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Vice President Kamala Harris gave the public its first real look into her nascent presidential campaign with a stop at her organization’s headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware on Monday night.

Harris’ first applause line came when she discussed her background as California attorney general and as a courtroom prosecutor.

“In those roles, I took on perpetrators of all kinds,” she said, earning cackles while she beamed, clearly enjoying the joke. “Predators who abused women. Fraudsters who ripped off consumers. Cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. So hear me when I say, I know Donald Trump’s type.”

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 111 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

she needs to specifically call out every single bullshit thing he's ever done

There isn't enough hours left until election day to list all of it.

Also, maybe she should try another tactic than the one that BARELY worked for her predecessor the last time around playing on the much easier "people are experiencing how awful Trump is as president RIGHT NOW" difficulty level.

If she wants to win and win big (which is the only outcome that isn't humiliating and dangerous for democracy), she needs more than "Trump bad". She's going to need some "Kamala good" to energize the base.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 54 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm all for it. Give me something to look forward to, not something to run from, for once this decade

[–] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Fear drives people to the polls though. It's kinda sad but true. So there needs to be a mix.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

HOPE worked pretty well for Obama