Former vice-president talked to Colbert in first interview since election, after declining bid for California governor

Kamala Harris has said that she currently has no desire to re-enter “the system” of American politics because it is “broken”.

On Thursday night the Democratic party’s defeated presidential nominee, who replaced Joe Biden late in the 2024 campaign after he dropped his re-election bid, gave her first interview since losing the election to Donald Trump, talking to Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.

After she announced she will not run for the governorship of California just a day earlier, Harris told the TV show that it was about something more “basic” than whether she wanted to run for something else instead – with the subtext being whether she will attempt a White House run again in 2028.

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
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        29 days ago

        It seems Democrats are finally coming to terms with the fact that they need to appeal to people if they want to win their votes.

        Or more accurately, make people believe like they care. Because they are still working against Mamdani and other progressives in full force.

        • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          29 days ago

          It seems Democrats are finally coming to terms with the fact that they need to appeal to people if they want to win their votes.

          They did over 6 months ago when they stopped electing neoliberals for DNC chair, and elected the head of Minnesota’s Working Families Party to DNC chair…

          Because they are still working against Mamdani and other progressives in full force.

          A new DNC chair who is excited about Mamdani, and wants to take his strategy because that’s what Dem voters want:

          Well, first, it was a brilliant campaign. And there’s a lot of lessons.

          One is, he campaigned for something. And this is a critical piece. We can’t just be in a perpetual state of resisting Donald Trump. Of course, we have to resist Donald Trump. There’s no doubt about it for all the reasons we just talked about. But we also have to give people a sense of what we’re for, what the Democratic Party is fighting for, and what we would do if they put us back in power.

          And that’s really critical. And I think that’s one of the lessons from Mamdani’s campaign, is that he focused on affordability. He focused on a message that was resonant with voters, and he campaigned for something, not against other people or against other things. He campaigned on a vision of how he was going to make New York City a better place to live.

          I think that’s one of the lessons. The other lessons, of course, is the tactics he used to get his message out, both a very aggressive in-person campaigning, meeting voters where they’re at, and then also in those digital spaces, using very creative messaging to cut through the noise and to get to voters in an inexpensive but authentic way.

          There’s a lot to learn from that campaign, and I’m excited to learn more.

          https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/dnc-chair-on-the-path-to-winning-back-voters-and-lessons-democrats-can-learn-from-mamdani

            • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              29 days ago

              So…

              Two days after 10/7 he said a slogan was problematic because it could be interpreted as a call for genocide…

              And then on Thanksgiving he thanked Biden for working on expanding aid to Gaza and facilitating release of prisoners? (Which reads like a bit of a jab towards Biden honestly)

              I dont understand the single word you put with that

              Did you mean “pass” as he “passes” your standards?

              Or you think those two tweets from 2 years ago mean you won’t support the Dem party?

              Because if so, Im really curious who you support. For pretty much any position anywhere.

          • kreskin@lemmy.world
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            8 days ago

            Ken Martins first act as chair was to select slotkin for the state of the union rebuttal, a uber zionist pro big business freshman. Do you deny that?

            Ken Martin is no change from the old DNC at all.

          • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            28 days ago

            He’s been chair for the ouster of David Hogg and the shameful behavior of the party he chairs toward Mamdani.

            He’s not the savior you’re touting him as.

            • Triasha@lemmy.world
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              23 days ago

              He’s not a savior because nobody is.

              He is what we asked them to do. Put the chair of the working families party into leadership. Someone known for progressive, popular policies. The Dems didn’t go for the corporate shill.

              Excoriate them for their stance on Gaza as you like, they deserve it. But you can’t say they are ignoring us completely.

                • Triasha@lemmy.world
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                  23 days ago

                  As if there is a clear bright line and any progress before crossing that line is meaningless.

                  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                    23 days ago

                    Oh cool. We’re gonna talk about how great incrementalism is.

                    For people who like the status quo. When the party quits ratfucking progressives, I’ll entertain the notion that it’s not complete dogshit all the time on purpose.