As former Vice President Kamala Harris continues her international book tour promoting the political memoir 107 Days detailing her candidacy for POTUS, she affirmed to BBC in a new interview that she is “not done” with politics and may well run for high office again.
“That is correct: I am not done,” she told the publication in her first U.K. interview. “I have lived my entire career as a life of service, and it’s in my bones. And there are many ways to serve; I have not decided yet what I will do in the future beyond what I am doing right now.”
While appearing on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Harris maintained that her grandnieces would see the first female POTUS “in their lifetime, for sure.” When asked to clarify if that distinction could one day be hers, the former California attorney general answered: “Possibly.”
Responding to polling results that place her behind even Dwayne Johnson in securing a place on the Democratic ticket, Harris said, “I think there are all kinds of polls that will tell you a variety of things; I’ve never listened to polls. If I listened to polls I would have not run for my first office, or my second office — and I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here in this interview.”
In recent weeks, Harris has appeared on programs like The View and MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show to discuss the details of her book and loss of the 2024 presidential election. During her interview with BBC, she echoed her censure of media companies and businesses that kowtow to Donald Trump’s administration, such as via the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and said her predictions of the GOP leader’s fascistic actions have come true.
“He said he would weaponize the Department of Justice — and he has done exactly that,” she stated, adding, “You look at what has happened in terms of how he has weaponized, for example, federal agencies going around after political satirists … 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.”
She continued, “There are many … that have capitulated since day one, who are bending the knee at the foot of a tyrant, I believe for many reasons, including they want to be next to power, because they want to perhaps have a merger approved or avoid an investigation.”
Earlier this year, Harris announced she would not be running for California governor, where she would have entered the race as the front-runner, according to polls conducted in the summer. As Harris concentrates on her book tour, she has also borne the brunt of voter discontent and protest, with constituents disrupting her sit-down interviews to admonish her stance on Israel and Gaza. According to Newsweek, the former VP was also heckled about Palestine while taking the stage at the Southbank Centre in London Thursday night.
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