Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce remarked Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris remains politically viable largely due to the Democratic Party’s weak “bench” of potential presidential candidates, indicating that if stronger Democrats emerge, she’s likely done on the national stage after failing to win delegates in 2020 and not having a challenger this past election cycle.
Harris, who became the Democratic nominee in 2024 following President Joe Biden’s unexpected withdrawal from the race, was defeated in the Nov. 5 presidential election when former President Donald Trump secured the 270 electoral votes needed to reclaim the presidency. Bruce argued that Harris only emerged as “a star” because the Democrats lacked stronger alternatives.
“Some people are professional candidates. Now, she has won office, right? I mean, she has done well, inexplicably. She did — it continues to concern me that she received as many votes as she did, but that is something that the legacy media contributes to, and party loyalty contributes to, but all Americans across the board are waking up,” Bruce told “Varney and Company” guest host Ashley Webster. “But this is a woman who, because of the weakness of the Democratic bench, she becomes a star. And if the Democratic bench expands, if Democrats vote people in who know what they’re doing and can explain a vision, then the value of someone like Kamala Harris or the appeal of her will wane.”
“But, you know, in California, you can — I suppose she might have a shot at something if she wants to run for governor, but she’s not going to go and do something new,” Bruce continued. “Many people forget to think about that, you know, maybe you should try something else. There are other things in life. But, you know, for politicians at her level, there’s really nothing else in their minds that they can do, so it’s going to be up to the Democrats. But if they had a bigger bench and a stronger bench, she would not, I think, be in the position she’s in.”
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Despite losing to Trump, Harris is currently the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2028, according to polls curated by 538.com. She is ahead of Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and California Governor Gavin Newsom.