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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Bernadette B. Tixon

'It's Obviously a Bad Idea': Kamala Harris Faces Donor Revolt and Insider Backlash Over 2028 Bid

Vanity Fair report reveals deep unease over Kamala Harris weighing another White House run — former staffers, aides, and donors urge her not to launch a 2028 campaign. (Credit: Maryland GovPics/FlickrCC BY 4.0)

Kamala Harris is quietly weighing another run for the White House in 2028, drawing sold-out crowds on her listening tour and keeping close counsel with a small circle of advisers. But behind closed doors, the picture looks starkly different — and the resistance is coming from people who once fought hardest to put her there.

A sweeping Vanity Fair report published on 21 May 2026, based on interviews with more than two dozen former Harris campaign staffers, White House aides, elected officials, political operatives, and major donors, lays bare a near-universal unease about another Harris campaign. The verdict from those closest to her political world is blunt: she should not run.

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