Overview

• Harris formally withdrew from the 2026 California governor’s race, citing disillusionment with what she described as a broken political system
• In an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, she said she plans to engage in grassroots listening tours rather than seek elective office
• Talk-show hosts Stephen A. Smith and Charlamagne tha God publicly mocked her broken‐system critique as inconsistent with her decades in public service
• Pundits predict she will face strong opposition from within the Democratic Party and struggle to raise the necessary funds for a 2028 campaign
• Despite skepticism, Harris has not ruled out a presidential run in 2028 and says she will share more details about her future plans in the months ahead