Kamala Harris telegraphs Democrat priorities: Abolishing Electoral College, packing Supreme Court and making D.C. and Puerto Rico states

Former Vice President Kamala Harris.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris took part in a Zoom call Tuesday evening in which she laid out the Democrats' future political playbook and called for a "no bad idea brainstorm."

Harris then kicked off the brainstorm with several ideas that many voters, particularly conservative and traditional liberal Americans, would consider among the worst ideas. Harris, leaning into far leftist rhetoric, called for abolishing the Electoral College, packing the Supreme Court and giving Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico statehood. 

Her remarks, which lasted about 10 minutes, came during a nearly hourlong discussion held by LaTosha Brown on behalf of a group called Win With Black Women. Harris declared that the "United States Supreme Court had gutted the Voting Rights Act" with its recent ruling that congressional districts should not be drawn according to the racial makeup of a given area. "They are trying to take the power from the people," Harris said. The failed 2024 presidential candidate's solution is "Supreme Court reform," she said, specifically calling for "expanding the court." 

Harris also insinuated that Trump Supreme Court nominees lied during Senate confirmations hearings. She didn't name any names or go into specifics, but suggested there should be rules meant to punish any nominee who lies in the future during a confirmation hearing.

In terms of giving the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico statehood, Democrats strongly support the idea because it would likely cause a dramatic shift of power in Congress in their favor.

Making D.C. and Puerto Rico states would give each place two seats in the Senate, increasing the overall number of senators to 104 from 100. D.C. almost certainly would elect two Democrat senators, and Puerto Rico, though not has heavily Democrat as D.C., could do the same. Currently, Republicans hold a 53-45 advantage over Democrats in the Senate, and the two independent senators almost exclusively vote with Democrats. 

The impact in the House would be further reaching, since the number of U.S. Representatives is capped at 435, meaning that in order to add new seats based on the populations of the two new states, other states would be required to lose seats in the House. 

Harris has not declared herself a 2028 candidate for president yet, but she is behaving like one. At a speaking event in Las Vegas last week, Harris blasted President Trump and called the war with Iran "bulls**t." At an event last month in Michigan, Harris unleashed a wild 20-minute-long rant in which she claimed Trump was the "most corrupt" president "in the history of the United States" and was forced into attacking Iran by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A few days earlier, she posted a video on social media bemoaning rising gas prices, but critics were quick to point out that gas prices under the Biden administration shot up much higher than they have since the war with Iran started. 

Some polls have shown her as the frontrunner to be the Democrat nominee for president in 2028, but a poll released this week showed Harris in third place, trailing AOC and Pete Buttigieg. Watch a clip from Harris' remarks below and watch her entire appearance on the Zoom call here.