{"id":2420499,"date":"2025-04-06T19:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T23:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-cuban-admits-he-only-supported-kamala-harris-because-she-wasnt-donald-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T19:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T23:50:57","slug":"mark-cuban-admits-he-only-supported-kamala-harris-because-she-wasnt-donald-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-cuban-admits-he-only-supported-kamala-harris-because-she-wasnt-donald-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Cuban admits he only supported Kamala Harris because \u2018she wasn\u2019t Donald Trump\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmark-cuban-admits-he-only-supported-kamala-harris-because-she-wasnt-donald-trump-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2420499&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent interview, billionaire Mark Cuban explained his support for Kamala Harris during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-has-never-talked-about-2024-campaign-plans-with-biden\/\" title=\"... Has &#039;Never Talked About&#039; 2024 Campaign Plans with Biden\">2024 presidential campaign<\/a>, stating that his endorsement was primarily because &#8220;she wasn\u2019t donald Trump.&#8221; Cuban, alongside othre celebrities, had rallied for Harris, highlighting her as a more favorable choice amid the disarray within the Democratic Party.During a discussion with Stephen A. Smith, Cuban reflected on the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">chaotic political landscape<\/a> but reiterated that his campaign support was largely influenced by his opposition to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged having voted for Nikki Haley in the Texas primary and suggested that he might have considered supporting her if she became the Republican nominee. Despite some criticisms regarding Harris&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-in-delaware-revokes-attorney-lin-woods-appearance-as-counsel-for-carter-page-after-filing-georgia-and-wisconsin-cases-against-2020-voter-fraud\/\" title=\"Judge in Delaware Revokes Attorney Lin Wood\u2019s Appearance as Counsel for Carter Page After Filing Georgia and Wisconsin Cases Against 2020 Voter Fraud\">campaign staff<\/a>, he defended her intelligence and expressed concerns that her team hindered her potential. Looking ahead, Cuban expressed a commitment to improving healthcare costs in the U.S., indicating a willingness to collaborate with any management for the benefit of the country. He concluded by congratulating both Trump and Elon Musk on their electoral success.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mark Cuban admits he only supported Kamala Harris because &lsquo;she wasn&rsquo;t Donald Trump&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2083697\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-cuban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mark Cuban<\/a> revealed that his support for former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> stemmed from how &ldquo;she wasn&rsquo;t Donald Trump&rdquo; when asked in a new interview why he campaigned for Harris in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban was one of several celebrities to support Harris in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/becerra-falsely-claims-he-never-sued-any-nuns\/\" title=\"Becerra Falsely Claims He \u2018Never Sued Any Nuns\u2019\">presidential campaign bid<\/a> against then-presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, which included an appearance at a Wisconsin rally. <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">In a one-on-one discussion with Stephen A. Smith, the former&nbsp;<em>Shark Tank<\/em>&nbsp;host was asked what drew him to supporting Harris despite &ldquo;how chaotic things looked&rdquo; for the Democratic Party, to which he simply said, &ldquo;Because she wasn&rsquo;t Donald Trump.<\/span>&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3371588\/tim-walz-laments-not-spokesperson-dems-missed-improved-peoples-lives\/\">Tim Walz laments he&rsquo;s not the &lsquo;best spokesperson&rsquo; as Dems missed &lsquo;things that improved people&#8217;s lives&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3370964\/trump-betting-presidency-tariffs-scott-jennings\/\">Trump &#8216;betting his presidency&#8217; on tariffs: Scott Jennings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3367269\/gavin-newsom-rebrand-failed-attempt-be-moderate\/\">Gavin Newsom&#8217;s rebrand is DOA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Smith then asked if Cuban would have voted differently if the Republican Party&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-travel-lid-for-wednesday-an-hour-after-bobulinski-interview-airs\/\" title=\"Biden Calls Travel Lid for Wednesday an Hour After Bobulinski Interview Airs\">presidential nominee<\/a> was someone other than Trump, such as former U.N. Ambassador <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nikki-haley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nikki Haley<\/a> or Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL). In response, Cuban pointed to how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2902793\/billionaire-mark-cuban-says-he-will-vote-for-biden-during-white-house-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he voted for Haley in the Texas primary<\/a>, adding that while he did not see eye-to-eye with Haley on everything, he would have &ldquo;considered&rdquo; supporting her if she were the nominee for president.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iYWfd8jCDq0?si=NodM1xefCt36HiYk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Cuban also said he did not want to throw Harris &ldquo;under the bus,&rdquo; contending that she is &ldquo;smarter than what people give her credit for.&rdquo; However, he criticized her campaign staff, arguing they held her back from doing &ldquo;basic things that would have made a lot of difference.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Going forward, Cuban said he has spoken to the Trump administration about healthcare and the cost of pharmacy, citing his success with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/2578211\/a-shark-comes-for-the-pharmaceutical-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CostPlus, his online pharmacy company<\/a>. He added that he is &ldquo;all about Team USA,&rdquo; and expressed a desire to help the country regardless of who is president.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3371661\/if-trump-wants-tariff-reciprocity-reject-lutnick-navarro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">IF TRUMP WANTS TARIFF RECIPROCITY, HE MUST REJECT LUTNICK AND NAVARRO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If I can help cut the cost of healthcare in the United States of America, it doesn&rsquo;t matter who the president is, whether I like him or dislike him, I&rsquo;m going to do what I can,&rdquo; Cuban said.<\/p>\n<p>Following Election Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3219980\/mark-cuban-congratulates-trump-on-winning-election-fair-and-square\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Cuban congratulated<\/a> both Trump and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> on the election results, stating that Trump won the election &ldquo;fair and square.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2083697\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2083697\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Cuban backed Kamala Harris simply because &#8220;she wasn&#8217;t Donald Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2420500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mark-Cuban-on-Harris-support-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32431,32319,32438,37388],"class_list":["post-2420499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-election","tag-donald-trump","tag-kamala-harris","tag-mark-cuban"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mark-Cuban-on-Harris-support-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420499"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420503,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420499\/revisions\/2420503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}