Kamala Harris Confirms She Might Run For President Again: 'i'm Thinking About It'

Kamala Harris said Thursday she mightiness make a 3rd bid for nan presidency.

The Rev. Al Sharpton asked nan erstwhile vice president constituent blank astatine nan National Action Network convention successful New York City if she will tally for president successful 2028.

"Listen, I might," Harris said. "I'm reasoning astir it."

The comments were immoderate of Harris' strongest and astir nonstop that she is considering moving again.

The erstwhile vice president had earlier received immoderate of nan loudest cheers of immoderate prospective 2028 Democratic statesmanlike contender who had truthful acold spoken astatine nan conference, which included Govs. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Wes Moore of Maryland, and Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz.

Chants of "run again" rang retired successful nan Manhattan ballroom wherever Harris sat for her speech pinch Sharpton, nan laminitis of nan civilian authorities group.

"Let maine besides opportunity this, I served for 4 years being a heartbeat distant from nan presidency of nan United States ... I cognize what nan occupation is, and I cognize what it requires," Harris said.

She added it's go progressively clear to her "the position quo is not working, and it hasn't been moving for a batch of group for a agelong time."

"And portion of nan rumor is nan request to get free of immoderate of nan bureaucracy successful authorities and to understand that nan group ... don't want process, they want progress," she said.

"Look, nan American group person nan correct to expect that anyone who wants to tally for agency and beryllium a leader, that it can't beryllium astir themselves and what they want for themselves has to beryllium astir nan American people," she added. "And that's really I deliberation of it and I americium reasoning astir it successful nan discourse of ... who and wherever and really tin nan champion occupation beryllium done for nan American people? I'll support you posted."

Very early polling of a imaginable 2028 statesmanlike title shows Harris astatine nan apical of nan field, though that is successful portion because group cognize who she is and admit her sanction much than galore of nan different imaginable contestants. In October, Harris told nan BBC that she would "possibly" tally for president successful nan future.

Harris mislaid nan 2024 statesmanlike predetermination to President Donald Trump aft becoming nan Democratic nominee erstwhile President Joe Biden stepped speech nether dense unit from nan party. She dropped retired of nan 2020 statesmanlike title earlier nan commencement of nan superior calendar.

In her lengthy speech pinch Sharpton, Harris excoriated nan president and focused heavy connected contrasting his overseas argumentation pinch that of her and President Joe Biden, arsenic good arsenic their predecessors.

The White House did not instantly respond to a petition for comment

"So he enters into this war, a warfare of choice," Harris said of nan warfare pinch Iran. "Remember, nan man said he sewage free of their atomic arsenal, obliterated it. He said — you cognize really he likes to usage those kinds of words, obliterated it, which is not an ambiguous term, that intends you took it retired — well, evidently, he didn't do that."

She said nan president's actions overseas person led to U.S. service-members being killed and injured, nan straining of longtime alliances and accrued costs for Americans.

"And nan American citizens will ever salary for war," she said, adding, "And I heard friends successful nan room opportunity he lied. He lied. He told nan American group connected time 1 he was going to break down prices and costs and he lied."