\u201cBut I love our country \u2014 and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Users on X were quick to highlight that the photo Harris shared\u2014showing her and second gentleman Doug Emhoff watching the July 2024 Independence Day fireworks\u2014was conveniently cropped to exclude President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, who had been present at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKamala cropping Joe out is very symbolic,\u201d noted<\/a> Link Lauren, a former senior adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s presidential campaign. She published another photo from the White House balcony that shows the first couple just feet away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c[W]hose elbow is that at the right[?]\u201d teased another X user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, others honed in on her somber tone and claims that things weren\u2019t going well under President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFeeling grateful we didn\u2019t end up with a President who posts \u2018things are gonna get worse\u2019 on the 4th of July,\u201d noted<\/a> Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kiersten Pels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAmong other reasons, this is why you\u2019re not President,\u201d a second netizen chimed in, while a third encouraged her to \u201cjust enjoy the day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAmerica is unburdened by what has been,\u201d a fourth needled, paraphrasing a favorite catchphrase of the former VP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKamala sets a new record for the worst 4th of July message ever,\u201d claimed<\/a> 710 WOR radio host Mark Simone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since her decisive defeat to Trump in the 2024 election, where Republicans swept all seven swing states following Biden\u2019s withdrawal from the race, the California Democrat has kept a relatively low public profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In April, Harris delivered a peculiar keynote speech at the 20th anniversary gala for Emerge, a Democratic organization that supports women running for office. During the San Francisco event, she criticized the Trump administration\u2019s economic and immigration policies\u2014without ever mentioning the 47th president by name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recent public polling shows a sharp decline in Kamala Harris\u2019s favorability and her prospects for securing the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, the New York Post reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A survey by Emerson College last month found only 13% of Democratic voters would support Harris in the primary\u2014falling behind former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who garnered 16% despite dropping out of the 2020 race early with just 15 delegates before Super Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back in November, the same pollster showed Harris still had the backing of 37% of Democratic voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other polls have painted a more favorable picture. A Morning Consult survey in March showed Harris receiving 36% support among Democratic and Democratic-leaning independent voters for the 2028 presidential primary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the enthusiasm doesn\u2019t appear to carry over to a potential California gubernatorial run. In April, a Politico and UC Berkeley Citrin Center poll found that 36% of self-identified \u201cpolicy influencers\u201d expressed little excitement about Harris pursuing the governorship next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Harris allies who spoke with Politico, the former vice president and longtime California senator is expected to decide on her political future by the end of the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/states-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-06-153920.png\")
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