Former Vice President Kamala Harris recently dropped several not too subtle hints that she wants to run for president in 2028. Polls, at least for now, show the leading likely Democrat candidate is California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Many Democrat pundits and insiders say Harris’ failed run against Donald Trump renders her damaged goods, and therefore insufficiently attractive to the donor class.
The Los Angeles Times recently wrote: “As Kamala Harris eyes a possible 2028 presidential bid, there is little outward enthusiasm among her biggest 2024 backers to fund a repeat performance …
“The Times reached out to more than two dozen top donors to the biggest proHarris super PAC in 2024. Several of them said they do not plan to support her should she choose to run or declined to talk about her. Others did not respond.”
For Harris, this sounds ominous. But there’s a flaw in this reasoning, and it represents a huge threat to Newsom’s plans, as well as those of any of the other names floated as possible candidates.
It is true that Harris lost every swing state. It is true that Harris performed worse than Biden among nearly every major racial and gender demographic group, except one: black women. Among black men, Donald Trump got 20% of their vote, an astonishingly high number for a Republican presidential candidate. But black women stood firm. They love Harris.
A Washington Post exit poll found Harris, among black female voters, got over 92% of their vote, a higher percentage than those who voted for Biden. Newsom, like many Democrats who refused to say so out loud, believed Biden lacked the capacity to run for reelection. Like a vulture, he hovered above the White House looking for a time to pounce. But Newsom knew black female voters, the most loyal part of the Democratic base, would not take kindly to a white male elbowing Harris out of the chance to become the first female president and the first black female president. So, he gritted his teeth and sat it out.
Many black female voters consider the jokes about Harris’ “cackle” and the disparaging comments about her “word salad” answers both sexist and racist. In November 2021, TheGrio, a publication that focuses on the black community, published an article defending Harris against what it considered unfair criticism with this headline: “Can a sista get a break? Kamala Harris is an easy scapegoat amid media’s broadside against her.” It is a must-read for Newsom and others looking to compete against a possible Harris candidacy.
The author, Sophia A. Nelson, who once ran for Congress as a Republican but is now an independent, wrote: “… A group of my sorority sisters (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.) and I were lamenting about how little respect Harris, also a soror, receives from her own administration and national media.
“As the first woman and first woman of color to be elected to the nation’s second highest office, you would expect that Vice President Harris would have been given a much higher-profile portfolio of issues to manage, as well as be used more strategically, considering the loyal and influential Black women voter base of the Democratic Party. …
“Why is Harris getting the blame for the clear dysfunction of the Biden administration? Because she is the easy scapegoat. Aren’t we always?
“Black women are as Zora Neale Hurston once said, ‘the mules of the world.’ We do all the work and we plow, and we dig, and we support, and we help. And in return we get little to no thanks — just as Harris and Black women voters who put Biden in the White House are finding out. …
“Black women are always the spectators in the arena, versus being allowed the space be one of the victors in the arena. … It’s always a double standard for Black women — and it’s exhausting.”
South Carolina will be an early, if the not first, Democrat primary state for the 2028 presidential election. Sixty percent of the South Carolina Democrat primary voters are black, and of that number 60% to 65% are black females.
How will Newsom explain his “vote-for-me-instead-of-Kamala” candidacy to black female Democrat voters, many of whom feel disrespected and unrewarded despite their loyalty to the party? Simply demonizing Trump as a “fascist” won’t cut it.
Good luck, Gavin.
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Kamala’s problem isn’t that she’s a woman, or black. It’s that she’s not competent and an idiot.
Harris was a poor retail politician with radical views.
Newsom’s problem isn’t Harris herself. He is a much better retail politician. His problem is that he repeats many of Harris’ radical views which likely will sink his candidacy in the 2028 Democrat primaries.
Incompetent is an excellent description of her. That is her major failure. She supposedly was appointed by Dementia Joe, to fix the border problem. When she was asked in an interview if she had visited the southern border, she just cackled and said she had never been to Europe (I think it was) either. She proved right there that she was no serious about taking on the task of properly running this country. A complete idiot.
It is terrifying that someone as incompetent as Harris can even be considered the President?!?! Imagine Harris being in China now addressing China’s administration! Or Iran! Or Russia! Or North Korea! Or Venezuela! Etc, etc. etc.
The Democrats do not have the ability to provide a worthy candidate to consider the Presidency. They know it!!!!
:Black women are always the spectators in the arena, versus being allowed the space be one of the victors in the arena.”
They LITERALLY put Biden t pasture and INSTALLED Harris! There is NOBODY to blame but Harris’ own stupidity, word salads, and cackle. ????????♂️
Who really cares? Neither of them will be relevant.
How are these two even viable? The damage in their wake are not forgettable one-time screwups. Their record on abortion, marriage, gender confusion, illegal immigration and fraud is enough to have them incarcerated.
Those who wish for total complete devastation of the state will vote for them.They are the ones who should be in the same institution as those two candidates.
That’s too funny…the same WHITE MEN HATERS are the ones saying vote for a BLACK WOMAN. It is sad that some people cannot see past gender or color into the policies. Thank GOD it is a minority group.
AI Overview: As of late 2025, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was still paying off over 20 million in debt from Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign through a “handshake deal” to cover bills. While the campaign initially reported no debt, the DNC has been settling millions in expenses for consultants, media, and events. Key Details on 2024 Campaign Debt: DNC Payouts: The DNC continued to pay off campaign debts throughout 2025, with at least $1.6 million paid in September 2025 alone, according to reports from Axios and the New York Post. Total Debt Covered: As of August 2025, reports indicated the DNC had covered roughly $20.5 million in bills, notes the New York Times. Cause of Debt: The campaign spent over $1 billion, with significant costs toward the end of the race including high-profile events and advertising. The Arrangement: The deal involved the DNC taking on the debt, with an understanding that Kamala Harris would help raise funds to offset these costs for the party. The campaign’s financial issues were largely addressed by transferring the liability to the DNC rather than leaving it in the campaign’s own federal filing, according to reports in the New York Times.” Kamala Harris does not have the ability to management money nor fund raise. The more she puts herself out their, the worse it gets for her. She will not be running in 2028.
Both of them are damaged goods. Aren’t they?
if they ran for dog catcher,i would not trust em or vote for em
Like Obama. She is Bi-Racial nothing more. What makes her special is her overwhelming inability to qualify for the position she held and the position she seeks. NOBODY that matters respected her or Biden.
The only thing Harris is good at is getting on her knees and taking care of business -:)
The reason had little respect had nothing to do with her color. We all know she and Joe cheated to win (“We did it, Joe! We did it!”) She is not too bright and allowing millions of illegals to cross the border to provide trafficking victims and Dem votes was just plain wrong.
Why did this article act like Gavin was the front runner for the Democrats? Every poll I’ve seen has Harris outpolling him! And why do Black Women support Kamala when her skin color was her inheritance of the country India? It has Never been proved that she is of African Descent.
The USA also has a “Newsome and Kamala” problem. Along with others too numerous to list here.
But black women stood firm. They love Harris.
What, they think of her as a black woman? And they support her for that false impression? If anything she’s less black than most anyone other than white folks like me. Very light brown is as close to black as she is. And I don’t care what color her skin is, I care about her morals. I care about her competence. She has the morals of an alley cat having pretty much slept her way to the top if the rumors I’ve heard are true. She lived with Gov. Brown till he was out of office. Then moved on to I forget the next ones. But if any of them are true she has no business being in any political office.
This article is crap. The reason that nobody but Black women want her is because she is an idiot. Black women want her only because they think she is Black, which she is NOT. No other reason It is not Bidens fault. It is all her.
I saw a decal in the back window of a car yesterday saying ” Pro American, Anti Trump”. Isn’t this both cowmalla and newscum? Is this a Paradox, an Oxymoron, Inconsistent or Self-refuting? I believe that you can’t be pro American if you stand again’st President Trump.
Why do black women who are failures always use the race card?
AND Kamala wasn’t elected by her party to be their Presidential candidate as this article states.
Voting for any political candidate based on skin color or sex are the two worst reasons to vote for anyone. It also shows ignorance and a high level of brainwashing. These are dangerous voters because they are not focused on qualifications, dedication to American citizens and legal residents, our constitutional freedoms, protecting America. If your candidate supports censorshp, open borders, had no good answers to good questions that protect America, this is apoor candidate regardless of skin color or sex. Let’s grow up and vote for reasons that will give Americans the best, free life, as our founding fathers were kind enough to set up for us. Peace.
I’m all for a female president, a male president, anyone who has proven they are qualified and will uphold our Constitutional freedoms, do what’s best for Americans rather than doing what’s best for themselves or their masters/handlers, friends and family to the detriment of the average American citizen or LEGAL resident. I do not vote for someone because they are white, black, male or female.
When you will vote for someone based solely on skin color and/or sex of the person, you are a dangerous voter because you are not focused on preserving the Constitutional republic. Unknowingly, you will vote in a person who will take your freedoms from you and your children. Venezuela did. They were brainwashed and manipulated just like many of us Americans. They have suffered greatly under socialism. Question: How does a civil servant own 2-3 mansions and be a multi- millionaire on their salary?
My advice to all of us is to ignore skin color and sex and really look to see if the person has a history of protecting American citizens and legal residents, freedom of speech, the second amendment, our borders, the economy, etc… or at they just a black female who will get the votes of black females just because the candidate is a black female? I can’t think of two worse reasons to vote for any candidate if we are doing our jobs, electing people who are qualified and will work for us every day as a servant leader instead of thinking we are the leader’s servant’s! Peace. God bless American citizens and legal residents and God bless America!
Heaven help America if either of these obviously brain deficient human beings come even close to the presidency.
Gavin has an intelligence problem.
Just what he needs, a KHarris problem
ask joe /jill biden about her ability to hold any office
What a pack of silly nincompoops the Democrat Party is offering their voters. The most uninspiring bench of “wannabes” who couldn’t win even a booby prize!!
Kamala Harris is an indication how desperate the Democrats are. She is grossly inadequate to run any role as an American leader. Her possible election, again, is terrifying! God help us.
There are capable black women but Harris is absolutely not one. Condoleezza Rice readily comes to mind.
I am shocked that people would vote for Harris. The last election should tell everyone that she is not a candidate!!! Wake up!
Sophia A. Nelson’s entire rant is misguided, and racist in my opinion.
Kamala Harris was given probably the most important task of the entire Biden administration. That was Illegal Immigration, she did little, and accomplished nothing.
She is not a smart nor a competent individual. Her race has nothing to do with her poor performance as VP, it had everything to do being put in a job she had no quaifications for. Harris rejection as the Presedential candidate was absolutely for the same reasons.
Lastly the premis of this article is that we should have voted for her becasue she is black, that however is not how America votes.
If it really was up to the voters, the correct choice would be “none of the above”. This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is no longer a country by and for the people.