Alyssa Farah Griffin said Kamala Harris is the most likely person to be the Democratic nominee in 2028. The remark came on July 10 during a debate on The View about the early Democratic field, where Harris was placed at the center of the conversation.
Griffin said, “My hot take of the moment is that the most likely person to be the Democratic nominee is Kamala Harris.” She added that polls usually show “her and Gavin Newsom,” and said, “I find it hard to believe that based on the money she raised, the name ID she has, and I don’t think the party would pass over her for a generic white man.”
The View on July 10
The discussion started after JD Vance said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the likeliest to emerge as the frontrunner for the DNC in the 2028 cycle. Ocasio-Cortez said she hoped JD Vance is the Republicans' nominee, and the exchange turned into an early read on how Democrats could sort through the field.
Joy Behar pushed back on Griffin’s call by asking, “I loved her. She was great. But she didn’t win one time, what makes you think she’s going to win again?” Behar also suggested Jon Ossoff, Josh Shapiro, and J.B. Pritzker as other choices.
Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom in
Sara Haines raised Pete Buttigieg and Wes Moore as other possibilities, while saying, “I am not going to break the party down on, ‘They won’t vote for gay, white, women.’ I think the identity reduces the charisma of the character, the person in front of us,” and then told Behar, “You’re not in reality.” Sunny Hostin said, “Yeah, and you know what? After President Obama, we got Trump. We got a whitelash against a Black president. That’s what we got,” and added that the party needs to be realistic about who can win.
Ana Navarro said, “I hate it when I hear you say that it’s gotta be a white man because I then feel it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.” She added, “I’m not going to tell little Black children or little Latino children or little girls that they can’t run and become president.”
The exchange leaves Harris as the name Griffin would not dismiss, while Behar’s objections and the other names floated on The View show how early the 2028 field is already being tested in public. For now, the question is less about a formal nomination fight than whether Harris keeps the polling edge Griffin described as the debate moves forward.
