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“No… it’s perhaps more basic than that,” Harris said when Colbert asked if she was considering a “different office.”
She continued, “Recently I made the decision that I just, for now, I don’t want to go back in the system. I think it’s broken.”
Harris lost both the popular vote and the Electoral College to Trump in November 2024, failing to carry any swing states despite raising over $1 billion for her campaign.
The appearance on “The Late Show” was her first televised interview since the election.
“I always believed that as fragile as our democracy is, our systems would be strong enough to defend our most fundamental principles,” Harris said.
“And I think, right now, that they’re not as strong as they need to be. And I just don’t want to, for now — I don’t want to go back in the system.”
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Harris responded, “Oh, absolutely not. I’m always going to be part of the fight.”
The interview aired just one day after Harris announced she would not run for governor of California in 2026.
During the interview, she promoted her upcoming book, 107 Days, which she said offers “a behind-the-scenes sharing of what it means to run for president.”
Harris described the 2024 campaign as “very intense,” and acknowledged that she never had presidential ambitions growing up.
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Colbert also questioned Harris about the period following Biden’s debate performance in June 2024 and whether others were encouraging her to prepare to step in as the nominee.
“There were some who did,” Harris said. “But I – listen, it was, it was Joe’s decision, and he made that decision.”
Harris declined to name any individual she sees as the current leader of the Democratic Party.
“There are lots of leaders,” she said.
“I’m not going to go through names, because then I’m going to leave somebody out, and then I’m going to hear about it.”
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Harris’s appearance on “The Late Show” marked her eighth time on the program.