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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.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Is there any way she's not nominated? I'd like to donate to the Dem nominee as soon as humanly possible.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This is such a quintessential American question. Never in my life have I had to donate my hard earned money to a political candidate, it is such a strange concept to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It's not like I'm dying to hand my money over to someone who's probably a millionaire. But, you see, I really really really hate Trump.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

The problem is their retail politics style being more costly.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was reading the comments in another thread and multiple people were talking about donating money to the democrat candidate

They're giving money to politicians? Are they fucking insane?

Another article I was reading was about how one of their politicians has managed a 700% markup on her investment portfolio in the last decade and nobody was actually calling for this woman to be fucking jailed for insider trading, it was just "Oh yep, they're corrupt and that's how it is"

Then they want to donate money? 😂 Fuck me

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No. Based on the fundraising today, a preference cascade is occurring and she'll have the entire party behind her by mid week.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It already seems like a done deal to me.

I questioned the idea of Biden dropping out via press release on a Sunday afternoon, but so far it has proven to be a masterstroke. They took advantage of a lull in the news cycle to completely control the narrative and present a united front in place of all the infighting we had just a day before.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Could turn out she's a convicted felon, sexual assault allegations may arise, or have conspired to commit treason.

Hahaha, yeah. Would be hilarious if it wasn't depressing as fuck.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well that clearly doesn't stop nominations at this point.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Doubtful that anyone else could get as much steam as her at this point. And the endorsement from so many have already rolled in, including POTUS. Though she might have to go through the formal nomination process, it's clear he's passing the torch to her. They broke the record for donations this year today alone!