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Based on what we could find, Kamala Harris did call the U.S. political system broken in recent interviews and public statements, and she expressed frustration with its inability to defend democratic principles. Mainstream sources like Times of India, Fox News, and Scripps News consistently report Harriss assertion that the system is broken and her decision to step away from electoral politics as a result.
However, these outlets generally stop short of explicitly connecting her critique to a specific blame on Trump-era capitulation, focusing more on systemic fragility and dysfunction. The strongest evidence supporting the claim that Harris called the system broken is present across all mainstream sources cited, confirming that part of the claim is definitively true. In contrast, the allegation that she specifically blamed Trump-era capitulation is…
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