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.

  • EightBitBlood@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    13 days ago

    As the candidate who lost the election, she’s literally the only person who had the power to issue a recount.

    She failed in that responsibility. Despite the 2016 election interference, and Jan 6th. Trump has never had a fair election, and she chose to ignore that in favor of respect?

    Please. Respect is earned. Not given. Especially when the protection of our democracy comes with it.

    Any reasonable, spine-having American would have challenged the results immediately rather that talk about how broken shit got because they failed in their ultimate responsibility as an American.

    • krunklom@lemmy.zip
      1·
      4 hours ago

      I’ve never heard anyone say respect is earned not given that isn’t a narcissist.

      Respect SHOULD be given. It should also be taken away when it’s clear it isn’t deserved. To do otherwise is to live in a fucking cesspit of a world.

      Trump deserves zero respect though. Just to be clear.

      • EightBitBlood@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        When respect is given over caution, it’s used to manipulate those who would give it so freely. When the question is about choosing to respect our voting process OR protect it, there’s now nothing left to protect. Through naivety, evil prevails. Sorry if that sounds too narcissitic. What is even left in our system to be narcissitic about, let alone respectable?

        The Smithsonian? Kennedy Center? PBS? CBS? How about those cuts to Vaccine research? Medicare? Social Security?

        How about all the major cabinet positions now being held by TV and podcast personalities making us more of a Kakistocracy than a Democracy?

        You want to give that respect? I want it to be fucking worth respecting.

        Seeing as it all wasn’t worth protecting in exchange for a basic recall in an election with someone that’s cheated twice before. That’s not respect. That’s naive at best. Stupid at worst.

      • EightBitBlood@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        12 days ago

        Why would they call for a recount?

        Reason 1: Trumps 2016 election interference Reason 2: Jan 6th Reason 3 - 37: Trumps 34 felonies for election interference

        There has never been better reason to call for a recount during a US election. Ever. Any thought otherwise is irrational and dangerous to our democracy.

        Especially considering Reagan won 16/18 swing states at the height of his popularity. And Trump just won a statistically impossible 18/18 swing states despite Covid ravaging his voter base?

        I don’t give a single personal fuck about how Kamala was polling for the election.

        I do however, give a massive fuck about her spinelessly ignoring her duty to challenge the outcome of this election. Without that challenge, we now have permantaly compromised presidential elections, and every branch of the government stacked with idiot sycophants unwilling to protect democratic law over Trumpian will.

        The very security and trust of our elections are now permanantly shattered because Democrats wanted to protect decorum rather than fucking Democracy.