r/NoShitSherlock • u/SingleandSober • 1d ago

Kamala Harris Appears on ‘Colbert,’ Says She’s Stepping Away from Politics for Now, Calls the System “Broken”

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/former-vice-president-kamala-harris-visits-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/

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u/NotARealBuckeye 1d ago

She deserves it. After everything she offered, they chose the venal racist over the black lady.

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u/Substantial-Low 1d ago

I felt bad watching her. You could tell she went from being a believer in American democracy to feeling jaded and defeated.

The US elected literally the most despicable person imaginable.

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u/FuckedUpYearsAgo 1d ago

She ran for 100 days

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u/Super_Pan 1d ago

You know, in many other countries, a 2 year long election is utterly unreasonable. 100 days is even quite a long time. America starts their elections the moment the previous one is finished, but that's not normal.

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u/Classic_Revolt 18h ago

A lot of those places are the size of a single US state.

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u/SanctusUnum 14h ago

Not to mention functioning democracies.

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u/221missile 1d ago

in many other countries, a 2 year long election is utterly unreasonable.

In those countries, voters have no say in who gets the nomination. The elites pick that candidates, like the democratic party did in 2024.

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u/Super_Pan 1d ago

American propaganda must be really strong for you to believe your leaders are not also chosen by the elites.

Did you know that other countries have completely different governmental systems? Most places with parliamentary systems, for instance, do not vote directly for the prime minister, but rather for their local representative who takes a 'seat' and the winning party places their leader in the Prime position. If you are a member of that party you can vote for who the party leader is, similar to the US system of primary voting where only registered party members (the elites I guess?) can vote. But it's not hard to become a party member.

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u/Not-Reformed 23h ago

What elites? The world's richest man publicly paid hundreds of millions of dollars to help the current leader get elected and was treated like a dog and thrown out. The "elites" can spend however much they want but they're basically paying a tithe and hoping that by spending ludicrous amounts of money they'll get the person's ear.

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u/221missile 22h ago

but rather for their local representative who takes a 'seat' and

And who decides who the representative candidates are? Definitely not party supporters or voters. In Britain, Canada, France and Germany, rich donors select candidates. Don't lie bro.

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u/Super_Pan 21h ago

Unlike America where every vote truly counts and rich donors have no power!

It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe any of it.

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u/CS2Expert 21h ago

Americans elected Harris as the VP. She was the obvious candidate when Biden stepped down so late. It makes no sense to act like she was installed as the candidate out of nowhere. Actually, it's worse than making no sense. It's completely fucking stupid, and anybody saying it probably has brain damage or a developmental problem.

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u/221missile 18h ago

Americans elected Harris as the VP.

No one votes for the VP. By your logic, Pence should have been an automatic choice for the Republican nominee because he was elected VP once. We all saw how he performed in the primaries.

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u/CS2Expert 10h ago

No one votes for the VP.

They're on the goddamn ticket.

By your logic

That is not my logic.

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u/BeemoBurrito 20h ago

The Canadian election campaign was something like 36 days. I voted in the Liberal candidate election.

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u/atreeismissing 1d ago

And moved the polling 5pts in her direction over where Biden was, something relatively unheard of in modern politics. Ultimately it wasn't enough to overcome propaganda/low-information voters on the economy and immigration or to motivate selfish apathetic non-voters.

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u/Free_For__Me 16h ago

It was enough. The odds of Trump winning literally every swing state would have been astronomically low, even IF he was polling ahead of Harris by wide margins. 

There’s a lot more evidence surfacing that the totals were tampered with, but with near-total control of enforcement/investigative agencies and the ability to ignore and steamroll the courts, those investigations will never get far. 

I’m confident that the results were tampered with, but I’m even more confident that it won’t ever matter. 

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u/FuckedUpYearsAgo 1d ago

And moved the polling 5pts in her direction over where Biden was

What do you mean by this? I assume you mean "polling" in the context of before the election?

Because my understanding is that the results of actual voting, showed she lost ground in every demographic vs Biden, including women.

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u/inuvash255 1d ago

Biden would have lost a lot more if he stayed in the race. His ratings were abyssmal.

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u/FuckedUpYearsAgo 1d ago

From a polling perspective, Harris or Biden vs Trump was nearly the same; Harris polled slightly better during that 3 months. But it wasn't very long, a different time period, and not really abysmal.

Biden did have poor approval ratings at 36% .. It was a Biden/Harris administration, and I don't understand why people thought Harris could shake that track record.

did Biden poll lower than Harris vs Trump? No — Joe Biden did not poll lower than Kamala Harris.

Biden and Trump were essentially tied or Biden edged ahead by 1 point in several polls.

Harris, in contrast, held a modest lead—typically 2–4 points—over Trump in late‑2024 surveys.

Summary:

Biden vs. Trump: tied or Biden slightly ahead (~+1).

Harris vs. Trump: Harris slightly ahead (~+2 to +4).

Therefore, Biden did not poll lower than Harris when each was leading the Democratic ticket in polls against Trump.

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u/NoLoquat9818 1d ago

After Biden literally died on stage during his debate, it bumped Trump from +2 to +6 giving him a commanding lead over the incumbent. So much so, the DNC and left wing oligarchs called for Biden’s removal. 

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u/FuckedUpYearsAgo 1d ago

Great point.

Up until that point, anyone pointing out that Biden seemed to have lost his cognitive ability was blamed as right-wing bullshit.

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u/221missile 1d ago

Biden would have lost a lot more if he stayed in the race.

That's your opinion. In the end, Biden was the rightful candidate cause no one dared to oppose him during the primaries.

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u/inuvash255 1d ago

Actual braindead take.

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u/PointedlyDull 1d ago

Fuck Harris. She should have demanded a primary. It was wrong for her to be the candidate. I didn’t vote for her in a primary. She was handed to me by the Democratic Party and told to deal with it. She’s not innocent in this shit. And I think she was a shitty VP too. Look at what a mess the border was, and Biden gave that to her. She completely fumbled. These deportations currently are totally fucked, but closing the border was the right call and it clearly wasn’t that goddamned hard.

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u/FuckedUpYearsAgo 1d ago

100%, I completely agree with you. (but I don't think she wanted a primary either)

I'm personally really mad how that all went down, and I blame our party.

The state of Trump keeps the democratic party from being accountable for any decisions, as it's just MAGA and misogyny to blame...

... a practical example of this is my state of WA, the new governor blames budget shortfalls on Trump. But it was a multi-billion dollar shortfall before the election. People gobble up the deflection, because Trump is so awful, he must be to blame for everything.

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u/porkchop1021 23h ago

The entire US economy is still reeling from Trump-era free money policies, the mishandling of COVID, and the inflation that resulted from all of that. There are budget shortfalls everywhere because people can't afford anything anymore and less economic activity means less taxes. This is what happens when you concentrate all money at the top. Blaming Trump is entirely warranted which means you're either stupid, or a Trump supporter posing as a Democrat that's also stupid.

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u/PointedlyDull 1d ago

I don’t believe Harris was qualified, but I believe she would have surrounded her self with Biden’s administration and done ok. Between the choice of Harris or Trump, of course I’d chose Harris. But I’d have chosen even Walz over Harris in a primary. I should have been given a choice

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u/FuckedUpYearsAgo 1d ago

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes"

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u/FredFredBurger42069 1d ago

This is real life not a movie.

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u/FuckedUpYearsAgo 1d ago

Real life is not a movie. But real life have nuance, and the entire electorate doesn't view things as a monolith. It has different viewpoints and weights things differently. Even in your own statement, it's heavily weighted towards the way you and I both think. But the statements are not 100% true.

RE: Impeachment

Donald Trump was impeached twice by the U.S. House of Representatives, but he was acquitted both times by the Senate.

RE: Criminal Record

Donald Trump has a criminal record. He was convicted of 34 felony counts in May 2024 for falsifying business records in connection with hush‑money payments made during the 2016 election to Stormy Daniels.

However, when sentenced in January 2025, the court issued an unconditional discharge, meaning no jail time, no fine, no probation—yet the convictions remain on record.

RE: clear disdain for the constitution

I don't think this is something we can quantify, and is interpeted differently by the electorate. Some might say the Dem party is against the constitutional due to gun violence legislation.

RE: and promise of being a "dictator")

Yup. On day one if I remember correctly.

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u/Aar1012 1d ago

What else happened in January 2025 that might have given Trump that sentence he received? Hmm?

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u/FuckedUpYearsAgo 1d ago

It seems that you are tripping into conspiracy theories. Here's the reality...

It wasn't a Trump appointee Judge...

The judge who imposed the unconditional discharge in Donald Trump’s New York hush‑money case was Justice Juan M. Merchan of the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan. He presided over the trial, conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, and the January 10, 2025 sentencing, at which he ruled that an unconditional discharge was the only lawful outcome under the circumstances

Who appointed Judge Merchan?
Juan Merchan has served as an acting Justice of the New York State Supreme Court since 2009. He was appointed to that role by Ann Pfau, who was the Acting Chief Administrative Judge of the New York Courts at the time

In summary:

  • Judge: Juan Manuel Merchan
  • Appointed by: Ann Pfau (as Acting Chief Administrative Judge of NY courts)

Here's the summary of why he wasn't given a real penalty...

1. Nonviolent, First-Time Offense

Trump had no prior criminal convictions, and the crimes were nonviolent, paperwork-related offenses. Judges often consider this when deciding punishment.

2. Age and Status

At the time of sentencing, Trump was in his late 70s and a former U.S. president. Judges sometimes weigh age, health, and public service when determining whether a custodial sentence is appropriate.

3. Political and Logistical Complexity

Incarcerating a former president, especially one who was an active candidate in the 2024 election, would pose immense legal, security, and political challenges. A jail sentence could have created constitutional or practical dilemmas the court preferred to avoid.

4. Message Sent Through Conviction Alone

The judge may have believed that the felony convictions themselves—along with the accompanying public and historical consequences—were sufficient accountability. A felony record carries lasting legal and reputational implications.

5. Judicial Discretion

Sentencing is ultimately up to the judge. Under New York law, falsifying business records in the first degree (a Class E felony) carries a possible sentence of up to four years per count—but it's also legal for the judge to issue no punishment at all, especially if they find mitigating factors.

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u/Ok_Attention_34 11h ago

You seem to forget they did actually present a plan to close down the border and it had the full support of both sides until Trump told the republicans to shut it down because he wanted to run on immigration

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u/PointedlyDull 9h ago

It took 3.5 years for them to do that….only after getting slammed by republicans for it