The former US vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate in the 2024 elections, Kamala Harris, has hinted at a possible return to the race for the White House.
President Donald Trump won the closely contested election with 312 electoral college votes against Harris’s 226.
In an interview with the BBC, the former vice-president described her loss as both shocking and painful.
“My God, my God, what will happen to our country?” Harris said she repeatedly asked herself after the results were announced.
Harris had less than four months to prepare for the election after former President Joe Biden abruptly withdrew from the race amid concerns about his mental alertness.
Although she has maintained a relatively low profile since her defeat, Harris returned to public attention following the release of her new book, 107 Days, which details her intense campaign journey.
“I am not done,” reads an excerpt from the book.
In the BBC interview, Harris expressed confidence that her grandnieces would see a woman lead the United States “in their lifetime, for sure.”
When asked if that woman could be her, she replied, “possibly.”
Pressed further on whether she had made a decision to run again, Harris responded, “No, I have not.”
Reiterating her statement from the book, Harris maintained that she’s “not done,” though she avoided confirming any presidential ambitions.
“I am not done. I have lived my entire career a life of service, and it’s in my bones,” she said.
“There are many ways to serve. I have not decided yet what I will do in the future beyond what I am doing now.”
Addressing reports that portray her as an outsider for the Democratic ticket, Harris said she does not take polls seriously.
“If I listened to polls, I would have not run for my first office or my second office – and I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here at this interview,” she stated.
Harris also claimed that her earlier warnings about Trump leading an authoritarian government had proven accurate.
In response, Abigail Jackson, the White House spokesperson, dismissed Harris’s remarks, saying the American people did not care about her “absurd lies.”