“I am Not Done”: Kamala Harris Breaks Silence on Biden’s Frailty, Trump’s ‘Tyranny,’ and Her Next Run for the White House

In a candid, soul-baring interview, former Vice President Kamala Harris has offered the world an unfiltered look into the seismic 107-day campaign that ended her presidential ambitions, the agonizing silence surrounding Joe Biden’s frail health, and a dire, unyielding warning about the state of American democracy under the current administration. Speaking with striking intensity, Harris made it clear that while she may have conceded the election, she has not conceded the fight, and her political journey is far from over. Her declaration, “I am not done,” serves as a potent battle cry and an unmistakable signal to the political establishment that she is eyeing a return to the national stage.

The conversation, centered around her newly released memoir detailing the whirlwind campaign, quickly plunged into the heart of the controversy: the shock resignation of President Biden just months before the election. Harris took immediate and firm ownership of her campaign’s outcome, stating, “The buck stops with me in terms of my campaign. It always did and I take full responsibility for what I did.” Yet, this professional self-admonishment was quickly followed by a powerful reflection on the unprecedented circumstances that shackled her effort.

The 107-Day Burden: A Sprint Against a Decade-Long Campaign

Harris painted a picture of a campaign born under duress, a high-stakes sprint against a well-established adversary. She highlighted the sheer impossibility of the timeline, emphasizing the difference between 107 days and the decade-long, continuous campaigning of her opponent.

“This election in the US was unprecedented,” she noted. “We had a president of the United States running for reelection and decides not to run three and a half months before the election. The sitting vice president then takes up the mantle running against a former president of the United States who had been running for ten years with 107 days to go.”

This condensed timeline, she argues, was the ultimate obstacle. She needed more time—time to introduce herself fully to a nation of 330 million people, time to speak with clarity about her policy agenda—from affordable housing initiatives, including a $25,000 down-payment credit for first-time buyers, to her proposals on healthcare and going after price-gouging corporations. These were policies she believes are “very salient” and address the “highest priorities of the American people,” yet 107 days proved insufficient to cut through the vast noise of political discourse and “the vast amount of miss and disinformation.”

The election, despite the crushing loss, turned out to be “the closest presidential election in the 21st century in the United States.” For Harris, writing the book was not merely an exercise in personal reflection but an imperative to ensure her side of American history was recorded.

The Biden Frailty Dilemma: Grace or Recklessness?

Perhaps the most emotionally charged and revealing part of the interview concerned her reflections on President Biden’s health and the frailty that loomed over his final months in office. Harris drew a critical distinction that reveals the intense, unstated pressure she was under.

“There is a very serious difference between capacity to be president of the United States and the capacity to run for president of the United States,” she asserted.

Her concern, she clarified, was never about his capacity to govern from the Oval Office, but his ability to sustain the punishing, high-energy endurance required to campaign for reelection, especially against a figure as relentlessly aggressive as her ultimate opponent.

The extraordinary admission that she and President Biden never discussed his frailty directly speaks volumes about the culture of silence that prevailed. Harris confessed to asking herself a deeply profound and regretful question: “Was it on my behalf grace or recklessness to not raise the point with him about whether it was right for him to run?”

She further reflected on whether she should have had that conversation, urging him to pull out, given the high stakes of the election, particularly since she claims to have “predicted just about everything that has now happened since the election.” Ultimately, she concluded that such a conversation may have been futile or counterproductive, given that it “would otherwise appear to be my self-interest.” This painful dilemma, caught between perceived self-interest and a genuine concern for the political future of the country, is the emotional core of her story and a pivotal moment in recent American political history.

A Dire Warning: Calling Trump a ‘Fascist’ and Condemning ‘Capitulation’

Harris did not mince words when discussing the current occupant of the White House. When asked if she still believed her former campaign assertion that her opponent was a fascist, her response was immediate and unequivocal: “I was asked if he was a fascist and I said yes.”

Her condemnation was rooted not in abstract ideology but in observed behavior and actions since taking office. She cited her opponent’s weaponization of the Department of Justice, which she stressed should be an independent agency making decisions based on “fact and law and not personal vengeance.” She accused him of using federal agencies to go after political satirists—a move she labeled as evidence of a leader whose “skin is so thin he couldn’t endure criticism from a joke.”

Harris issued a stinging rebuke to the country’s business and institutional elite, criticizing “titans of industry” who have “capitulated” and “bent the knee at the foot of a tyrant.” She believes this capitulation is driven by a desire to be “next to power,” perhaps to secure a merger or avoid an investigation. This surrender of principles, she lamented, is a “crying shame” when one should be able to count on them to maintain the guardrails of democracy.

She extended this warning internationally, advising foreign leaders to be cautious in their interactions. “He invites favor and flattery,” she stated, warning that they should “be careful what they wish for by getting too close.” The former Vice President also touched upon the stunning revocation of her Secret Service protection, which she confirmed, but declined to speculate on the motives, simply stating, “You’ll have to ask him.”

The Next Chapter: “I am Not Done”

Despite the devastating loss and the harsh realities she now confronts, Harris remains defiant. When pressed about her political future and a potential run for the presidency, she declared with absolute certainty: “I am not done.”

While she has not made a definitive decision on her future—including the possibility of running for president again or accepting another high-ranking role—she emphasized that a life of service is “in my bones.”

For now, Harris says her focus is on her book tour and, more importantly, traveling across the country—including states like Georgia, North Carolina, and Alabama—to listen to the American people. She stressed the non-transactional nature of this listening tour, seeking to truly hear their concerns without “asking people for their vote.”

Harris ultimately rejects the notion that the loss means the fight is over. Responding to the suggestion that she fought and lost, she corrected the premise of the question, quoting the message from the final chapters of her book: “I do believe that when you fight you win but sometimes the fight takes a while. That was my message: while I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign.”

The message is clear: Kamala Harris has absorbed the lessons of the past, acknowledged the failures of a campaign waged under impossible conditions, and has reemerged with a sharper, more urgent purpose. The fight for the presidency was a setback, but the fight for the soul of American democracy, she believes, is ongoing, and she fully intends to be at the forefront of the next chapter. Her declaration leaves no doubt that the political world should prepare for the return of a determined and battle-tested contender.