Kamala Harris skewers Donald Trump in San Francisco speech

Former vice president Kamala Harris took direct aim at Donald Trump during a speech in San Francisco Wednesday evening, calling his administration “reckless” and “self-serving” while casting the White House as authoritarian and corrupt.

“What we are, in fact, witnessing is a high-velocity event. Where a vessel is being used for the swift implementation of an agenda that has been decades in the making,” said Harris, a Bay Area native and former U.S senator. “An agenda to slash public education. An agenda to shrink government. And then privatize its services. All while giving tax breaks to the wealthiest among us.”

Harris, who is mulling a run for California governor in 2026, said the president’s actions have not led to lower costs or a more affordable lifestyle, a key promise Trump made while on the campaign trail in 2024. She also criticized his tariff policy, which has led to a slump in the stock market and worries about a recession, calling it “the greatest man-made economic crisis in modern presidential history.”