Kamala Harris appears to be laying the groundwork for yet another run for president in 2028, but she had her sights set on the 2026 midterm election this week when she joined a group of black voters for what she called a “no bad idea brainstorm.”
The problem? Her own ideas are being panned not just as bad but as very radical as Democrats try to retake control of the House of Representatives and maybe even the Senate this November.
On Friday’s show, Megyn was joined by Glenn Greenwald, host of System Update, to discuss Harris’ ideas and what they reveal about the Democrat Party as a whole.
Kamala’s Bad Ideas
During a Wednesday livestream on the Win with Black Women podcast, Harris suggested Dems employ an “expanded playbook” ahead of the midterms that includes some far-left policies.
“Look, this is a moment where there are no bad ideas, a ‘No Bad Idea Brainstorm’ is what I’d like to call it,” Harris said in a clip from the stream that has since gone viral. “And in that No Bad Ideas Brainstorm, we talk about what we need to do and think about going around the Electoral College. We talk about the idea of Supreme Court reform, which includes expanding the Supreme Court. We invite a conversation about multi-members districts.”
As it relates to the Supreme Court, Harris wants to see a rule change in addition to the court packing. “If we win the Senate, which we should and we will, then the Senate Judiciary Committee should have rules that they put in place so when these people come before as nominees to the Supreme Court and lie, that they are held to account and consequence,” she said.
Also on her “no bad idea” wishlist? “Let’s talk about statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.,” the former vice president added. “These are the things I think that we’ve got to do. We’ve got to neutralize these red states from cheating, including blue states expanding their maps.”
“Look, we got to fight fire with fire,” she told host LaTosha Brown as she slipped more and more into her “condescending” black accent. “These folks are playing to win. We got to play the win too.”
In true Kamala Harris fashion, she had a profundity cued up for the occasion. “I look at the gen-Z and the millennials who are on this call. This is a fight worth having. When you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for,” she proclaimed. “And I’ll just end with this: I strongly believe that when you feel powerless, you are powerless. When you feel powerful, you are powerful. We are powerful.”
The Political Dynamic
What makes Harris’ comments “scary,” in Megyn’s view, is the fact that she is not the only one saying it. Dem strategist James Carville has gone on the record with a similar message, and it is reportedly being discussed in Democrat circles behind the scenes.
“What’s scary to me is she means it, and a lot of the stuff she wants to do there that’s extremely radical can be done with Democrat control of the White House and a simple majority in both bodies of Congress,” Megyn noted.
Greenwald, however, had a different take. “I don’t know that she means anything. That’s the thing about Kamala Harris,” he posited. “There are people who mean that, [but] everything about her is such a fraud.”
He believes she is parroting those ideas because she thinks she has to. “Here’s the thing, I think a lot of this is about the political realities… that there is this widespread view among Democratic voters, kind of party base, that the Republican Party basically treats politics as a war, is willing to do anything and anything to gain power, and the Democratic Party is always this meek little ethical club that feels compelled to abide by the rules,” Greenwald explained. “Now, I know Republicans think the same thing [about Democrats]… but because Democrats perceive that and then also perceive that Trump is this historical evil… they’ve lost patience with any politician who seems to be too constrained by conventions or the Constitution or the law.”
That’s why, in Greenwald’s estimation, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has become “so extremely unpopular” among the Dem base due to “a perception that he sticks to these old rules,” while Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) stock is on the rise.
“It’s not really an ideological shift at all,” he said. “It’s about this idea that you’re supposed to be combative, you’re supposed to get down in the dirt with Republicans and show the Republicans that the Democratic Party will cross lines too.”
Harris’ Play
Since Harris, Greenwald said, is seen more as a Schumer than an AOC, he thinks she is trying to change the perception with this rhetoric. “It’s necessary for Kamala Harris to have some kind of credibility, because she wants to run for president again in 2028, among Democratic Party voters,” he explained. “This is stuff that I don’t believe Kamala Harris believes, but if we’ve seen this before when you have politicians kind of pandering to voters with ideas that they have, even though the D.C. class doesn’t have them.”
While he agreed with Megyn that the troubling ideas themselves “warrant attention” because there is a chance for Dems to eventually regain enough power to implement them, he does not view Harris as a leader or true believer.
“She is kind of like a [Stephen] Colbert pretending to be this anti-system radical, but in reality she’s a byproduct of the system and the establishment,” he concluded. “This is just kind of a blackface, if you will, in order to create a new personality.”
You can check out Megyn’s full interview with Greenwald by tuning in to episode 1,318 on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. And don’t forget that you can catch The Megyn Kelly Show live on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Channel (channel 111) weekdays from 12pm to 2pm ET.