Despite Kamala Harris’ recent assertions that the 2024 presidential election was among the closest in American history, voters, in fact, overwhelmingly sent Donald Trump back to the White House for a second term.
Now, amid suggestions from Harris that she may mount yet another bid for the Oval Office, new polling indicates that even the likes of former wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson have a better chance of victory than she does, an embarrassing revelation she has done her best to downplay, as the Daily Mail reports.
The ex-vice president recently sat down for an interview with the BBC, offering insights into what her future might hold in the aftermath of last November’s loss.
Notably, Harris firmly declared, “I am not done, I’ve not decided yet what I will do in the future beyond what I am doing right now.”
She even went so far as to say that she could “possibly” be president someday, though it was in the context of that question that she was confronted with a very awkward truth.
When recent Polymarket predictions placing Johnson at a 3% likelihood of becoming the country’s next president and and Harris’ chances at just 2% were mentioned, the former VP did her best to minimize their relevance.
Harris replied, “I think there are all kinds of polls that will tell you a variety of things. I’ve never listened to polls, adding, “If I listen to polls I would not have run for my first office or my second office, and I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here in this interview.
Conservatives and others who tend to view Harris in an unfavorable light were quick to take aim at her comments in the BBC interview.
One online commentator expressed enthusiasm about a potential Harris’ presidential bid, saying, “Please let this be true, she will guarantee a JD [Vance] victory.”
Another mused, “Repeating the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Definition of insanity.”
Referencing the effectively undemocratic coronation that put Harris at the top of the Democratic Party ticket last summer after Joe Biden bowed out, another observer wrote, “Never won a primary election and never will. She’s done and incompetent to boot.”
Yet another netizen opined on the idea of a 2028 Harris run by stating bluntly, “Hahaha, I didn’t know she did comedy.”
However, it is not just Republicans who have scoffed at the prospect of Harris serving as her party’s standard-bearer, with Fox News reporting that Democratic Party donors recently declined involvement in a major fundraiser that was set to feature the former VP as its headliner.
A source close to the situation told the Wall Street Journal that after receiving an invitation, one potential contributor “replied with a profanity-laced rejection,” while others said they were withholding participation in such activities until the party “produced substantive plans to win elections,” something they apparently do not feel should include Harris, at least in a prominent role.
