After her 2024 loss, many expect­ed Har­ris to qui­et­ly step back. Instead, she appears eager to rewrite his­to­ry — and per­haps pre­pare for anoth­er round of the same failed mes­sag­ing that cost Democ­rats the White House in the first place.