Former Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that Republicans are “cheating” on election rules and described her current political focus as helping Democrats win the midterm elections to “stop the madness.”
“Midterms, midterms, midterms, full-time occupying my thoughts, my mind and my work,” Harris said.
“We have to win these midterms. These — these folks are cheating. They’re redrawing lines. They’re trying to make it more difficult for people to vote so they won’t vote because they are afraid of the power of the people.
“And, so, I’m spending full-time working on doing everything I can to help people restore some balance in our government, which is, through the midterms, winning back Congress, the House and the Senate so that we can stop the madness,” Harris told former U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe on her podcast, “What Are You Like?”
Rapinoe had asked Harris what drew her back into public and political life.
“I don’t know how to live and not serve. I honestly don’t. I just don’t. It’s something I’ve come to terms with. I don’t know how to, I just don’t know a life without figuring out how I can help move the needle,” Harris said.
Harris added that she wants to help bring back “some sense of sanity” and a government that functions effectively.
Republicans pushed back on Harris’ remarks. “If Kamala Harris is upset Republicans are going after the illegals and fraudsters trying to vote, it makes you wonder if she’s taking crazy pills again. Voter ID and proof of citizenship are common sense, but Democrats can’t win elections without cheating the system,” RNC election integrity Communications Director Ally Triolo told Fox News Digital in a statement.
Rapinoe also pressed the former vice president on whether she has decided if she will run for president in 2028.
“I haven’t decided,” Harris said. “From my perspective, ’28 doesn’t matter if we don’t win ’26.”
In an interview last week with MS NOW’s Peter Alexander, Harris said she even supports Democratic candidates who may not want her campaigning alongside them, arguing that candidates should do whatever is necessary to win.
“Listen, Peter, we need to win, OK? Bottom line, we need to win,” Harris said. “I have run locally, I’ve run for statewide office and, obviously, nationally. And these candidates know what they need to do to win, and I would expect nothing less.
“I look forward to being on the trail and helping folks where I can be helpful, but we have got to put a check on this lawless administration and deliver what Americans need and deserve. Lower costs, affordable healthcare, affordable childcare, you name it. So, I support them in doing whatever they need to do to win.”
Rapinoe also discussed her experience as a female athlete.
“I’m thinking about my own experience being a female athlete, and I went through, in the prime of my career, just the most historic time in women’s sports,” she said.
“I mean, it was crazy in the best ways. We saw a huge amount of progress, which has led into a pretty significant regression in terms of just equal rights and people’s rights in general. I definitely think those two are tied.
“It was for the longest time, you know, don’t talk about women’s issues,” she added. “Same kind of thing. It was like, ‘Well, you’re not that good,’ or ‘You’re not that entertaining’ or, ‘Don’t do it like this or whatever.’
“And then we did it, and all women’s sports sort of did it. And then it was like, ‘OK, we’re just going to do something else.’ And I always just felt like they’re like they’re not going to let us just win.”
