When asked about it during an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, former vice president Kamala Harris refrained from naming a current Democratic Party leader.
In support of her forthcoming book, 107 Days, which details her experiences during the 2024 presidential campaign, Harris had a lengthy chat with the late-night host. This was her eighth and potentially last appearance on the soon-to-be-canceled program.
Colbert emphasized Harris’ current situation as neither in office nor seeking one as the interview came to a close. He then posed the direct question, “Who is in charge of the Democratic Party?”
“There are many leaders,” Harris said.
Colbert retorted: The Democratic Party usually has a leader. Who does that remind you of?
Harris refused to give names.”There are a lot of people,” she continued, “but I won’t list them all because I’ll leave someone out and then I’ll hear about it.”However, let me state this. If we want to figure out how to get out of this situation, I believe it is a mistake for us to place the burden on one individual. In reality, we are all responsible for it. Indeed, it is.
Harris made a suggestion that her September book 107 Days will provide an honest, behind-the-scenes look at her brief presidential campaign.
Her official announcement earlier this week that she will not be running for governor of California in 2026 has only heightened suspicion that she may be preparing for a potential 2028 presidential bid. With names like Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and California Governor Gavin Newsom already in the running, that field may prove to be competitive.
During the 2024 campaign, Colbert also questioned Harris on the difficulties she had setting herself apart from then-President Joe Biden. After her former running mate withdrew from the contest, Harris claimed she fought the need to join in the criticism.
She also expressed worry over what she called widespread surrender once President Donald Trump took office again.
Maybe I’m naive, having witnessed a lot that most people haven’t, but I thought that on some level, there should be a lot of people who regard themselves as defenders of our democracy and system, and they simply gave up, and I didn’t see that coming,” she said.
Her remark might have been a veiled allusion to the recent settlement between Paramount and Trump, which put an end to his lawsuit alleging election meddling over the editing of the October Harris 60 Minutes interview. The Late Show’s cancelation and the FCC’s approval of the Paramount Skydance merger swiftly followed the same settlement.
Interestingly, despite the fact that Trump’s lawsuit was directly related to Harris’ contentious 60 Minutes episode from the previous year, Colbert did not bring it up in the interview.
