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REPORT: Kamala Harris Planning Another Presidential Campaign

The humiliation of the 2024 presidential campaign clearly wasn’t enough for Kamala Harris.

The former vice-president, who lost in a landslide to Donald Trump last November, has reportedly “made clear to potential 2028 rivals that she’s working to keep another White House campaign viable.”

Axios reports:

Despite worries from party leaders and donors that she can’t win, Harris remains at or near the top of most 2028 Democratic primary polls.

She also has strong support among Black voters — the most critical voting bloc in most recent Democratic presidential primaries.

After lying low the first part of this year and then embarking on a 2024-focused book tour, Harris made several moves this week that many Democrats see as the beginnings of a 2028 campaign.

Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, mingled with national party officials and state party chairs in Los Angeles this week during the DNC’s winter meeting.

At a reception Wednesday evening, DNC chair Ken Martin introduced Emhoff as the former second gentleman and quipped that he could be the future first gentleman, people who heard the remarks told Axios.

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Newsom Pleads With Dems To Be More “Culturally Normal”

California Governor Gavin Newsom is dishing out advice to his fellow Democrats: pretend to be normal while he plots a White House run.

Newsom, who’s been eyeing a 2028 presidential bid after loser Kamala Harris’ electoral wipeout, took to the stage at The New York Times DealBook Summit in New York City, urging his party to ditch the judgmental elitism that’s alienated everyday Americans.

“I think there’s a broader narrative that [Democrats] ought to address, that is, we have to be more culturally normal,” Newsom said, adding “We have to be a little less judgmental.”

He went on to stress the need for Democrats to grasp “the importance and power of the border, substantively and politically,” acknowledging how open borders and lax enforcement have fueled voter backlash.

In the same breath, Newsom unleashed on Fox News, comparing it to Soviet-era propaganda, saying “You got Pravda, the primetime lineup at Fox, just going on and on [in defense of Trump].”

He then slammed Trump as a “man-child,” declaring that the the President “called someone the ‘R word’ or piggy, and somehow it’s just ‘Trump being Trump.’ Nothing normal about this… It’s unbecoming to the president of the United States.”

Newsom then explained his own Trump-mimicking social media account antics were “approved” by him to “wake everybody up” to the “normalization of deviancy.” He accused Fox of criticizing his posts but never uttering a “damn word” about Trump’s rants.

The comments come as Newsom warns that Trump is “trying to wreck this country,” a claim that rings hollow given California’s ongoing crises under his watch, from rampant homelessness and crime to devastating wildfires that have scorched communities like the Pacific Palisades.

A Berkeley poll earlier this year found 54% of registered voters believe Newsom prioritizes his presidential ambitions over fixing the state’s problems, with only 26% saying he’s focused on governance.

X users mocked Newsom’s call for Democrats to feign “normalcy,” highlighting the irony of a governor whose policies have driven businesses and residents out of California in droves.

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Tampon Tim Walz Says Kamala Harris Would Be a Strong 2028 Candidate 

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz went on  Meet the Press, and delivered a predictable message: criticize President Donald Trump’s leadership and elevate Kamala Harris as a viable Democratic standard-bearer for 2028. 

What Walz attempted to present as a thoughtful analysis quickly became an exercise in revisionism, because the record of the last administration does not support the argument he tried to make.

As the Gateway Pundit previously reported, Walz opened by attacking President Trump’s decision to close Venezuelan airspace. 

He called the action “reckless,” insisted Americans should “be concerned,” and portrayed the move as the behavior of someone “incapable of doing the job.” 

The problem for Walz is that the American people have seen this pattern before. 

Every time President Trump takes decisive foreign-policy action, Democrats label it “dangerous” rather than acknowledge the underlying national-security threat. 

Venezuela’s instability, the presence of cartel-linked factions, and the movement of foreign-backed militias inside the country are active threats that require swift executive action—something President Trump has consistently provided and Democrats consistently oppose.

From there, Walz attempted to rewrite Kamala Harris’s political standing. 

Kristen Welker asked him the direct question: does he still believe Harris is the strongest Democratic candidate for 2028? 

Walz immediately praised her, claiming she “makes life affordable,” “brings people in,” and strengthens the party’s “inclusive vision.” 

What he did not address were the measurable outcomes of Harris’s actual time in office.

Harris was assigned to oversee border-migration coordination in 2021. 

The result was the worst border crisis in modern U.S. history. Illegal encounters reached unprecedented levels.

Fentanyl trafficking expanded to the point where it became the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18–45. 

Major cities issued emergency declarations because their systems could not absorb the influx. Walz did not mention any of this on Meet the Press.

Instead, he presented Harris as a stabilizing force when her record shows the opposite.

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Newsom Claims Trump is Trying to Rig the Midterms, Says ‘I Fear That We Will Not Have an Election in 2028’

California governor and likely Democrat presidential nominee Gavin Newsom has claimed that he is scared there will not be a 2028 election.

Newsom made the comments while speaking to Stephen Colbert on CBS’s “The Late Show” on Tuesday.

The governor began by discussing how a national divorce is “not an option.”

“Look, it’s not complicated. Divorce is not an option,” Newsom began. “I mean, at the end of the day, we got to figure out a way to live together and dance together across our differences.“

Newsom continued, “People need to understand what motivates them, how they keep winning in the context of how they keep organizing and building a coalition, particularly young man Charlie Kirk, and what he was able to do. So he was kind enough to fly out. We spent an hour and a half together.“

He explained how the Democrats need to figure out their weaknesses and “make up for our failures in the past.”

“So, look, I just I think it’s important to have those civil engagements. I think it’s important to dialog. It’s important to learn from your opponents, and it’s important to reconcile your weaknesses. As the Democratic Party, we have a lot of work to do to make up for our failures in the past.”

Newsom went on to claim that Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections, likely referring to redistricting efforts, and that he is scared that the next presidential election will not happen.

“We got crushed in this last election, and now we’re in a position where we are struggling to communicate. We’re struggling, to win back now, the majority in the House of Representatives. And that’s a big part of what I’m doing. Not just today in terms of the work out here, raising money, but also raising awareness around how Donald Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections and how I fear that we will not have an election in 2028. I really mean that. And the core of my soul, unless we wake up to the code red, what’s happening in this country, and we wake up soberly, to how serious this moment is.”

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Musk Backpedaling on 3rd Party Creation, Reveals Who He’s Considering for 2028

Elon Musk has stepped back from his efforts to launch a new political party and is instead signaling that he will direct his financial support toward Vice President JD Vance’s expected 2028 presidential campaign, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

Musk, who previously announced plans for the “America Party,” has reportedly decided to turn his attention back to his companies and avoid further clashes with Republicans.

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The Kamala Harris-ing of Gavin Newsom Is Underway

Let’s kick off this column by paraphrasing Ronald Reagan: There they go again. 

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been boldly — and annoyingly — trying to make a case to Democrats to be the party’s presidential nominee in 2028. Some may say it’s a premature bid, but let’s be honest, our presidential election cycles are practically endless now. For all intents and purposes, the 2028 primary season starts next Sunday, just after brunch. 

Don’t shoot the messenger.

Newsom knows that he has to get a head start because he’s attempting to do something that is nigh on impossible in the current Dem electoral climate: become the nominee as a (very) white male for a diversity-obsessed party that’s desperate to get a woman of color into the Oval Office by any means necessary. The primary driver of their hatred for President Trump is that he has now twice denied them the chance to do a “HISTORIC FIRST!” touchdown dance with their lady nominees. 

That doesn’t mean Newsom is without friends in the party. He’s currently getting a lot of love from other Dems and the party’s flying monkeys in the mainstream media because he is busy doing what gives Democratic pols street cred these days: cussing a lot while he complains about Trump (Victoria has more on that in her latest column).

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Humiliation for Kamala Harris after ‘fake’ California governor dropout post drives 2028 rumors amid LA riots

A new image of a statement from Vice President Kamala Harris announcing she would not run for governor of California was denounced by her team as a fake after it went viral on social media on Monday.

The image had a similar template as a statement Harris earlier used to condemn President Donald Trump’s decision to send in the National Guard to combat rioting protesters in California.

But the fake statement from Harris featured three separate typos as it purported to announce that she had decided not to enter the race for Governor of California. 

Eric Katz, a Senior Correspondent for GovExec shared the post on X, noting it was sent to him by a source who said it would be made public shortly.

‘Source sent it before it went public. Not usually what I cover but wanted to share. I expect it will be up soon,’ he wrote.

But Harris’ spokesperson Kristen Allen moved quickly to denounce the post as ‘fake’ after it started gaining traction.

Katz later deleted his post, apologizing for posting what appeared to be a false statement

‘I’ve deleted a previous tweet reposting something sent to me that now appears inauthentic. Apologies for sharing too quickly,’ he wrote.

Harris remains unclear about her plans to run for governor in California, despite frustrations from her fellow Democrats who believe she needs to get in the race or officially rule out a run for office. 

The former vice president joined many California Democrats on Sunday denouncing President Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles to help quell violent protests in the city.

She was ridiculed for describing the protests as ‘overwhelmingly peaceful,’ even as protesters burned vehicles, threw rocks, and blocked freeways.

Harris condemned Trump for his ‘cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division’ in the city.

Earlier this month Harris further triggered speculation that she was not running for governor of California after she delivered a lackluster three-minute virtual address to the Democratic state political convention

In a steady, monotone voice, she spoke about the Trump administration’s recent actions against universities and praised activists’ efforts to fight the president’s agenda.

‘While this administration in Washington tries to divide us, we hear know that we are stronger when we stand together,’ she said, a flashback to her 2024 campaign slogan.

Harris’ failure to appear at the convention in person suggested she was not interested in running for governor of California, and instead may be pursuing a return to presidential politics. 

The Democratic primary for the governor race is scheduled for June 2, 2026, with the general election scheduled for November.

Harris has always been popular in California, easily beating Democratic challengers in her races for Attorney General and Senator.

Her 2020 race for president, however, failed spectacularly as she ended her campaign before the Iowa caucuses and the California primary.

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Democrats Planning to Run in 2028 Are Desperately Trying to Distance Themselves From Wokeness

Democrats clearly know ‘wokeness’ is a loser, because the ones who we know are planning to run for president in 2028 are running away from it as fast as they can.

The real trick is going to come as we get closer to the election and Democrat base voters start paying attention. How do you suppose they are going to feel when their presidential candidates start trying to publicly backtrack on issues like trans people in sports, or trying to take a hard line on the border and immigration?

These Democrats will find themselves in an impossible position. People on the right won’t believe them and people on the left will feel betrayed by them.

They have painted themselves into a corner.

Politico reports:

The Great Un-Awokening

Ambitious Democrats with an eye on a presidential run are in the middle of a slow-motion Sister Souljah moment.

Searching for a path out of the political wilderness, potential 2028 candidates, especially those hailing from blue states, are attempting to ratchet back a leftward lurch on social issues some in the party say cost them the November election.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who is Black, vetoed a bill that took steps toward reparations passed by his state legislature. California Gov. Gavin Newsom called it “unfair” to allow transgender athletes to participate in female college and youth sports. And Rahm Emanuel has urged his party to veer back to the center…

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As predicted, AOC is clearly running for president

Here at American Thinker, we predicted that AOC is a real possibility as the 2028 Democrat party presidential candidate. Yesterday, AOC made it plain that she thinks so, too.

AOC’s appeal to the left is obvious: She’s female, glib, telegenic, well-recognized, vaguely Hispanic, antisemitic, and a truly leftist ideologue. Bernie Sanders rightly sees her as the bridge between his old-fashioned class warfare and the new multi-culti warfare, both vehicles for the Marxist overthrow of the West. That’s why the two of them have been appearing in venues across America to rally the true believers.

The fact that AOC’s sole life experience before politics has been as a bartender/waitress is irrelevant (although it exceeds Bernie’s pre-political life experience). That this might not prepare her for managing the vast enterprise that is the United States government, dealing with foreign leaders, or having any wisdom at all fades into insignificance compared to her leftist virtues.

That’s the only possible spin to put on this video, which shows that AOC also thinks that her leftist virtues mean that she’s got to seize the moment.

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‘Total bull****!’ Watch interviewer come completely unglued when potential 2028 Dem candidate brushes aside trans issues

Podcast host Jennifer Welch became enraged during a Tuesday episode of her show when former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel downplayed the importance of transgender issues.

Emanuel, who is seriously considering a bid for president in 2028, appeared on “I’ve Had It” and criticized the Democratic Party for focusing on “bathroom” issues at the expense of “kitchen table” and “family room” issues. Welch  vehemently disagreed and became agitated, accusing Emanuel of adopting a “right-wing media narrative.”

“That is such bull****! That is total bull****! That is buying into the right-wing media narrative and I’m so sick of Democrats like you selling out and saying this. You know who talks about trans people more than anybody? MAGA,” Welch said. “MAGA is the most genital-obsessed political party I have ever seen. [Former Vice President] Kamala Harris talked about homeownership. She talked about kitchen table issues. Trump’s over there droning on about Hannibal Lecter. Are you kidding me?”

“This is where the Democrats lose, because we’re playing the game with the rulebook — they’ve ripped the rulebook up and are cramming it down everybody’s throat. And Democrats are upset because [former President] Joe Biden pardoned his son?” she continued. “We gotta f***ing fight! They’re the gender-obsessed weirdos, not us. We’re the ones who fight for Social Security. We fight for Medicare. And yeah, we’re not going to bully trans people. We’re not going to f***ing do it. If you want to do it, fine.”

Emanuel touted his record as former Chicago mayor, saying in 2016 he “dealt with the bathroom issue.”

“It’s not my most important issue,” he said. “It was dealt with, and I appropriately dealt with [it], dealt with marriage equality, as I said.”

Welch repeated all she cares about regarding transgender issues is not bullying people who are transgender. Emanuel expressed his agreement.

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