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.

  • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
    1542·
    4 months ago

    Both candidates are right wing so it’s not really “BOtH sIdEs.” People on the left would like some representation for once.

    • PunnyName@lemmy.world
      104·
      4 months ago

      What policies have the right and left regularly agreed upon? What bills put forth have unanimous votes?

      • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
        84·
        4 months ago

        I think your conflating Right and Left with Republican and Democrat.
        They aren’t the same thing.

        Both parties have been pro-corporate oligopoly. The Republicans, just more so.
        Both parties have been catering to the same class of big corporate donors. The Republicans, just more so.
        Both parties have been pro-military-industrial-complex. The Republicans, just more so.
        Both parties have been pro-Israli genocide. The Republicans, just more so.
        Both parties have shown a little movement toward economic populism. The Democrats, just more so.

        They might not vote together on many bills. Because it would look bad to their respective bases if they did.
        But they’ve both been pushing in similar directions on a number of topics for decades.

        • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
          1018·
          4 months ago

          Fighting universal healthcare. Refusing to revoke Citizens United. Refusing the Right to Repair.

          The Patriot Act. The Iraq War. Enabling The Genocide of Palestine. The continuous decline into corporatocracy.

          All bipartisan efforts.

          You shitlibs genuinely do not understand the conversation happening in front of you. We know you don’t, or you wouldn’t be a shitlib, you’d be a social democrat at worst.

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
            126·
            4 months ago

            Using the term sHiTliB renders you exempt from discourse. It’s like screaming that you’re unreachable and a huge waste of time

            • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
              67·
              4 months ago

              What an embarrassing response after your own “BOtH SiDEs” and “yeah they’ll totally respond with facts” comments. You can’t even address the numerous examples they listed?

              • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
                76·
                4 months ago

                I don’t argue with people who tell me it’s hopeless to. I will say though, you’re living up to the tag I gave you in the past.

                • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
                  36·
                  4 months ago

                  Seems you had no issue arguing up until getting your bluff called a few comments ago even though you ‘tagged me’ long ago. Now you suddenly don’t want to discuss facts and instead deflect to talking crap in typical blue MAGA fashion.

              • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
                33·
                4 months ago

                Why carry on a meaningful conversation when you can latch onto a single word and use it as an excuse to dismiss everything else someone says?

                It’s way easier than having defensible positions.

                • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
                  43·
                  4 months ago

                  They didn’t say anything worth countering and they said it with a flurry of insults. People who cannot even speak without derisively labelling others without any understanding of anything but their own extreme positions can get bent. Not worth anyone’s time.

                  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    13·
                    4 months ago

                    You’re expending a lot of effort trying to convince people that your interlocutor isn’t worth the effort. The more effort you expend, the more it looks like you’re interested in dismissing things for which you have no good answer than you are in saving effort.

                    Also, it’s cute seeing you of all people whining about insults.