Kamala Harris, who launched her campaign for president, has long been a favorite of Hollywood donors.

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.

    • RBG@discuss.tchncs.de
      612·
      2 months ago

      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.

      • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
        411·
        2 months ago

        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

        • SSJMarx@lemm.eeEnglish
          82·
          2 months ago

          It’s been so corrupt for so long that we all just accept it. If we were studying ourselves from the outside, we might conclude that bribery is an openly accepted aspect of the American political system, comparable to how it was in the Roman one.

      • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 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.

    • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world
      221·
      2 months ago

      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.

    • VanillaBean@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 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!

    • ashok36@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 months ago

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

      • ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        2 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.