Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Russian Ministry of Defense: 37 Ukrainian drones destroyed in 4 hours over regions of Russia and the Black Sea.
Sheikh Qassem: Our supporters make up more than half of Lebanon's population, and all of these people are united under the banner of protecting Lebanon, its Resistance, its people, and its integrity.
Sheikh Qassem: There will be no phased handing in of our arms. [The Israelis] must first enact the agreement before we start talking about a defensive strategy.
Sheikh Qassem: Be brave in the face of foreign pressures, and we will be by your side in this stance.
Sheikh Qassem: Stripping us of our arms is like stripping us of our very soul, and this will prompt us to show them our might.
Sheikh Qassem: We will not abandon our arms, for they gave us dignity; we will not abandon our arms, for they protect us against our enemy.
Sheikh Qassem: The US efforts we are seeing are aimed at sabotaging Lebanon and constitute a call for sedition.
Sheikh Qassem: If you truly want to establish sovereignty and work for Lebanon’s interests, then stop the aggression.
Sheikh Qassem: The United States, which is meddling in Lebanon, is not trustworthy but rather poses a danger to it.
Sheikh Qassem: The United States is preventing the weapons that protect the homeland.

Harris slams Donald Trump’s first 100 days, urges democrats to resist

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 1 May 2025 13:14
4 Min Read

In her first major speech since her election defeat, Kamala Harris denounces US President Donald Trump’s early presidency and calls on Democrats to organize and fight back against his agenda.

Listen
  • x
  • Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speechat thye Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco, April 30, 2025 (AP/Godofredo A. Vasquez)
    Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco, April 30, 2025 (AP/Godofredo A. Vasquez)

In her first major public address since her election defeat, Kamala Harris delivered a forceful condemnation of former President Donald Trump’s return to office, warning that his first 100 days had marked a "wholesale abandonment of America’s highest ideals."

Speaking before an audience of Democrats at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, the former vice-president described the early days of the new administration as a calculated effort to instill fear and consolidate power, rather than a chaotic misstep. “

"They are counting on the notion that, if they can make some people afraid, it will have a chilling effect on others,” Harris said. “But what they’ve overlooked is that fear isn’t the only thing that’s contagious. Courage is contagious.”

Her address signaled a reentry into the national political conversation for Harris, who has remained largely out of the spotlight since leaving office in January. Her speech sharply criticized the Trump administration’s rapid-fire policy implementation, pointing specifically to what she called a “high velocity” effort to reshape the federal government in line with long-standing conservative agendas.

A call to action for democrats amid mounting pressure

Harris praised Democratic lawmakers and civil society institutions that have resisted the new administration’s moves. She commended judges “who uphold the rule of law in the face of those who would jail them,” US universities rejecting “unconstitutional demands,” (nodding at Harvard, likely), and ordinary citizens standing up to defend social security and civil liberties.

Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration plans to cut an additional $1 billion in Harvard state funding. The move follows Harvard’s refusal to implement staffing and educational policy changes demanded by the White House as a result of campus protests against "Israel's" genocide against Gaza.

Related News

After Chicago, NYC, Trump turns to Baltimore amid federal crackdown

Texas AG seeks to expel 13 Dems over redistricting protest walkout

“Let’s lock it in,” Harris urged, calling on Democrats to continue organizing, running for office, and standing firm on foundational principles. Her appearance at the 20th anniversary gala for Emerge America, an organization founded in part due to Harris’ early political success, served as a symbolic nod to the importance of grassroots mobilization.

Political return after election defeat

Since her loss in the November election, Harris has kept a low profile while weighing future political ambitions. Now based in Los Angeles, she is reportedly considering a run for California governor next year or another bid for the presidency in 2028.

The Trump administration recently dismissed her husband, Doug Emhoff, and other senior Biden-era officials from the board overseeing the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Fear has a way of being contagious.

But courage is also contagious. pic.twitter.com/YaEZfIJ1Zc

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) April 7, 2025

Emhoff, present at the event, was said to have advised against yielding to White House pressure on a separate legal matter involving his law firm. The former vice president and her husband are caught up in a scandal and lawsuit over their elite Hillcrest Country Club, which has been labeled a "racist aristocracy" that "disregards reports of sexual assault" and rejects anyone not white or Jewish.

Fighting oligarchy: Bernie Sanders and the movement against concentrated power

While criticizing the current administration’s sweeping changes, Harris warned that what appeared to be disarray was in fact a deliberate execution of Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for government transformation. “Please, let us not be duped into thinking everything is chaos,” she said. “What we are, in fact, witnessing is a vessel being used for the swift implementation of an agenda that has been decades in the making.”

Harris called out the administration’s “reckless” tariffs, suggesting they risk inviting a recession, “as I predicted,” she added.

She also highlighted figures leading the opposition, including Senators Cory Booker and Chris Van Hollen, as well as Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose “Stop Oligarchy” tour has been drawing large crowds nationwide.

Despite acknowledging that “things are probably going to get worse before they get better,” Harris emphasized the need for collective resistance. She closed her remarks with a metaphor drawn from a recent earthquake in California. During the quake, elephants at the San Diego Zoo reportedly formed a protective circle around their young.

“The lesson is don’t, don’t scatter,” Harris said, calling for unity in the face of political and constitutional threats.

  • Republican Party
  • Kamala Harris
  • Democratic Party
  • First 100 Days
  • Trump
  • byelection defeat

Most Read

Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, executive director of the defense division of the Israeli National Cyber Directorate, undated (Social media)

Israeli-born US prosecutor drops Israeli officer child sex crime

  • Politics
  • 19 Aug 2025
Almost instantly after the Helsinki Accords were signed, organisations sprouted to document purported violations, whose findings were fed to overseas embassies for international amplification. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab el-Hajj)

How ‘Human Rights’ became a Western weapon

  • Opinion
  • 23 Aug 2025
Israeli soldiers stand on the top of armoured vehicles parked on an area near the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025 (AP)

Palestinian fighters target Israeli soldiers, vehicles in Gaza

  • Politics
  • 21 Aug 2025
Launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen toward the occupied Palestinian territories. (YAF military media)

Yemeni Forces announce firing hypersonic missile at Al-Lydd Airport

  • Politics
  • 22 Aug 2025

Coverage

All
The Ummah's Martyrs

Read Next

All
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Prime minister's office in al-Quds, Occupied Palestine, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Netanyahu deliberately derailing truce with Gaza occupation: Hamas

Irish President Michael Higgins arrives to deliver his speech during a 42nd World Food Day celebration at FAO headquarters in Rome, on Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Politics

Irish president renews call for UN military intervention in Gaza

US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the US Embassy in Aukar, northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, July 21, 2025 (AP)
Politics

US envoy, Netanyahu discuss restraining attacks on Lebanon, withdrawal

Smoke billows following Israeli airstrikes in multiple areas in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Ansar Allah vow sustained Gaza support despite Israeli strikes

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS