周四，前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯重新启动了她在2024年竞选白宫期间使用的“卡玛拉总部”（Kamala HQ）社交媒体账号，并将其定位为“下一代竞选活动的在线组织项目”，这一举动无疑将引发更多关于2028年总统竞选的猜测。
哈里斯宣布，该账号在TikTok拥有超过500万粉丝，在X平台（原推特）拥有超过100万粉丝，现在更名为“总部”（Headquarters），并将在今年中期选举前与倾向自由派的组织“美国之道组织”（People for the American Way）合作，作为“青年动员组织”发挥作用。
据福克斯新闻获得的一份声明显示，此举旨在“动员支持公平、支持民主的年轻人，对抗极右翼极端主义”。哈里斯在视频声明中补充道：“我对此感到非常兴奋。请持续关注，我们会在那里见面。”
哈里斯在2024年大选中败给了总统唐纳德·特朗普，而她是在拜登在与特朗普的灾难性辩论表现后结束竞选三个月，取代拜登成为民主党候选人的。如今，她的这一举措正值外界对这位前副总统是否将再次竞选白宫的猜测不断升温之际。
一位与哈里斯政治圈相关的民主党策略师向福克斯新闻数字版透露：“哈里斯一直表示，她将继续参与政治并为民主党发声，因为特朗普和共和党人对这个国家造成的损害需要我们奋力反击。她在这些平台上重新活跃起来就是在履行这一承诺，这也为数字领域增添了另一个民主党的声音，而我们需要更多这样的声音。”
这位要求匿名以自由发表评论的策略师补充道：“此外，这也为她未来的政治选择保留了可能性。”
自去年年初拜登政府结束后，哈里斯有几个月几乎淡出了媒体视线。但从去年春夏开始，她重新出现在政治舞台的聚光灯下，包括主持民主党全国委员会的筹款活动。
去年夏天，她宣布不会参加今年在其家乡加利福尼亚州的州长竞选，这也进一步增加了外界对她2028年可能再次竞选白宫的猜测。
哈里斯尚未排除再次参选的可能性，目前正忙于其畅销书回忆录《107天》巡回宣传的第二阶段活动，该书记录了她2024年总统竞选的时长。
共和党全国委员会（RNC）似乎对此表示欢迎，哈里斯发布账号消息后，他们在X平台上用一个点赞表情符号进行了回应。
哈里斯将担任“总部”的名誉主席，原“卡玛拉总部”的部分工作人员将重新加入这个新项目。不过，前副总统将不直接对帖子内容进行编辑控制。
“总部”的声明中写道：“保守派建立永久性组织基础设施，而进步派历史上建立的机器往往在选举日后就瓦解了。‘总部’将终结这一循环。”
周四上午的声明发布前几个小时，该账号发布了一段短视频，视频中一名人员试图登录“卡玛拉总部”账号但未能成功，随后使用正确密码“headquarters”成功登录。
保罗·施泰因豪瑟（Paul Steinhauser）是驻摇摆州新罕布什尔州的政治记者，他报道全美各地的竞选活动。
In a move sure to spark more 2028 speculation, former Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday relaunched her “Kamala HQ” social media presence used during her 2024 White House run as “an online organizing project for next-generation campaigning.”
Harris announced that the account, which has over five million followers on TikTok and over one million on X, is now being called “Headquarters,” and will be used as a “youth mobilization organization” ahead of this year’s midterm elections, in a partnership with the left-leaning group, People for the American Way.
According to a release obtained by Fox News, it’s a move to “mobilize pro-fairness, pro-democracy, young people against far-right extremism.” And Harris, in a video announcement, added, “I’m really excited about it. So stay engaged and I’ll see you out there.”
The move by Harris — who lost to President Donald Trump in the 2024 election after replacing then-President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s nominee three months earlier, after Biden ended his bid following a disastrous debate performance against Trump — comes amid mounting speculation that the former vice president is moving towards launching another White House bid.
A Democratic strategist in the former vice president’s political orbit told Fox News Digital that Harris “has always said that she’s going to continue to be involved and be a strong voice for Democrats as there’s so much to push back on from the damage Trump and Republicans are doing to this country. Her revived engagement on these platforms does that, and it adds another Democratic voice in the digisphere, which we need more of.”
“Plus, it keeps her options open for the future,” added the strategist, who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely.
Harris was mostly out of the headlines for a couple of months following the end of the Biden administration early last year. But she started stepping back into the political spotlight last spring and summer, including headlining Democratic National Committee fundraisers.
Her announcement last summer that she would pass on running for governor this year in her home state of California also increased speculation regarding a potential 2028 White House run.
And Harris, who hasn’t closed any doors to running again, is currently in the middle of the second leg of her book tour around her best-selling memoir “107 Days,” which was the length of her 2024 presidential campaign.
The Republican National Committee, in a sign they would welcome Harris becoming more politically engaged going forward, responded on X to her post with a thumbs up emoji.
Harris will be the chair emerita of Headquarters, in an honorary role, with some of the staff behind Kamala HQ reuniting on the new project. The former vice president will not have editorial control over the posts.
The Headquarters release noted,” Conservatives build permanent organizing infrastructure. Progressives have historically built machines that dismantle after Election Day. Headquarters is the end of that cycle.”
The Thursday morning announcement came hours after a short video which was posted on the account showed a person trying to unsuccessfully log on to the Kamala HQ account before using the correct password, “headquarters.”
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.
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