Overview

• In a 40-minute appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show, Kamala Harris said President Trump has used federal power to punish critics, likening his conduct to communist dictators.
• Harris criticized CEOs as “feckless,” arguing that democracy sustains capitalism and urging business leaders to act as guardrails rather than stay silent.
• Pointing to Jimmy Kimmel’s return to air, she praised consumer backlash as evidence of “the power of the people” to push companies away from capitulating to political pressure.
• Promoting her newly released memoir 107 Days, Harris said she regrets not pressing Joe Biden harder on his 2024 run, describing her restraint as her own “recklessness.”
• Her book says Pete Buttigieg was an early VP favorite but deemed “too big of a risk,” a calculation Maddow challenged and Buttigieg disputed, and it recounts top Democrats initially withholding endorsements.