During an interview on Newsmax’s National Report, Bond said “please don’t” when asked if Harris should run for president again in 2028.

Host Emma Rechenberg asked: “The Vice president has been instructing advisers and allies to keep her options open. That could be a possible 2028 presidential run or even a run for governor in her home state of California in two years. Harris has reportedly repeating in phone calls, quote, ‘I’m staying in the fight.’ Let’s talk about it now with our political panelists. Theryn Bond joins us now, a Democratic strategist and Luke Ball is a Republican strategist. So two different perspectives here. Is this a good idea for VP Harris to continue her political ambitions?”

“Not to run for president again in 2028, please don’t. I can’t really speak for governor of California. Californians seem to support her significantly. We haven’t yet been able to measure what that support looks like after this current run she just had. That may be the only thing that she — I guess, may make sense for her to consider. But another shot at the presidency, I hope she doesn’t. And if she is relying on those same advisers that advised her this cycle, that’s not who I would listen to,” Bond responded.

After Harris lost to President-elect Donald Trump, Republican strategist Luke Ball concurred that a California gubernatorial campaign might be her only chance, stating, “I think she might have a hand up in California because I think that’s one of the only states where she might actually have an edge.”

“Well, I think she might have a hand up in California because I think that’s one of the only states where she might actually have an edge. She’d have high name ID. But if she ran anywhere else in the country, I don’t think she’d be able to get elected to dog catcher, unfortunately,” Ball began.