A major DNC fundraiser calls out Democrats and Kamala Harris’ “delusions” about the vice president attempting another run for office, including a bid for the White House in 2028.
Many have wondered where Harris will go after her defeat to Donald Trump, with some suggesting she will either run for president again – where she is leading the first primary – or run to replace Gavin Newsom as governor of California .
Lindy Li, the female chairman of the Democratic National Committee, poured cold water on those possibilities on Thursday.
“This is not what America wants,” she said of Harris’ potential to run for office in the future. “November 5 was a decisive defeat for the Democratic Party.”
Li called himself a “conservative Democrat” and previously suggested that party leaders Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi wanted an open primary to replace Joe Biden rather than giving Harris the nominee.
She says Harris has suffered a “resounding defeat” and that any future run would amount to “indulging in delusion.”
“We don’t want to be picked with coconuts,” she said, referencing an infamous quote from Harris.
“We don’t want Kamala Harris. We don’t want a failed border policy,’ and I feel like I’m liberated, and I can finally tell the truth that the Democrats completely failed on the border,” she told Fox News.
Lindy Li, the female chair of the Democratic National Committee, poured cold water on Thursday on the possibilities of Kamala Harris running for president again.
She says Harris has suffered a ‘resounding defeat’ and any future run amounts to ‘indulging in delusions’
LI says she has been abused and ostracized by fellow Democrats for her criticism, because she “dared to tell the truth” and compared the party to “a cult.”
“I’m probably going to get canceled again because of what I’m about to say: men are men and women are women, and it’s a problem when men beat women in women’s sports. This should not be a controversial position,” she said.
She presented her views as “common sense” that Democrats are far removed from in “their ivory towers.”
Li, a naturalized immigrant, said Democrats should return to strong borders and “bread and butter issues.”
“Just because you care about these issues doesn’t make you a sexist or racist,” she said.
In response, outgoing DNC chairman called Li “narcissism incarnate” and lied about her title at the organization.
“On Election Day, she anchored at the entrance to the Harris election night reception and tried to greet and take selfies with all the notable Democrats. This is yet another desperate cry for attention,” Harrison wrote on social media.
“I also love how she gives herself all these elaborate DNC titles… then Queen Regnant of the DNC. Whatever she makes next… she should just add “former.”
“Go get that contributor contract, Lindy.”
Since Harris lost the election, Li has expressed concerns about the party’s future and criticized Harris for her devastating loss to Trump.
‘It was just startling that there was no sense of responsibility. They basically burned $2 billion in 100 days,” she said.
Li criticized Harris’ out-of-control spending on the campaign trail and warned that Democratic donors were angered by some reports of mismanaged spending that turned political consultants into “multi-millionaires.”
LI says she was abused and ostracized by fellow Democrats over her criticism for ‘daring to tell the truth’ and comparing the party to ‘a cult’
Li criticized Harris’s out-of-control spending on the campaign trail, warning that Democratic donors were angered by some reports of mismanaged spending that turned political advisers into “multi-millionaires.”
‘There is a lot of conflict of interest here. And we need careful accounting, which is probably more detailed than the FEC report would provide,” she said. “Because if we don’t do that, how can voters and donors ever trust the Democratic Party again?”
Li also criticized Harris in November for failing to strike the right tone in a phone call with donors after the campaign.
She said she was “stunned” that no autopsy had been conducted or lessons learned, and that she was spending more time “patting each other on the back” despite the large debts left over from the campaign.
“I think at some point during the phone call she talked about her Thanksgiving recipe…I think I was stunned to hear that, given the magnitude and the cruelty of the loss.” she said.
Harris lost a landslide to Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, but if the 2028 election were held today, a significant margin of Democrats would vote for her again.
The vice president remains at the top of a list of Democratic potential 2028 candidates, according to a new poll, suggesting she continues to have high name recognition and party goodwill.
Harris leads the potential field with 41 percent of the vote, according to a Puck News/Echelon insights questionnaire.
The rest of the pack combined — 13 Democratic politicians who all scored in the single digits — got 43 percent, with 16 percent of respondents saying they were “unsure” about who they would vote for if a primary were held today . .
Many have wondered where Harris will go after her defeat to Donald Trump, with some suggesting she will either run for president again – where she is leading the first primary – or run to replace Gavin Newsom as governor of California .
Harris’ “frenemy” of California Governor Gavin Newsom is in second place with just eight percent.
Because Harris lost the election, Newsom traveled to the White House to meet with President Joe Biden and emphatically pledged that the state of California would oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda.
But other Democratic governors remain in the early conversation about who could run in 2028.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro earned seven percent in the poll, a former vice presidential pick who was ultimately rejected by Harris as a running mate in favor of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who is polling at six percent.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg also remains on the list of potential candidates, as he sits at six percent.
Other possible candidates include Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with four percent and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer with three percent.
Bottom-ranked candidates include Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, and Maryland Governor Wes Moore.
Democratic senators in the conversation include Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey and Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia.