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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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[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 68 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, if it's gonna happen - she's gonna be the best bet. She has funding from the same campaign, and at least she's not going around claiming that trees randomly explode.

I'll be happier to vote for her than I would have been voting for Biden.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What if you have to choose between an electric boat and an exploding tree?

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Any D 2024. Fuck the republican traitor filth.

[–] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Rotting Bloated Corpse (D) for president!

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] eddanja@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Have we checked to make sure she's not a Supe yet?

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

god butcher is such a heck

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's a heck? I've only ever seen it used to mean hell.

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

idk i was using it instead of fuck

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Ah, fair enough. He is, yeah. Putting it mildly, even

[–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

At this point does it matter? I think not!

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago

My sincere best wishes to her

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 month ago

Now that Biden dropped out, Trump is going to be the oldest presidential candidate to run. Are we sure he's fit to run? Is his brain declining? Does he have dementia or Alzheimer's?

sǝʎ sǝʎ ou :ɹǝʍsu∀

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

She was always my first choice in 2016. She is not afraid of confronting trump or any other authoritarians around the world.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

She was always my first choice in 2016

Statistically there had to be some...

But Kamala was the weakest in the 2020 primary.

She's better than Joe, but she's not popular. And her numbers reflect that

Hell, unless you had a typo I legit don't even remember her running in 2016

[–] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would have preferred if her first statement was about stomping out fascism and restoring and cementing abortion rights, rather than "winning and earning the nomination"...

That said: big q for me is who she'll pick as vp!

[–] BillMurray@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Sit them all down in a room, ask "who here has been to space?" and pick Mark Kelly.

[–] flango@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

She should take a woman as VP!

That’s… not a terribly pragmatic idea. These days, it’s a good idea to pick a running mate whose strengths balance out or cover for the ticket leader’s weaknesses (real or perceived). Here, that means an uncontroversial white dude, because America is unfortunately still quite racist and sexist.