You’d be forgiven for wondering where Kamala Harris has been since the Democrats were thoroughly dismantled in the 2024 election. After blowing through more than a billion dollars and losing to Donald Trump by an Electoral College margin that would make 2016 blush, the former vice president has been conspicuously absent from the national stage. That is, until she turned up—of all places—at a real estate conference in Australia.
Let that sink in. A real estate conference. In Sydney.
And not as a side speaker or guest of honor at a policy panel, but as the headline. Interviewed for an hour by real estate mogul John McGrath, who set the tone with this groaner: Kamala Harris is “one of the most successful women in history” who has “her best work ahead of her.”
Cue the laughter.
Let’s not pretend this is a comeback tour. If anything, Harris’ appearance—and the content of her remarks—only reminded the world why voters roundly rejected her. Twice. Once in the 2020 primaries when she didn’t make it to Iowa. And again in 2024, when she inherited the Democratic ticket after Biden’s late withdrawal, then presided over a campaign that collapsed under its own weight.
KAMALA: “I am unemployed right now. HAHAHAHAHA.”
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 25, 2025
And now, instead of facing the political autopsy, she’s dodging the subject entirely. No mention of Trump. No mention of her election loss. Just a string of vague self-help slogans and garbled history lessons that would make a fortune cookie blush.
Her motivational gem?
“I don’t hear no. I eat no for breakfast.”
Apparently, she didn’t hear the “no” from voters in Iowa, or the “no” from millions of Americans last November. Because there were plenty. Loud and clear. But Harris seems to live in a parallel universe where “no” means “try again in four years.” Voters, however, have shown little appetite for reheated ambition.
In classic Harris fashion, her appearance included another entry in her now-legendary catalog of circular speech. This time, it was a confused riff on global relations:
“It is important that we understand and remember history… the importance of relationships of trust, of the importance of friendships, integrity, honesty…”
It was like watching someone try to win a spelling bee by defining the word with synonyms. “It’s important to understand the importance of importance” may be poetic in its own way, but it’s also emblematic of why Harris never connected with voters: a fog of words, absent substance.
And yet, she closed her remarks with a self-deprecating chuckle, noting: “I am unemployed right now.” Followed, of course, by the cackle.
That cackle—which became a running motif of her failed political career—landed differently this time. Less amused. More awkward. Because it turns out, America had the last laugh.
To top it off, she walked on and off stage to Beyoncé’s Halo, complete with a standing ovation. One can only assume it was a room full of people who don’t read American headlines. Back home, she’s facing growing scrutiny not just for her lack of success—but for her role in the Biden cover-up.
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is already raising the alarm about Harris’ silence as Biden’s health deteriorated. She had a front-row seat to the decline. She knew. And she said nothing. That silence, combined with her refusal to address the collapse of 2024 honestly, is why even in California—a state that would typically roll out the red carpet—her political future isn’t guaranteed.
