When Kamala Harris appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week, she claimed she is not running for any political office right now because the ‘system is broken’ and she wants to work outside the system.
CNN data analyst Harry Enten is not buying it. During an appearance on CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five, Enten slammed Kamala’s claims, noting that she has been part of the so-called broken system for her entire professional life.
Enten suggests that what’s probably really happening here, is that Harris has seen what her polling numbers look like and knows that she would likely fail to win if she decided to run for governor of California or any other office.
Mediaite has details:
CNN data analyst Harry Enten isn’t buying former Vice President Kamala Harris’s explanation for her decision not to run for governor of California.
On Wednesday, the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee released a statement saying she will not run for governor in 2026 to succeed Gavin Newsom, who is term-limited.
“Over the past six months, I have spent time reflecting on this moment in our nation’s history, and the best way for me to continue fighting for the American people and advancing the values and ideals I hold dear,” said the statement, which later added, “For now, my leadership – and public service – will not be in elected office.”…
“I just can’t possibly believe that someone who was attorney general for a good period of time, a United States senator for a good period of time, and then vice president for four years, and then ran for president, all of a sudden believes that the best way to solve it is from being outside the system?” Enten said. “Oh, please! Not a chance on God’s green Earth that that’s necessarily the case.”
Here’s the video:
NEW: CNN’s Harry Enten suggests Kamala Harris *only* claimed she doesn’t want to return to “the system” because her polling is BRUTAL
“The bottom line is this: She is looking at the numbers. She knows what’s cooking.”
“And then all of a sudden, you know what? Actually,… pic.twitter.com/cFHnfL2L6o
— Jason Cohen (@JasonJournoDC) August 2, 2025
Enten is probably right about this. If Harris thought she had a real shot at the California governor race, does anyone doubt that she would jump into the contest?
