It has been rumored that Vice President Kamala Harris is considering a campaign to be the governor of California, as Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom’s tenure comes to an end, but not every liberal is on board with that.’’
Ana Kasparian of “The Young Turks” podcast, a fierce progressive who has sounded more and more like she is becoming moderate over the past year, was furious when her co-host said the vice president would become governor if she wants to.
“I think Kamala Harris would probably win in a cakewalk for governor,” “The Young Turks” founder and co-host Cenk Uygur said.
“No! No!” Kasparian shouted. “What are you doing? What are you doing?”
“I’m telling you the reality, whether you like it or not,” Uygur said. “Democratic voters in California love to obey.”
“I’m gonna move, Cenk! I’m gonna quit my job,” Kasparian responded. “I’m gonna quit my job, and I’m gonna move.”
“I’m not saying I’m in favor of it,” Uygur said. “I’m telling you what’s, like, if they, the Democratic Party, said, ‘We anoint Kamala Harris,’ a giant percentage of Democrats in California would go, ‘Yes! We obey. We will take the loyalty oath. It doesn’t matter how bad she is!’”
“This state cannot survive another incompetent Democrat leading it,” Kasparian responded. “No, we just can’t.”
“So, like, people are egging her on, OK? Apparently she’s, like, in a wait-and-see mode,” she said.
“How about you wait and see, like, your way out of public life? And go do what you’re supposed to do. Go work in the private sector. Go do the lobbying thing — whatever it is. But don’t run as governor of California. Do not!” she said.
You know what? I think I can get used to this dream-wrecker, throat-stomper variant of Ana Kasparian…
Look at Cenk’s face, he doesn’t know what to do. pic.twitter.com/smXrLqLFmU— Opinionerded 🇺🇸 (@ThePencilPimp) December 21, 2024
During a segment on CNN, reporter Isaac Dovere revealed that Harris privately told backers she is considering running for governor of California in 2026 or president in 2028. Harris also reportedly does not want her “final act” to be certifying Donald Trump’s election victory over her.
“We haven’t seen or heard much from Vice President Kamala Harris since she lost the election last month,” CNN’s Manu Raju told CNN’s viewers. “But the Democratic Party still reeling from Trump’s victory.”
Dovere said that Harris is mulling two options.
“What she’s been saying to people over the last couple of weeks, donors, other supporters that she’s been talking with, As you haven’t seen the last of me, I’m not going quietly into the night. Advisers, people close to her are debating about what that means. They do not want her final official act ever to be essentially certifying Donald Trump’s win over her, especially four years after January 6th. And so they look at this governor’s race in California in 2026, and it seems to them like a layup essentially, that she would probably clear the field or mostly clear the field and she would get to be governor of California,” Dovere said.
“But if she does that, that means that she couldn’t turn around and run for president again in 2028. She’d need to essentially declare right away. And that is what it really comes down to because there are people close to her who say she didn’t get a fair shot this year,” Dovere added.
Dovere continued, “It wasn’t it wasn’t up to what she could have done. And look how well she performed anyway. She should get to go again in 2020. And then there are ones who say, look, with where things are with the Democratic Party at it, she would not have a clear field or a cleared field, rather, in the Democratic primary and could lose the nomination. And to come off of 2024 into that would be really terrible.”
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