Former Vice President Kamala Harris suggested in a recent interview that she may seek the presidency in 2028, signaling she is far from stepping away from political life.
Speaking with the BBC in an interview released Sunday, Harris told reporters that her grandnieces are certain to witness a female president in their lifetime. When asked if that president could be her, she responded, “possibly.”
“I am not done,” Harris said. “I have lived my entire career as a life of service and it’s in my bones.”
Harris also dismissed polling that currently places her toward the bottom of potential Democratic contenders. “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,” she said.
The former vice president did not hold back in criticizing individuals who collaborated with President Donald Trump, who defeated her decisively in the 2024 election. “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,” Harris said.
White House representatives dismissed Harris’ remarks as sour grapes. “When Kamala Harris lost the election in a landslide, she should’ve taken the hint — the American people don’t care about her absurd lies,” spokesperson Abigail Jackson said. “Or maybe she did take the hint, and that’s why she’s continuing to air her grievances to foreign publications.”
Earlier this month, Harris praised her own qualifications in an interview, stating, “Some people have actually said I was the most qualified candidate ever to run for president,” adding that she was “just speaking fact.” When asked specifically about a 2028 bid, she responded, “Maybe. Maybe not.”
Harris’ recently published book, in which she largely portrays herself as blameless for her 2024 defeat, has reopened internal party debates.
“In an era where Democrats need all hands on deck in the fight to protect the country and the Constitution from the lawlessness of the Trump administration, she had a real opportunity to be a critical voice in the resistance,” said Michael Hardaway, a Democratic strategist and former senior adviser to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, as reported by Politico.
Hardaway added that the book “seems to be unhelpful and divisive in a way that makes it hard for her to be the face of the party as we look to the future.”
The comments underscore the former vice president’s continued ambition and suggest that Harris remains a figure with potential influence in Democratic politics, even as internal debates persist over her role in shaping the party’s post-2024 trajectory.
Let’s be honest: Kamala Harris is not now — nor has she ever been — a good candidate.
Her re-entry into the political world this week has reminded me of this fact.
She’s not good on her feet. She’s inauthentic. She speaks in word salads. She has never demonstrated an… pic.twitter.com/p31I9m2rLv
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) September 24, 2025
A former staffer for both Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden warned that the more Harris appears on talk shows to present her version of events, the more Americans may perceive her as a “sore loser.”