Kamala Harris is back, and she’s still talking in dramatic metaphors that don’t actually mean anything. This time, she took the stage at the NAACP Image Awards to accept an award for “excelling in public service,” which is a pretty bold claim considering her main accomplishments as vice president included awkwardly cackling at serious questions and setting records for the lowest approval ratings in modern history. But never mind all that—Harris had a speech to deliver, and she made sure to throw some veiled jabs at President Trump and Elon Musk while she was at it.
Harris wasted no time launching into the kind of poetic but empty rhetoric she’s famous for, warning the audience about “flames on our horizons” and “shadows gathering over our democracy.” Dramatic much? You’d think she was delivering the opening monologue for a dystopian thriller instead of speaking about an election that she and Biden lost fair and square. But in typical Harris fashion, she reassured the audience that they know what to do—“organize, mobilize, educate, advocate.” It’s all very inspiring, in a vague, motivational-poster kind of way.
Kamala Harris just got an award for being the first black woman to certify her own election loss:pic.twitter.com/p4plKZDTsE
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 23, 2025
Then came the not-so-subtle digs at Trump and Musk. She warned that America’s future “will be written not simply by whoever occupies the Oval Office nor by the wealthiest among us.” Translation: Trump is president again, and Musk—who now heads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—is actually doing something about government waste. And that, of course, is simply unacceptable to the Democrats. After all, what good is big government if someone’s actually trying to make it run efficiently?
“While we have no illusions about what we are up against in this chapter in our American story, this chapter will be written not simply by whoever occupies the Oval Office nor by the wealthiest among us,” Harris said. “The American story will be written by you. Written by us. By we the people.”
The whole thing felt less like a victory speech and more like an attempt to stay relevant. And that makes sense, considering the reports that Harris is already looking for her next move. Since getting booted from the White House, she’s apparently been dropping hints to her inner circle about a potential political comeback. Maybe she’ll run for governor of California in 2026. Or maybe she’ll take another shot at the presidency in 2028, assuming the Democratic Party is willing to go through that disaster again. Remember, this is the same woman who dropped out of the 2020 Democratic primary before a single vote was cast because even Democrats didn’t want her as their nominee.
And if all else fails, Harris has a backup plan: Hollywood. She just signed with the talent agency CAA, joining Joe Biden and Barack Obama. Because, apparently, when the whole public service thing doesn’t pan out, there’s always the option of turning politics into entertainment—though, in fairness, her vice presidency often felt like an unintentional comedy. Maybe she’ll land a Netflix special where she talks in circles about “Venn diagrams” and “the significance of the passage of time.”
Harris’s speech was classic Kamala—heavy on dramatic phrasing, light on substance, and packed with subtle bitterness over the fact that her party lost in 2024. But don’t worry, she’s not going anywhere. Whether it’s California, Washington, or Hollywood, Kamala Harris is determined to keep making headlines. The only problem? No one seems all that interested anymore.
