The emptiness of Kamala Harris’s bad ideas

Published May 19, 2026 5:00am ET



In yet another sign that former Vice President Kamala Harris is running for president again in 2028, she has rolled out a new slogan: “This is a moment when there are no bad ideas.” Unfortunately, the ideas Harris rattled off after making that statement were terrible, and also entirely about helping Democrats take and keep power rather than designed to make the lives of Americans better. In that sense, Harris is the perfect candidate for the current Democratic Party, for that is all it does — dream up ways to achieve power without regard to the concerns and needs of the country.

First, during a Win With Black Women livestream show and then again on a recorded call with Tennessee congressional candidate Justin Pearson, Harris called for a “no bad ideas brainstorm” that, in both instances, included packing the Supreme Court, granting statehood to Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, and eliminating the Electoral College.

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