CBS late night host Stephen Colbert jabbed at former Vice President Kamala Harris when she refused to say who she believed was leading the Democratic Party going into the 2026 midterm elections.
Harris joined Colbert on Thursday to promote her new campaign memoir — titled “107 Days” — and after pointing out the fact that both Harris and former President Joe Biden were removed from the campaign scene, Colbert asked who would step in and lead the Democratic Party in the immediate future.
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Kamala Harris was asked by canceled Late Show host Stephen Colbert who the leader of the Democrat Party is…
She couldn’t name a single person.
Even she couldn’t pretend someone was in charge.
The Democrat Party is a ship with no captain, no compass, and no clue. pic.twitter.com/Vt3csPOstq
— Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) August 1, 2025
“You’re no longer – you’re not running for office right now, you’re stepping away from that life right now,” Colbert began. “Um — who’s leading the Democratic Party? I’m just curious.”
“There are lots of leaders, and — and — and —”Harris began, but Colbert stopped her.
“There’s generally a leader of the Democratic Party,” Colbert challenged, prompting laughs from the audience. “You know, like, ‘Oh, that’s the leader of the Democratic Party.’ Who comes to mind?”
“I think there are a lot —” Harris said again, and then corrected herself before Colbert could interrupt again. “I’m not gonna go through names, ’cause then I’m gonna leave somebody out and then I’m gonna hear about it.”
“But let me just — let me say this,” Harris continued. “I think it is a mistake for us who want to figure out how to get out and through this, and get out of it, to put it on the shoulders of any one person, it’s really on all of our shoulders.”
Harris announced earlier in the week that, after giving it a lot of thought, she had decided not to run for governor in her home state of California. Speculation continues to swirl that she may run for the presidency again in 2028.
