Kamala Harris Officially Secures Presidential Nomination

Saturday, August 03, 2024

Vice President Harris secured a majority of the pledged delegates to the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Democratic party officials announced Friday, officially making her the party's presidential nominee and concluding an unprecedented process after the former Democratic standard-bearer dropped out less than two weeks ago.

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On Tuesday, the Democratic National Committee said that 3,923 delegates had petitioned to put Harris on the ballot for the nomination, a large majority of the total delegate pool.

Harris becomes just the second person of color in America's nearly 250-year history to head a major presidential ticket, after Barack Obama in 2008. Harris is Black and Indian American, and Trump has recently attacked her identity and suggested she formerly downplayed her Black heritage, an assertion for which there is no evidence.

Harris will also be the second female major-party nominee, after Hillary Clinton in 2016, when Clinton lost to Trump in a contest that stunned Democrats and upended the political landscape.

Now, it's on like Donkey Kong.

#1 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-08-02 01:32 PM | Reply

On Tuesday, the Democratic National Committee said that 3,923 delegates had petitioned to put Harris on the ballot for the nomination, a large majority of the total delegate pool.

Jeffs gonna complain it wasn't done right. Oneironaut will say they elites selected her.

#2 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-08-02 01:36 PM | Reply

"Boo! Hiss! What about Dum-O-CraCY???!?"
-MAGAts (conveniently overlooking their January 6th insurrection and their Orange Buffoon Leader who orchestrated it)

#3 | Posted by censored at 2024-08-02 01:39 PM | Reply

What's the new excuse for not debating?

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-08-02 01:42 PM | Reply

What's the new excuse for not debating?

Larynxial bone spurs, what else?

#5 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-08-02 01:50 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

Oneironaut will say they elites selected her.

#2 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE

He's not wrong. YOU certainly didn't select her.

#6 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-08-02 03:08 PM | Reply

What's the new excuse for not debating?
#4 | POSTED BY REDIAL

He won't go on ABC
She won't go on FOX

#7 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-08-02 03:09 PM | Reply

Harris calling Trump "Duckin Don" is hysterical though.

#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-08-02 03:14 PM | Reply

YOU certainly didn't select her.

#6 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Ha! Your ignorance of American politics is showing again.

The political parties ALWAYS select the nominees.

We only get to vote on who the parties select.

AFTER they are selected.

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-08-02 03:14 PM | Reply

She won't go on FOX

#7 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Link or lie ...

Kamala has never said she would not debate Trumpy on Fox Spews.

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-08-02 03:18 PM | Reply

"Good news, polling fans:

538 now has polling averages for the new presidential matchup between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

As of Friday at 10 a.m. Eastern, our average of national polls says Harris has the support of 45.0 percent of voters, while Trump garners 43.5 percent."

abcnews.go.com

More at the link... she's doing well in swing states too.

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2024-08-02 03:19 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

At the worst she's now a few points behind but statistically tied with trump.

weird don old doesn't have time to be campaigning he needs to be getting swoll in preparation for his prison sentence.

#12 | Posted by Tor at 2024-08-02 03:31 PM | Reply

#45 threw his VPOTUS under the bus after Pence certified the election in Congress on 6 Jan 2021. You wonder how #45 will throw J Dunce Vance under the bus after he loses this November?

#13 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2024-08-02 03:42 PM | Reply

People who are more concerned about a Dem vote at the Convention, which would have been preferable, but given the same results...

... those people need to consider whether that preference is more important than a 4th Reich running in this country.

Sometimes the niceties don't outweigh the potential hazards.

#14 | Posted by Corky at 2024-08-02 03:45 PM | Reply

He won't go on ABC
She won't go on FOX

It's too bad those are the only possible venues for a debate.

#15 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-08-02 03:54 PM | Reply

#15

What do they do in Canada?

In China, it's interesting if you complain about something at say a town council meeting. You have to supply a solution as well

In US its just complaining.

#16 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-08-02 03:57 PM | Reply

" In China, it's interesting if you complain about something at say a town council meeting. You have to supply a solution as well"

Actor's Equity has a similar rule: if you suggest a committee be formed to address problem XYZ ...

... you're now the Chair of that committee.

#17 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-08-02 04:18 PM | Reply

In China, it's interesting if you complain about something at say a town council meeting. You have to supply a solution as well In US its just complaining. #16 | Posted by oneironaut

A solution to a problem that Trump made up out of thin air because he's afraid of debating the small woman of color who he routinely insults when he's not sharing the stage with her?

I guess he could always man up grow a pair. Does that count? Or is that not possible because he is an old decrepit orange freakshow?

#18 | Posted by censored at 2024-08-02 04:54 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I wonder if the DNC will reimburse all those that bought Biden for president signs?

#19 | Posted by phinphan at 2024-08-02 05:45 PM | Reply

There are now Elders for Kamala and Comics for Kamala zoom events planned for next week:

x.com

Comics For Kamala: Ben Stiller, Jason Bateman And Cecily Strong Among Lineup For Zoom Event To Support Harris Campaign

deadline.com

#20 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-08-02 05:52 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Kamala only has to own the Media for less than 100 days, and win managing whatever Oct Surprises each Party has planned for the other, to have a good chance of stopping Adolf Drumpf.

#21 | Posted by Corky at 2024-08-02 06:01 PM | Reply

You've Heard of White Dudes for Kamala. Now Come the Deadheads

One group after another, they've been congregating over Zoom in support of Kamala Harris presidential run: Women, men, Swifties, "White Dudes," Bob Dylan fans. So why not "Deadheads for Kamala"?

www.rollingstone.com

#22 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-08-02 06:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Trump Camp Calls Harris Buzz A Great Wakeup Call'

'Politics is downstream of culture and Trump was a cultural figure before he was a political one. But Kamala is making a run for it,' said a Trump adviser. 'We underestimate her cultural appeal and her power at our peril.'

www.thebulwark.com

#23 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-08-02 06:39 PM | Reply

Russian stooges take a break.

#24 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-08-02 09:39 PM | Reply

Russian stooges take a break.
#24 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

Gotta rest up and get their next talking points; defending the indefensible is tough work. And Trump is about as indefensible as it gets.

#25 | Posted by censored at 2024-08-03 10:50 AM | Reply