As a former vice president Kamala Harris continues its international book tour to promote political memoirs 107 days Detailing her candidacy for the US presidency, she confirmed in a new interview with the BBC that she is “not done” with politics and could well run for high office again.
“It’s true: I’m not done yet,” she said. told the publication in his first interview in the UK. “I've lived my entire career as a life of service, and it's in my bones. And there are many ways to serve; I haven't decided what I'll do in the future beyond what I'm doing now.”
While appearing on Sunday with Laura KuenssbergHarris argued that her great-nieces will “for sure” see the first female US president “in their lifetime.” When the former California attorney general was asked to clarify whether she might one day receive the title, she replied, “It’s possible.”
Responding to polls that put her behind even Dwayne Johnson in securing a spot on the Democratic ticket, Harris said: “I think there are all kinds of polls that will tell you all sorts of things; I've never listened to the polls. If I had listened to the polls, I wouldn't be running for my first or second office – and I certainly wouldn't be sitting here doing this interview.”
In recent weeks, Harris has appeared on programs such as View and MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show to discuss the details of her book and her defeat in the 2024 presidential election. In her interview with the BBC, she repeated her views. shaming media companies and businesses that grovel Donald Trump administration, for example, through the suspension Jimmy Kimmel Live! and said her predictions about the GOP leader's fascist actions had come true.
“He said he would weaponize the Department of Justice — and that's exactly what he did,” she said, adding: “You look at what happened in terms of how he weaponized, for example, federal agencies going after political satirists… His skin is so thin that he couldn't handle criticism for a joke, and yet he tried to shut down an entire media organization.”
She continued: “There are many… who capitulated from day one, who bowed the knee to the tyrant, I think for many reasons, including they want to be close to power because they want to maybe get a merger approved or avoid investigation.”
Earlier this year, Harris announced that she would not run for governor of Californiawhere, according to polls taken over the summer, she would have entered the race as the frontrunner. While Harris concentrates on her book tour, she also bears the brunt of voter discontent and protests, with voters disrupting her sit-down interviews to rebuke her stance on Israel and Gaza. According to NewsweekThe former vice president was also criticized over Palestine while speaking on stage at the Southbank Center in London on Thursday night.
