Kamala Harris said Friday she might make a third bid for the presidency.

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The Rev. Al Sharpton asked the former vice president point blank at the National Action Network conference in New York City if she will run for president in 2028.

“Listen, I might,” Harris said. “I’m thinking about it.”

The comments were some of Harris’ strongest and most direct that she is considering running again.

The former vice president had earlier received some of the loudest cheers of any prospective 2028 Democratic presidential contender who had so far spoken at the conference, which included Govs. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Wes Moore of Maryland, and Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz.

Chants of “run again” rang out in the Manhattan ballroom where Harris sat for her conversation with Sharpton, the founder of the civil rights group.

“Let me also say this, I served for four years being a heartbeat away from the presidency of the United States … I know what the job is, and I know what it requires,” Harris said.

She added it’s become increasingly clear to her “the status quo is not working, and it hasn’t been working for a lot of people for a long time.”

“And part of the issue is the need to get rid of some of the bureaucracy in government and to understand that the people … don’t want process, they want progress,” she said.

“Look, the American people have the right to expect that anyone who wants to run for office and be a leader, that it can’t be about themselves and what they want for themselves has to be about the American people,” she added. “And that’s how I think of it and I am thinking about it in the context of … who and where and how can the best job be done for the American people? I’ll keep you posted.”

Very early polling of a potential 2028 presidential race shows Harris at the top of the field, though that is in part because people know who she is and recognize her name more than many of the other potential contestants. In October, Harris told the BBC that she would “possibly” run for president in the future.

Harris lost the 2024 presidential election to President Donald Trump after becoming the Democratic nominee when President Joe Biden stepped aside under heavy pressure from the party. She dropped out of the 2020 presidential race before the start of the primary calendar.

In her lengthy conversation with Sharpton, Harris excoriated the president and focused heavily on contrasting his foreign policy with that of her and President Joe Biden, as well as their predecessors.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment

“So he enters into this war, a war of choice,” Harris said of the war with Iran. “Remember, the man said he got rid of their nuclear arsenal, obliterated it. He said — you know how he likes to use those kinds of words, obliterated it, which is not an ambiguous term, that means you took it out — well, evidently, he didn’t do that.”

She said the president’s actions overseas have led to U.S. service-members being killed and injured, the straining of longtime alliances and increased costs for Americans.

“And the American citizens will always pay for war,” she said, adding, “And I heard friends in the room say he lied. He lied. He told the American people on day one he was going to break down prices and costs and he lied.”