Harris Allies Defend 2028 Bid as Nearly 20 Democratic Insiders Question Her Reinvention
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 14
Harris Allies Defend 2028 Bid as Nearly 20 Democratic Insiders Question Her Reinvention
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 14
Summary
Maria Cardona, a longtime Harris adviser, rejected criticism that Kamala Harris has wasted her opening for a 2028 run, calling a Politico report on Democratic doubts “infuriating in its silliness.”
Nearly 20 California-based Democratic donors and strategists told Politico Harris has not sufficiently broken from her failed 2024 campaign, with some saying she has stayed out of the political mix and looks like “more of the same.”
Cardona countered that Harris has advanced distinct ideas — including expanding the Supreme Court, lowering the voting age to 16, and making DC and Puerto Rico states — while spending 2026 on a book tour and campaigning for midterm Democrats.
That midterm role has produced mixed signals: Harris has appeared with candidates such as Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, but some Democrats in red states have asked her not to campaign with them.
The dispute underscores Harris’s uncertain standing ahead of a likely crowded 2028 primary, where her national profile and party goodwill would compete with lingering memories of her 2024 loss to Donald Trump.