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Zorro

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Fri Aug 1, 2025, 09:00 AM Aug 2025

Harris tells Colbert, in first interview out of office, that the U.S. system is 'broken' [View all]

In her first interview since losing the election to President Trump and leaving office, former Vice President Kamala Harris told Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show” that her decision not to run for California governor was more “basic” than saving herself for a “different office” — which is to say, another run for president in 2028.

After years of being a “devout public servant,” Harris said in the interview, set to air Thursday night, she just doesn’t want to be “in the system” right now.

“Recently I made the decision that I just — for now — I don’t want to go back in the system,” she said. “I think it’s broken.”

She said that was not to take away from the important work being done every day by “so many good people who are public servants,” such as teachers, firefighters, police officers and scientists.

“It’s not about them,” she said. “But you know, I believe, and I always believed, that as fragile as our democracy is, our systems would be strong enough to defend our most fundamental principles. And I think right now that they’re not as strong as they need to be.”

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-07-31/kamala-harris-in-first-interview-since-leaving-office-says-american-system-is-broken

Republicans broke it and we're all paying the price.

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