Former US vice president Kamala Harris has signalled she may run for the presidency again in 2028, telling the BBC she is “possibly” considering another bid for the White House.
Harris, who was defeated by Donald Trump in the 2024 election, told the BBC she was confident a woman would become US president in her grandniece’s lifetime.
Asked if it would be her, she said, “possibly”, confirming she was considering another run at the top job.
Harris said she had not yet decided but said she still sees herself as having a future in politics.
“I am not done,” the former vice-president said. “I have lived my entire career as a life of service and it’s in my bones.”
The remarks were Harris’s strongest indication yet that she might seek the Democratic nomination again. She dismissed polling that placed her as an outsider, even behind celebrity figures like Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
“If I listened to polls I would have not run for my first office, or my second office – and I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here,” she told the BBC.
She also said she believed her predictions made about Donald Trump behaving as a fascist and running an authoritarian government had been vindicated, labelling him a “tyrant’.
“He said he would weaponise the Department of Justice – and he has done exactly that.”
She cited the suspension of comedian Jimmy Kimmel by ABC, which followed pressure from a Trump-appointed regulator after Kimmel joked about Republican reaction to the murder of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk.
“You look at what has happened in terms of how he has weaponised, for example, federal agencies going around after political satirists… His skin is so thin he couldn’t endure criticism from a joke, and attempted to shut down an entire media organisation in the process.”
Harris criticised business leaders and institutions for what she described as capitulation to Trump’s demands, telling the BBC she believed some were motivated by self-interest, such as securing mergers or avoiding investigations.
“There are many… that have capitulated since day one, who are bending the knee at the foot of a tyrant.”
The White House responded dismissively to Harris’s comments.
Spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the BBC: “When Kamala Harris lost the election in a landslide, she should’ve taken the hint — the American people don’t care about her absurd lies.”
Harris was on an international book tour promoting 107 Days, her account of her abbreviated 2024 presidential run which began only after Biden withdrew from the race following months of speculation about his cognitive decline.
