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Kamala Harris Launches Presidential Bid: ‘My Intention Is to Earn and Win This Nomination’

Kamala Harris has launched her campaign for the White House, after President Joe Biden stepped aside Sunday under pressure from party leaders.

The vice president has Biden’s endorsement, and is unchallenged as yet for the Democratic nomination, which will be formally decided at the Aug. 19 convention in Chicago.

“I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,” Harris said in a statement. “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party—and unite our nation—to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda. We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will win.”

In her statement, the vice president paid tribute to Biden’s “extraordinary leadership,” saying he had achieved more in one term than many presidents do in two.

Nomecks ,

Bernie 2024?

rimu ,
@rimu@piefed.social avatar

If anyone is concerned that there is only 4 months until the election, remember Jacinda Adern became opposition leader 3 months before the 2017 election and won - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41675801

JCreazy ,

Fuck it, I’ll vote for her if not for the mere fact that I would get a lot of entertainment seeing people complain how our president is a black woman.

Draedron ,

You win it for Trump. I swear it feels like Dems want Trump to win by backstabbing Biden this late in the game.

inclementimmigrant ,

Didn’t like her in the primaries, still don’t like her now but honestly she’s the best shot Democrats have now. I’m just so pissed off that Democrats and Biden waited this long and now have to scramble like this.

It’s absolutely infuriating at this level of incompetence.

MyOpinion ,

Kamala Harris I look forward to you wiping the floor with the Orange Turd.

Draedron ,

She has less than 4 months and was completely invisible before. She is going to lose hard and this time we can really blame the Dems for betraying Biden this late in the race.

ShepherdPie ,

Biden was going to lose. Do you really think they’d go through all this if that wasn’t the reality of the situation?

TrickDacy ,

The next debate should be hilarious. Someone with facts and speaking ability vs a windbag lie machine

paddirn ,

Wow, so the DNC might actually be interesting to watch this year if another candidate gets any traction.

Kroxx ,

I don’t like Harris, mainly because of her time as a prosecutor. I’m also not going to lie, I was having a really really hard time grappling with voting for Biden, I was begrudgingly willing to before the debate but when I watched it I was so outraged. I genuinely feel like his administration has been deceitful with his condition for a while. I’m not saying I wasn’t going to vote for Biden, I understand the stakes, but I kept watching his interviews trying to get any genuine motivation for Biden. All I saw was a stubborn old man who refused to even acknowledge reality.

I’ve been following Biden news and this week I was convinced that he would drop out and so I wondered who would replace him. Harris immediately came to mind. Now as I said I don’t care for Harris but before Biden announced this today I personally decided I would be willing to support Harris.

She isn’t ancient, I believe she’s more progressive, and I think she will be good in the debates. She isn’t my 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th pick, but I have far fewer hangups voting for Harris compared to Biden, and of course over Trump.

She isn’t the best candidate in terms of absolute popularity, but when you factor in funding logistics and the fact that I think many good Dems picks would want to run in '28 when the timing isn’t fucked, I think Harris is the most realistic pick. I’ll happily take her compared to Biden.

Cuttlefish1111 ,

Back to the lesser of 2 evils. It never ends

LustyArgonianMana ,
@LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world avatar

The only way you’ll get a candidate that aligns with 100% of your personal beliefs, is if you run for office yourself

That being said, I’d love a real leftwing candidate

TrickDacy ,

BOtH sIdEs

ShepherdPie ,

Both candidates are right wing so it’s not really “BOtH sIdEs.” People on the left would like some representation for once.

TrickDacy ,

Not surprised you’d say that

PunnyName ,

What policies have the right and left regularly agreed upon? What bills put forth have unanimous votes?

Angry_Autist ,

Yes, that’s what rational people do, pick the less damaging choice.

What the FUCK is wrong with you people who actively choose the more damaging choice for lulz?

elbucho ,
@elbucho@lemmy.world avatar

You know what? I felt the same way before today. But I’ve been thinking about it a lot since the announcement, and the more I think about it, the more convinced I am that Harris is the best possible presidential candidate.

Like you, I don’t think she’d make the best president. Hell, she wasn’t even in my top 10. I’d have vastly preferred someone like Hakeem Jeffries. But here’s the thing: the person best suited for the office of president isn’t necessarily the best person to run for president.

Harris has all of the advantages Biden had: she can run on this administration’s record, since it was her administration too. Every positive talking point about the stuff that Biden’s done for the country can equally apply to Harris. Additionally, she gets his entire war chest, and with the president’s blessing today, she’s likely going to have 100% party support as well. To make matters even better, she doesn’t have any of the flaws he sported: she’s young, she’s sharp, she’s great in debates, and because she’s the antithesis of Biden in all of these respects, all of the criticisms pointed at Biden (which could also 100% be applied to Trump) will now all be applied to Trump and Trump alone.

Lastly, I think that now is the most favorable moment in our country’s history for a non-white, non-male person to become president. She’s got the built-in support of everybody who dreads another Trump presidency. A significant number of people who would vote for Biden but not Harris due to sexism or racism will be rethinking that position when the opposition is Donald Trump. Also, something like 40% of people in the US just simply don’t vote. Biden would never appeal to those people, but a black / asian woman who has succeeded in a mostly male dominated field could be very inspirational to a large number of otherwise apathetic non-voters.

I honestly think that Harris being endorsed for President is just an unalloyed good. I don’t see any realistic downsides, and an incredible number of upsides. It actually has me excited, which is a feeling I haven’t felt since 2008.

Angry_Autist ,

It’s attitudes exactly like this why American Democrats are center right, and why we have had almost zero meaningful legislation to help the normal people for 40 years.

If your family survives this coming shitshow of a fasist coup, I hope you beg their forgiveness and tell them your small part in helping start it.

qooqie , (edited )

We don’t stand a chance with her as the pick. Whitmer would’ve been a much better president pick

You can downvote all you want the polls show dems still losing with her as the pick

Wiz ,

She hasn’t even started campaigning yet, and she was even to Joe or even better.

qooqie ,

She literally has been campaigning? She is the VP she campaigns with Joe. She’s in the public eye, people know her and she still trails trump

finestnothing ,

She has been campaigning… For Biden. That’s the difference between being the backup singer and the lead singer at a concert. Sure the backup singer is still on stage and singing, but it’s just to support the lead singer, not to show off their own talent

TrickDacy ,

How can you possibly think that makes sense?

Draedron ,

No change this late would have been the best pick. Now the Dems just hand Trump the presidency. Maybe because they are scared of what Trump will do to them so they try to ally with him?

SirDerpy ,

AOC rationalizes selling out her principles to unite the big tent and become part of the dynastic club.

Newsom ensures neoliberal outcomes with appeal to neoliberals and fence Republicans.

The big tent unites. Democrats win.

Zachariah ,
@Zachariah@lemmy.world avatar

Now we just need to get Trump to step down. Then we can have a less insane election.

He really should. He has no business running.

FenrirIII ,
@FenrirIII@lemmy.world avatar

Even if the assassin had finished the job, his cult would prop his corpse up and wait for him to come back to life.

snooggums ,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

That would have been fine.

Pacattack57 ,

I think I would shit my pants from happiness if that happened

Blumpkinhead ,

I think we’d all shit your pants.

solrize ,

Now we just need to get Trump to step down. Then we can have a less insane election.

If that hands the GOP nomination to Vance, then Vance would completely destroy any of the Democrats who the Dem establishment could possibly let run. This was obvious on watching about a minute of Vance’s VP acceptance speech on the news. Dems should be careful what they ask for.

TrickDacy ,

Oh I thought he was a huge liability being absolutely full of baggage. Insane things he’s said, including that trump is America’s Hitler (mind you that’s only insane to cultists)

ShepherdPie ,

And also the fact that he’s an obvious ivy league elite who pretends to be a “common man.”

Zachariah ,
@Zachariah@lemmy.world avatar

No one in GOO has a cult following like Donald.

Sanguine ,

lol 🤣 no one gives a shit about Vance, get real.

JimmyBigSausage ,

Harris/Kelly ‘24!

VanillaBean ,

Who is Kelly?

FlyingSquid ,
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https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7f2e70e3-596d-48c9-a858-b1633c55ad9f.png

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@quokk.au avatar

Damnit, he’s a doctor not a VP!

Zerlyna ,
@Zerlyna@lemmy.world avatar

My heart fluttered seeing that. 🥰

teft ,
@teft@lemmy.world avatar

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kelly

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I would not be surprised if John Glenn’s failed presidential bid poisoned the idea of a former astronaut as VP candidate in the eyes of the DNC. They’re all old.

JimmyBigSausage ,

Senator Mark Kelly, AZ

rhacer ,

I don’t think she stands a chance running as a VP. However, if President Biden were to invoke Article 25, and abdicate in favor of his VP. I honestly think she’d be a lock to win.

perishthethought ,

Sorry but what do you see as the difference?

rhacer ,

I think she gets a huge bounce if she’s the President thrust into a role she did not ask for or seek. It’s a pretty typical human reaction to cheer for people forced by circumstance into an unexpected role. I think she also gets four months to show that she’s Presidential material.

So that’s the pragmatic part. I also believe that President Biden has shown he’s incapable of governing, and that we have rules regarding that situation. In fact that’s why we have the position of VP.

solrize ,

a role she did not ask for or seek.

She sought it in 2019 (ran for the office) but dropped out early in the primaries.

rhacer ,

Literally you’re are correct, figuratively, I think I’m in pretty solid ground.

ShepherdPie ,

And she’s seeking it again right now. Wtf is this person even talking about?

zabadoh ,

I understand your idea with your first paragraph, but it also ties Harris down to the White House instead of freeing her to campaign, and get her own name out there. If there are any events beyond her control, while she’s President, she would also be on the hook for those.

Biden’s actually pretty good and he is, or at least his staff is, getting a lot of positive things done, as long as he’s off camera. That’s been true throughout his career.

mosiacmango ,

Lol, im sure its just a coicidence that you are parroting the GOP by calling on Biden to resign the presidency right now.

No, it would not strengthen her campaign if her running mate made the entirely unprecedented move of resigning in office for no stated reason. The procedural shitshow a GOP house would make the process would become the whole news cycle until the election.

She is a much, much stronger canidate in her current role, being able to brag about every Biden/Harris accomplishment and not have any baggage of an active presidency, especially one that would be assumed in a ginned up shit show by her politcal opponents.

solrize ,

No, it would not strengthen her campaign if her running mate made the entirely unprecedented move of resigning in office for no stated reason

“Health reasons”. Maybe he checks into a hospital announces it from there.

rhacer ,

Absolutely correct.

mosiacmango ,

Okay, so now you have an excuse. So this kicks off a living shitshow in the Republican controlled house as article 25 is invoked. You have a circus that lets Republicans go on and on and on, stalling as best they can, starting hearing, etc. The GOP gets endless media attention when they would otherwise be on the backfoot to all the energizing postive press the dems are about to get. The GOP gets to grandstand, they get to sue, maybe the supreme court weighs in, making it look like Democrats can’t handle the presidency.

In what way is that a positive for the Harris campaign?

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