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- Kamala Harris says she has not ruled out another presidential run after losing the 2024 election
- During an interview with the BBC, Harris said that her grandnieces would “in their lifetime, for sure,” see a female president
- When asked if it would be her, she replied: “Possibly”
Kamala Harris has not ruled out another presidential run.
Speaking with the BBC for her first U.K. interview, the former vice president, 61, said she is confident there will be a woman in the White House someday.
During the interview on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Harris said her grandnieces would “in their lifetime, for sure,” see a female president. When asked if it would be her, she replied: “Possibly.”
“I am not done,” she said, noting that she had not yet made any decision about another presidential bid after losing the 2024 election to Donald Trump. “I have lived my entire career as a life of service, and it’s in my bones.”
Harris also told Kuenssberg that she wasn’t putting any stock into polls that say she doesn’t have good odds at winning the presidency.
“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.
Kamala Harris on Sept. 27, 2025.
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The former vice president also criticized Trump, 79, saying that predictions about him running an authoritarian government had been realized.
“He said he would weaponize the Department of Justice, and he has done exactly that,” Harris said, using the example of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension by ABC — sparked after the late-night host made a joke about how MAGA supporters reacted to Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
“You look at what has happened in terms of how he has weaponized, for example, federal agencies going around after political satirists,” Harris continued, referring to how Trump and the FCC’s Brendan Carr voiced frustration with Kimmel’s comments and threatened to halt broadcasts due to the joke.
“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.
In a statement to the BBC, a White House spokesperson called Harris’ comments “absurd lies.”
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“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,” spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the outlet. “Or maybe she did take the hint and that’s why she’s continuing to air her grievances to foreign publications.”
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump during a presidential debate in September 2024.
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Elsewhere in her conversation with Kuenssberg, Harris criticized public figures whom she said have given in to Trump’s demands too easily.
“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,” she said.
Harris won the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination after President Joe Biden withdrew his candidacy for reelection in the final weeks of the race. She tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to join her ticket.
The pair won 48.3% of the popular vote and 226 electoral votes, losing to Trump and his vice presidential pick, JD Vance.
Harris previously announced in July that she would not seek higher office in 2026 after many expected her to run for California governor.
The former vice president and 2024 presidential nominee would have been the automatic front-runner in the 2026 gubernatorial race had she sought to succeed outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom. California term limits prohibit Newsom from serving more than eight years.
Kamala Harris in August 2024.
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“In recent months, I have given serious thought to asking the people of California for the privilege to serve as their governor,” she said in a statement at the time. “I love this state, its people and its promise. It is my home. But after deep reflection, I’ve decided that I will not run for Governor in this election.”
The nation’s first female VP stated that “our politics, our government and our institutions have too often failed the American people, culminating in this moment of crisis,” adding that Democrats will need to embrace “fresh thinking” and not be “bound by the same playbook” moving forward.
“For now, my leadership — and public service — will not be in elected office,” Harris continued. “I look forward to getting back out and listening to the American people, helping elect Democrats across the nation who will fight fearlessly, and sharing more details in the months ahead about my own plans.”
