Former Vice President Kamala Harris said Republicans are “cheating” as they pursue election-related changes, arguing that her central focus is helping Democrats prevail in the upcoming midterm elections.
“Midterms, midterms, midterms, full-time occupying my thoughts, my mind and my work,” Harris said.
“We have to win these midterms. These — these folks are cheating. They’re redrawing lines. They’re trying to make it more difficult for people to vote so they won’t vote because they are afraid of the power of the people.”
Harris made the remarks while speaking with former U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe on Rapinoe’s podcast, “What Are You Like?” She said she is devoting her time to efforts aimed at returning Democrats to power in Congress and restoring what she described as needed balance in Washington.
Rapinoe asked Harris what had drawn her back into public and political life.
“I don’t know how to live and not serve. I honestly don’t. I just don’t,” Harris said. “It’s something I’ve come to terms with. I don’t know how to, I just don’t know a life without figuring out how I can help move the needle.”
The former vice president said she hoped to bring back “some sense of sanity” and help restore a functioning government.
Responding to Harris’ comments, Republican National Committee election integrity Communications Director Ally Triolo criticized the former vice president in a statement to Fox News Digital. “If Kamala Harris is upset Republicans are going after the illegals and fraudsters trying to vote, it makes you wonder if she’s taking crazy pills again. Voter ID and proof of citizenship are common sense, but Democrats can’t win elections without cheating the system,” Triolo said.
Rapinoe also pressed Harris on whether she has decided to seek the presidency in 2028.
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“I haven’t decided,” Harris said. “From my perspective, ’28 doesn’t matter if we don’t win ’26.”
Harris said during an interview last week with MS NOW’s Peter Alexander that she even supported Democrats who don’t want her on the campaign trail with them, because, she said, they need to do whatever it takes to win.
“Listen, Peter, we need to win, OK? Bottom line, we need to win,” Harris said. “I have run locally, I’ve run for statewide office and, obviously, nationally. And these candidates know what they need to do to win, and I would expect nothing less.
“I look forward to being on the trail and helping folks where I can be helpful, but we have got to put a check on this lawless administration and deliver what Americans need and deserve. Lower costs, affordable healthcare, affordable childcare, you name it. So, I support them in doing whatever they need to do to win.”
Rapinoe also discussed her experience as a female athlete.
“I’m thinking about my own experience being a female athlete, and I went through, in the prime of my career, just the most historic time in women’s sports,” she said.
“I mean, it was crazy in the best ways. We saw a huge amount of progress, which has led into a pretty significant regression in terms of just equal rights and people’s rights in general. I definitely think those two are tied.
“It was for the longest time, you know, don’t talk about women’s issues,” she added. “Same kind of thing. It was like, ‘Well, you’re not that good,’ or ‘You’re not that entertaining’ or, ‘Don’t do it like this or whatever.’
“And then we did it, and all women’s sports sort of did it. And then it was like, ‘OK, we’re just going to do something else.’ And I always just felt like they’re like they’re not going to let us just win.”