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A top CNN anchor is throwing some cold water on chances that former Vice President Kamala Harris could successfully seek the White House in 2028. Appearing on “The Breakfast Club” podcast, CNN’s Abby Phillip said that Harris had burned bridges with the recent memoir of Harris’ failed 2024 presidential campaign, “107 Days,” the New York Post reported. “I think that there are a lot of bridges that are burned here whether she wanted to or not. And I think it will be very difficult for her to mend those fences that she’ll need in order to run if she does decide to run again. I think this book read kind of like somebody who was kind of done with it. So I will be interested to see if she decides to do it,” said Phillip, host of CNN’s “NewsNight” and “Saturday Morning Table for Five.” Phillip said, “I think that she still has to figure out how to tap into authenticity in how she presents herself to the public because this world is not getting more kind to politicians who cannot level with voters and cannot show up any and everywhere.” Harris became the Democratic nominee for president after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race following a disastrous debate performance against Republican Donald Trump. Harris lost the election to Trump, losing all seven swing states, the popular vote and the tally in the Electoral College. Alluding to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, Phillip said that candidates today need to speak effectively to the electorate whether it be in short soundbites or lengthy interviews. “I think that she still has work to do in that respect, and maybe this book is the first kind of foray into that, because I read her last book, and the tone was completely different,” Phillip said. “This is a different kind of book, and it was an opening foray into her showing people more of herself, but she’s going to have to catch up to the speed and the kind of realness of media and politics that will be the bar in 2028.” Phillip said, “Like in 2028, the bar is going to be, ‘Are you a politician that can show up any and everywhere and authentically reach people?’” She continued, “I think she is still straddling the old world and the new world, and she’s going to have to figure out which one she wants to be in.”
