Former Vice President Kamala Harris was unable to say who the current leader of the Democratic Party was in an interview with Stephen Colbert — leaving even the lefty talk show host exasperated.
“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert asked Harris — who announced this week she would not be running for Governor of California next year — to identify who she believes is in the driver’s seat for her party.
But Harris balked at the simple question and refused to name a single Democrat.
“There are lots of leaders,” she said.
Colbert, who wasn’t satisfied with the answer, pressed her, asserting there’s “generally a leader” of the party and asked again if any names come to mind.
Still, Harris wouldn’t budge.
“I think there are a lot — I’m not going to go through names because then I’m going to leave somebody out and then I’m going to hear about it,” she said.
“But let me just say this. I think it is a mistake for us who want to figure out how to get … through this and get out of it to put it on the shoulders of any one person. It’s really on all our shoulders,” she added.
The soon-to-be-axed talk show host then swiftly ended the nearly half-hour interview.
Democrats Harris could have named include former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who were both able to muster double-digit support from Democrats and Democrat-leaning voters in an early 2028 presidential primary poll.
Other top-ranking congressional Democrats she could have named are Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) or House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
Harris’ appearance on Colbert’s canceled late night talk show was her eighth on the program ahead of the release of her book, “107 Days,” which she described as a “behind-the-scene sharing of what it means to run for president.”
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