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The Obamas Endorse Harris: 'This Is Going to Be Historic' (www.rollingstone.com)

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The former president and first lady threw their weight behind the presumptive Democratic nominee

Barack and Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination for president, sharing the news in a joint phone call.

A video released by the campaign suggests the former president and first lady called Harris on Thursday while the vice president was in Houston, where she addressed the American Federation of Teachers and received a briefing on recovery efforts following Hurricane Beryl.

“We called to say, Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office,” Barack Obama is heard telling Harris in a 55-second video of the call.

“This is going to be historic,” Michelle Obama tells Harris.

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[-] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 145 points 1 month ago

Michelle: When they go low we go high.

Kamala: Let the meme trolling begin!

If we do end up descending into a Draconian hellhole of an autocratic dictatorship at least the election run-up is going to be exponentially more entertaining than it was going to be with Joe.

I say that dictatorship part because don't think for a second that the GOP is gonna just roll over and die. Expect hard-line challenges to vote counts in every single swing state.

[-] ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago

I say that dictatorship part because don’t think for a second that the GOP is gonna just roll over and die. Expect hard-line challenges to vote counts in every single swing state.

I've been saying this since Sunday. We just blew up the Death Star, but the Empire is still a threat. The fight ain't over, yet.

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

How did we blow up the Death Star? No victories have been achieved yet.

This is more like Han hanging over the reigns of the Millenium Falcon to Lando in RotJ. The battle hasn’t even begun.

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[-] vxx@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There's a "simple" solution to prevent their civil war plans. You got to crush them at the voting stations so hard that every question about foul play gets destroyed in its roots.

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[-] leadore@lemmy.world 126 points 1 month ago

Brace yourself for a massive disinformation campaign against Harris as soon as they recover from the initial shock. Don't buy into any crap you see about her going forward. Eat no for breakfast.

[-] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 66 points 1 month ago

I already saw a photoshopped picture of her hugging Epstein. It was her hugging her husband with Epstein's head

Took 1 google search to debunk. But morons on FB shared it anyway.

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

We should combat this by Photoshopping her head on Trump's body with already well establish photos of trump/Epstein

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[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago

Don't buy into any crap you see about her going forward. Eat no for breakfast.

This is the exact attitude that led Republicans into being able to believe that Trump is an upright and moral citizen......

No one should write a blank check of virtue for any politician. Valid criticism is important, without it we're just going to be led around by the nose by those who have access to power.

If we don't hold liberal politicians to the same standards we utilize for conservatives, then we will end up with the same type of shit bags they have.

[-] prole 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is the exact attitude that led Republicans into being able to believe that Trump is an upright and moral citizen......

No, not even close to the same thing.

Maybe you're too young to remember, but Trump has a very long history of being a massive, racist, piece of shit. He is literally the archetype of nearly every movie and cartoon villain in the 90s (not even kidding, Some More News did a whole video on it, it's actually insane).

He was notorious for not paying his contractors, and instead telling them to sue him, knowing there was no way they could afford to win a case against him.

He was notorious for blatantly racist housing policies at his properties.

He was notorious for taking out a full page ad in the New York Times basically saying we should still kill the (recently found innocent) Central Park Five regardless of their guilt (guess their skin color).

You can't even make this comparison, it's absurd.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

His first time making national news was when the Justice Department went after him in 1973 for violating the Fair Housing Act.

Black applicants for apartments in his buildings had the letter "C" (for "colored") added to their applications and were denied based entirely on their race.

For over 50 years he's demonstrated time and again that he's a racist piece of shit.

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[-] Doom@ttrpg.network 11 points 1 month ago

No. No no no.

I swear nobody remembers the days we all knew he was shit, watch back the future there is literally a parody of what everyone knew Trump was.

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[-] leadore@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh good grief, don't put words in my mouth. That's not what I said and you know it. I said don't buy the crap that we're about to be flooded with. I never said you can't criticize her. You can believe and criticize any valid reality-based you want to, but check the facts first.

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[-] Shawdow194@kbin.run 59 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Republicans: > "We want change and Biden out"
Democrats: > "Great, vote for Harris" Republicans: > "noOoo noT like tHat!"

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

That’s not allowed!!! Call the foul ref!!!

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

'Stop counting!', says the man who thinks math is what you burn and inhale if you are poor.

[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 59 points 1 month ago

Republicans are so angry these days with Harris. First it was the Obama’s did not indorse her because she can’t win now they are just really angry. They know they are going to lose. I love it.

[-] Foreigner@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

They know they are going to lose.

Never assume, fucking vote if you can people.

[-] Steve@communick.news 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is frustrating. She couldn't handle a primary run 5 years ago. Now the entire Party is just lining up as if she's unquestionably the greatest candidate the world has to offer.

Prior to this, the only Democrat less popular than her, was Biden.

Nobody knows what she'll actually do in office because she's only ever said or supported whatever will help her at the moment.

EDIT: Thank you all. I had a good time today debating, discussing, reading, even occasionally learning.
Some of you engaged well, I upvoted. Some of you didn't. I rarely downvote though, and never did here.
I appreciate you all, and hope you all have a good one.
Even Kamala Harris. I hope to see her succeed beyond all our expectations. Even if mine are quite low.

[-] ImADifferentBird 54 points 1 month ago

Biden couldn't handle a primary run in 2008, but he killed in 2020.

Times change. Circumstances change. People change. And if the enthusiasm that has come out over the past week, both from her and from the party base, is any indication, Harris in 2024 is in a much better place than she was in 2020.

[-] Orbituary@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Biden didn't kill it in 2020. Bernie won the first few states, so the DNC freaked out and pushed the other candidates to drop out and endorse Joe. After that, the media lined up to declare him the presumptive nominee. The DNC hates progressives.

Kamala was a better speaker than Joe in 2020. Her comments about being one of the black kids on the busses aimed at Biden was accurate and scathing. But she followed the party mandate and bowed out.

Why is everyone's memory so short about these things?

She's a far sight better than Trump or Biden.

[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

Bernie won a couple states that never help determine the election. Then Biden won by a lot in swing states. If Bernie won swing states it would be different. He didn't. His appeal isn't and wasn't as good in the specific places the Presidency is won.

It sucks because I picked him in both primaries. But the reality is Biden had broader appeal where it mattered. Any Dem candidate is going get 170 EC votes along the coasts. It's between the coasts where the election is won. And Biden did better in all those places.

[-] Orbituary@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

To my point, he was doing better until the others started to drop out. But that's all academic now. My opinion hardly matters, but I stand by my belief that the DNC hates progressive politics and would rather lose than support a populist progressive.

[-] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Kamala is apparently more progressive than we knew, her voting record was pretty close to Bernie's in the Senate. By being the vp and then Biden dropping out we seem to have gotten a more prog candidate than we could have otherwise?

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Honestly, after his failed 1987 primary challenge, I'm surprised he ever got back on his feet in terms of politics at all.

He plagiarized a speech by a British politician and got caught, he was involved in a scandal involving his law school grades and he lied about his participation in the civil rights movement (or at least greatly exaggerated it).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_1988_presidential_campaign#Summer_1987

On top of that, after dropping out, he had two brain aneurysms.

It's pretty amazing he got elected president in 2020.

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[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh. Look. It's the exact message we all knew was coming. "Good thing we got rid of Biden, but now we have another terrible candidate."

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[-] cupcakezealot 24 points 1 month ago

she was in a primary with biden in the center and about 15 other progressives on the left. she was always popular; it's just bernie occupied the left flank of the primary and everyone else was crumbs.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

She was in the Senate. She has a voting record. Go look at it.

[-] prole 18 points 1 month ago

You know she was a Senator, right? You know those votes are public record, right?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You know who else couldn't handle a primary run (twice) before they were elected president? Joe Biden.

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[-] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Biden was in several primaries. Only recently did he get enough traction. Just Obama was more popular. That's actually a common pattern, that eventual Presidents had to lose a few primaries to get where they are today.

[-] Xanis@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Alright. Here's your chance:

Who would you choose?

Be prepared to defend your answer.

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