Kamala Harris accuses GOP of ‘cheating,’ says midterms are her full-time focus

Former Vice President Kamala Harris accused Republicans of “cheating” ahead of the midterm elections, telling former U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe on her podcast, “Why Are You Like This?,” that she is devoting all of her time to helping Democrats retake Congress.

Ms. Harris said Republicans are redrawing congressional lines and making it harder for people to vote, framing the effort as an attempt to blunt the power of the electorate. “We have to win these midterms. These folks are cheating,” she said.

She told Ms. Rapinoe that winning back the House and Senate is the path to restoring “some sense of sanity” and a functioning government, and that the midterms are occupying her full attention.

Ally Triolo, communications director for the Republican National Committee’s election integrity effort, pushed back on the characterization, telling Fox News Digital that “Democrats can’t win elections without cheating the system” and defending voter ID and citizenship verification requirements as common-sense measures.

Ms. Rapinoe also pressed Ms. Harris on whether she has decided on a 2028 presidential run. Ms. Harris said she has not made up her mind, adding that 2028 “doesn’t matter” if Democrats fail to win this year’s midterms. She also reiterated her support for Democratic candidates who have kept their distance from her on the campaign trail, saying she backs them in doing “whatever they need to do to win.”

The interview follows Ms. Harris’ remarks at the National Urban League conference on July 31, when she embraced a slate of left-wing proposals she had not championed during her 2024 presidential campaign, including expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices and revisiting the Electoral College.