Kamala Harris’s speech shows she learned nothing from her election defeat

Published May 1, 2025 3:25pm ET



Former Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech Wednesday night that many believe will be her reentry into the country’s political landscape. But after listening to her talk and cackle for slightly under 20 minutes, it felt as if her 2024 presidential campaign never ended. Her speech’s contents were dark, divisive, and filled with performative hyperbolic hysterics. She frantically warned of constitutional crises and predicted impending doom. The only thing she seemed to leave out from her 2024 rhetoric was calling President Donald Trump a fascist or Nazi.

Harris gave her speech at an event that coincided with Trump’s 100th day in office. Interestingly, her speech also came at a time when Trump was particularly vulnerable to a number of political issues, such as chaos from tariffs and the U.S. economy contracting. While the former vice president touched on these topics in her speech, she spent most of the time echoing the kind of doom and gloom synonymous with her failed presidential campaign.

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