May 7, 2025 • 9 mins
Fox News Contributor discusses her latest article at foxnews.com. Is Kamala preparing for another Presidential run?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
At nine minutes after eight o'clock, we'll check in with
Liz Peak on a Wednesday, one of my favorite guests
at this time every week, Liz Latest piece Foxnews dot
Com under the opinions tab, I guess you said Kamala
Harris has re emerged from being on a witness protection program.
I laughed out loud at that. What's going on with her?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well, I mean, it is remarkable that we've seen so
little of Kamala Harris since the election, and she finally
did come out. She gave a speech which was about
fourteen hundred words, so I'm guessing that's like what four minutes,
five minutes something like that. But I think it's interesting
that even with that sort of elusive behavior, Democrats, strategists
(00:43):
and analysts are talking about Kamala Harris as a real
candidate for twenty twenty eight. As we all know, she's
also looking at possibly running for governor in California, and
if she won the primary there, if there is a primary, undoubtedly,
well I shouldn't say undoubtedly, she's win because there is
some gop emergence, if you will, in California amongst people
(01:05):
who are so tired of high taxes and high housing
prizes and all the rest. But she does seem to
have some appetite for the Oval office. And I find
it extraordinary that anyone, after she blew through not one
but two billion dollars raised by her campaign in various
(01:25):
super packs, that anyone would consider funding a candidate who
lost not only every single swing state but also the
popular vote. Remember Hillary Clinton, who was widely unpopular and
disliked by Americans, She won the popular vote by about
two and a half million. So Kama really flopped. And
(01:47):
you know there's a voice out there saying, well, it
was all Joe Biden's fault, he didn't get out early enough,
to which I say, beloney, I don't think that was
her problem. I think she had a problem. You know,
every time she's been in a primary, she hasn't done well.
You Know, the thing that really sticks in my mind
(02:07):
is I remember a peace coming out. I don't know
if it's Axios or somebody about Kamala Harris having practice
dinner parties in her townhouse in Washington, DC. Imagine that
a grown woman in her what fifties, right, Yeah, having
to practice making small talk. And I don't know which
(02:29):
fork to use. I mean, I thought the whole thing
was absolutely mind boggling. And but there she was a
most incompetent, insecure person for sure, who's ever run for
our highest office.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Your point about Hillary Clinton being unlikable and Kamala Harris
being even more so, that tells you everything you need
to know. I mean, she she didn't have anything to say.
She was just vapid. She had no ideas of her own,
and I mean she would cackle through those interviews and
the word salads and all of that. I mean, it
seems like a lifetime ago, but it was just last
(03:04):
summer that we went through all of this. So she's
making speeches, she's out there getting some buzz, or at
least attempting to. But it tells you a lot about
the Democrat Party right now. If Kamala and AOC and
Bernie are the ones that are at the top of
the kind of the top of mind as far as
running for president in twenty twenty eight, they're really in trouble.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
And Kamala Harris kind of buys into that, right she
talks in her speech she said, oh I really admire
or something like, you know, let's give credit to our
leaders and our party, and it's all Bernie Sanders, AOC,
Chris Murphy from Connecticut, or Gavin Newsom. I mean, I
really think Democrats are doubling down on this far left
(03:49):
progressive power that they have, and I just think that
is a complete disaster for the Democratic Party. I mean,
there are plenty of Democrats raising their hand and saying, no,
we've got to get away from these culture wars. We've
got to get back to the middle of America. I
think the middle of America is so far away from
what the Democrats are talking about right now that they
(04:11):
cannot possibly retrace their steps unless you have somebody Gretchen
Whitmer is sometimes talked about, or someone else, Amy Klobachar,
a real moderate in that party. And you know, Stephen
Smith came out and made a comment about how I
couldn't I'd love to run as a Democrat, but I
can't run as this Democratic Party. Guess what, This Democratic
(04:34):
Party doesn't want him. I mean that's the issue. All
the money, all the excitement is on the far left.
They're literally talking about AOC as a presidential candidate.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Well, you know, I think we have to be careful
and I'll write her off. She's very good on TV,
and that's about what she's good at. I mean she's not,
to my muse, she's not a particularly smart person. She
does not have policies that make sense. But she is
carrying on Bernie Sanders' populism, left wing populism. Socialism really,
(05:10):
and I mean that's a word I think Republicans throw
around too much, but it is a socialist agenda. When
you're trying to take money from the rich and give
it to the poor in a broad and comprehensive way.
They really don't like success, they don't like rich people.
And you know, I just don't think most Americans are
(05:30):
on board with that.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Well, she has teamed up with AOC, has teamed up
with Bernie. They've done a number of speaking engagements together.
And you mentioned the word socialist and how it's maybe overused.
I mean, Bernie calls himself. He comes out and says, yes,
so I'm a socialist. He admits it, which I guess
you have to appreciate. Say what you want about Bernie,
you agree with him or not. Most people in this
audience do not agree with Bernie Sanders. But at least
(05:53):
he's honest.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
About what he is well, and that's why his popularity
has been sort of intact amongst his followers for forty years,
thirty years. I went back. You know, this fighting the
oligox Oligarchs tour really made me laugh. Of course, there
was much chatter about how they traveled the AOC and
(06:15):
Bernie Sanders to fight oligarchs on private jets, but whatever.
Everybody seems to do that but you and me probably,
But you know, the hilarious thing is there are clips
of him giving exactly exactly word for word the same
speech going back to two thousand and seven, two thousand
(06:36):
and eight, eleven, twelve, fourteen, fifteen. I mean, he has
been on the same track forever. So this is not
new as you say. It is genuinely who Bernie Sanders is,
which is why he's probably never passed a bill in
Congress and you know, had a very very ineffectual, many time,
many year career in Congress as an independence. I mean,
(06:58):
he's just sort of on this rail and nobody wants
to push them off. So I don't know, I think
this is ludicrous, but I don't think. I don't think
actually it's good for the country to not have a
two party system, and if the Democrats keep going down
this path, we will not have a two party system.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Yeah. So I mean what do they do? I mean,
who else is behind you know, Kamala or AOC or Bernie.
Because they've got they've got a tough putt here, Liz,
They've got to balance their loyalty to the party's base,
but they also need to appeal to more moderate or
independent voters. I don't know they have anybody that can
do that.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Yeah, I mean that's the issue. And until you know, look,
Republicans have the same thing, right, I mean we were
all and you know, there was a lot of talk
about how it's so concerning that the Magabase was taken
over the Republican Party. Okay, they did, and why because
they talk to everyday Americans that things they cared about.
(07:55):
They don't like an open border, they want law and order,
inflation obvious, say, with something that the Donald Trump cadre
really came out strongly against and tied to that with
excessive government spending, a connection that Democrats still have yet
to embrace. What did Democrats stand for today? They're very
(08:19):
worried about gang bangers being deported, right, I mean, you know,
that's something most of they're very, very enthusiastic about boys
participating in women's sports. We're always talking about eighty twenty issues.
There are those eighty twenty issues, and guess what, they
are on the wrong side of them. So I don't
know how you fix that. To be honest, I mean
(08:40):
they have to. Really what has to happen is a
very charismatic Democrat politician has to come along who actually
understands how looney that is and how real Americans want
to be safe in their homes, they want to have
good jobs, et cetera, and speak to those issues. And
you know, someone will. I mean, I don't engage in
(09:01):
Schottenfoud because Republicans were there, not that long ago. Democrats
will come back, but boy, they're not doing it right now.
At nine minutes after eight o'clock, we'll check in with
Liz Peak on a Wednesday, one of my favorite guests
at this time every week, Liz Latest piece Foxnews dot
Com under the opinions tab, I guess you said Kamala
Harris has re emerged from being on a witness protection program.
I laughed out loud at that. What's going on with her?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well, I mean, it is remarkable that we've seen so
little of Kamala Harris since the election, and she finally
did come out. She gave a speech which was about
fourteen hundred words, so I'm guessing that's like what four minutes,
five minutes something like that. But I think it's interesting
that even with that sort of elusive behavior, Democrats, strategists
(00:43):
and analysts are talking about Kamala Harris as a real
candidate for twenty twenty eight. As we all know, she's
also looking at possibly running for governor in California, and
if she won the primary there, if there is a primary, undoubtedly,
well I shouldn't say undoubtedly, she's win because there is
some gop emergence, if you will, in California amongst people
(01:05):
who are so tired of high taxes and high housing
prizes and all the rest. But she does seem to
have some appetite for the Oval office. And I find
it extraordinary that anyone, after she blew through not one
but two billion dollars raised by her campaign in various
(01:25):
super packs, that anyone would consider funding a candidate who
lost not only every single swing state but also the
popular vote. Remember Hillary Clinton, who was widely unpopular and
disliked by Americans, She won the popular vote by about
two and a half million. So Kama really flopped. And
(01:47):
you know there's a voice out there saying, well, it
was all Joe Biden's fault, he didn't get out early enough,
to which I say, beloney, I don't think that was
her problem. I think she had a problem. You know,
every time she's been in a primary, she hasn't done well.
You Know, the thing that really sticks in my mind
(02:07):
is I remember a peace coming out. I don't know
if it's Axios or somebody about Kamala Harris having practice
dinner parties in her townhouse in Washington, DC. Imagine that
a grown woman in her what fifties, right, Yeah, having
to practice making small talk. And I don't know which
(02:29):
fork to use. I mean, I thought the whole thing
was absolutely mind boggling. And but there she was a
most incompetent, insecure person for sure, who's ever run for
our highest office.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Your point about Hillary Clinton being unlikable and Kamala Harris
being even more so, that tells you everything you need
to know. I mean, she she didn't have anything to say.
She was just vapid. She had no ideas of her own,
and I mean she would cackle through those interviews and
the word salads and all of that. I mean, it
seems like a lifetime ago, but it was just last
(03:04):
summer that we went through all of this. So she's
making speeches, she's out there getting some buzz, or at
least attempting to. But it tells you a lot about
the Democrat Party right now. If Kamala and AOC and
Bernie are the ones that are at the top of
the kind of the top of mind as far as
running for president in twenty twenty eight, they're really in trouble.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
And Kamala Harris kind of buys into that, right she
talks in her speech she said, oh I really admire
or something like, you know, let's give credit to our
leaders and our party, and it's all Bernie Sanders, AOC,
Chris Murphy from Connecticut, or Gavin Newsom. I mean, I
really think Democrats are doubling down on this far left
(03:49):
progressive power that they have, and I just think that
is a complete disaster for the Democratic Party. I mean,
there are plenty of Democrats raising their hand and saying, no,
we've got to get away from these culture wars. We've
got to get back to the middle of America. I
think the middle of America is so far away from
what the Democrats are talking about right now that they
(04:11):
cannot possibly retrace their steps unless you have somebody Gretchen
Whitmer is sometimes talked about, or someone else, Amy Klobachar,
a real moderate in that party. And you know, Stephen
Smith came out and made a comment about how I
couldn't I'd love to run as a Democrat, but I
can't run as this Democratic Party. Guess what, This Democratic
(04:34):
Party doesn't want him. I mean that's the issue. All
the money, all the excitement is on the far left.
They're literally talking about AOC as a presidential candidate.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Well, you know, I think we have to be careful
and I'll write her off. She's very good on TV,
and that's about what she's good at. I mean she's not,
to my muse, she's not a particularly smart person. She
does not have policies that make sense. But she is
carrying on Bernie Sanders' populism, left wing populism. Socialism really,
(05:10):
and I mean that's a word I think Republicans throw
around too much, but it is a socialist agenda. When
you're trying to take money from the rich and give
it to the poor in a broad and comprehensive way.
They really don't like success, they don't like rich people.
And you know, I just don't think most Americans are
(05:30):
on board with that.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Well, she has teamed up with AOC, has teamed up
with Bernie. They've done a number of speaking engagements together.
And you mentioned the word socialist and how it's maybe overused.
I mean, Bernie calls himself. He comes out and says, yes,
so I'm a socialist. He admits it, which I guess
you have to appreciate. Say what you want about Bernie,
you agree with him or not. Most people in this
audience do not agree with Bernie Sanders. But at least
(05:53):
he's honest.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
About what he is well, and that's why his popularity
has been sort of intact amongst his followers for forty years,
thirty years. I went back. You know, this fighting the
oligox Oligarchs tour really made me laugh. Of course, there
was much chatter about how they traveled the AOC and
(06:15):
Bernie Sanders to fight oligarchs on private jets, but whatever.
Everybody seems to do that but you and me probably,
But you know, the hilarious thing is there are clips
of him giving exactly exactly word for word the same
speech going back to two thousand and seven, two thousand
(06:36):
and eight, eleven, twelve, fourteen, fifteen. I mean, he has
been on the same track forever. So this is not
new as you say. It is genuinely who Bernie Sanders is,
which is why he's probably never passed a bill in
Congress and you know, had a very very ineffectual, many time,
many year career in Congress as an independence. I mean,
(06:58):
he's just sort of on this rail and nobody wants
to push them off. So I don't know, I think
this is ludicrous, but I don't think. I don't think
actually it's good for the country to not have a
two party system, and if the Democrats keep going down
this path, we will not have a two party system.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Yeah. So I mean what do they do? I mean,
who else is behind you know, Kamala or AOC or Bernie.
Because they've got they've got a tough putt here, Liz,
They've got to balance their loyalty to the party's base,
but they also need to appeal to more moderate or
independent voters. I don't know they have anybody that can
do that.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Yeah, I mean that's the issue. And until you know, look,
Republicans have the same thing, right, I mean we were
all and you know, there was a lot of talk
about how it's so concerning that the Magabase was taken
over the Republican Party. Okay, they did, and why because
they talk to everyday Americans that things they cared about.
(07:55):
They don't like an open border, they want law and order,
inflation obvious, say, with something that the Donald Trump cadre
really came out strongly against and tied to that with
excessive government spending, a connection that Democrats still have yet
to embrace. What did Democrats stand for today? They're very
(08:19):
worried about gang bangers being deported, right, I mean, you know,
that's something most of they're very, very enthusiastic about boys
participating in women's sports. We're always talking about eighty twenty issues.
There are those eighty twenty issues, and guess what, they
are on the wrong side of them. So I don't
know how you fix that. To be honest, I mean
(08:40):
they have to. Really what has to happen is a
very charismatic Democrat politician has to come along who actually
understands how looney that is and how real Americans want
to be safe in their homes, they want to have
good jobs, et cetera, and speak to those issues. And
you know, someone will. I mean, I don't engage in
(09:01):
Schottenfoud because Republicans were there, not that long ago. Democrats
will come back, but boy, they're not doing it right now.
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