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Once Derided, Harris Suddenly Stands at Brink of Leading Democratic Ticket
The New York Times ^ | July 21, 2024Updated 5:11 p.m. ET | Michael D. Shear

Posted on 07/21/2024 2:45:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Vice President Kamala Harris got off to a rocky start in office. She is now at the heart of a political drama that could make her the first woman of color to become a major party presidential nominee.

Vice President Kamala Harris, who has struggled for nearly four years in President Biden’s shadow, was thrust on Sunday into the center of a remarkable political drama that could culminate with her becoming the first woman of color at the top of a major-party presidential ticket.

Mr. Biden’s decision to abandon his re-election bid and endorse Ms. Harris to succeed him puts her in a powerful, but not certain, position to become the new face of the Democratic Party, charged with preventing former President Donald J. Trump from returning to the Oval Office for another four years.

“Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump,” Mr. Biden wrote in a social media post after he announced his decision to step aside. “Let’s do this.”

Ms. Harris and her team are likely to move swiftly to try to seize that mantle even as uncertainty swirled about whether other Democrats would seek to challenge her for the nomination at the party’s convention in Chicago next month.

In a statement, Ms. Harris thanked Mr. Biden for the endorsement, saying that his “legacy of accomplishment is unmatched in modern American history.” She vowed to “earn and win this nomination” and to keep Mr. Trump from serving another four years in the White House.

“We have 107 days until Election Day,” Ms. Harris wrote. “Together, we will fight. And together, we will win.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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1 posted on 07/21/2024 2:45:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

STILL derided.


2 posted on 07/21/2024 2:48:57 PM PDT by Restless
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Kamala was once derided? I think she still is.
3 posted on 07/21/2024 2:49:03 PM PDT by jimtorr
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4 posted on 07/21/2024 2:50:13 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Campaign slogan——”Come along with comeala!”?


5 posted on 07/21/2024 2:53:03 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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What a leader - the first to drop out in 2020.
6 posted on 07/21/2024 2:53:09 PM PDT by budj (Combat vet, second of three generations.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Surely no one here predicted this trajectory when they watched the Democratic primary debates in 2020.


7 posted on 07/21/2024 2:53:28 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

Well, it has to do with the passage of time. There is great significance to the passage of time...


8 posted on 07/21/2024 2:55:35 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Never underestimate the ignorance of the American voter and in saying that I fear Trump is going to have a much harder time of this....Example when Trump gave his acceptance speech, I thought that was a wasted chance layout a plan of action and not go off on a rambling talkfest. I am not convinced that the Trump org learned anything from last run.


9 posted on 07/21/2024 2:58:29 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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Better vote for Harris, then.


10 posted on 07/21/2024 3:02:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: dpetty121263

Harris is worse than joe,


11 posted on 07/21/2024 3:02:43 PM PDT by italianquaker
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To: Restless

As in “It’s not who you know, it’s who you blow,” and other slogans this hour.


12 posted on 07/21/2024 3:04:16 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hell no but I am speaking of the unintelligent voter.


13 posted on 07/21/2024 3:07:33 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is a suicide mission for Kamala which means she won’t be around for the 2028 election where Newsom, etc., can be the front runners.


14 posted on 07/21/2024 3:08:08 PM PDT by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: italianquaker

Again we circle back to the uninformed American voter.


15 posted on 07/21/2024 3:08:20 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: ansel12

She will pick a white guy to be VP....WHY??? Because racist dems of all colors don’t trust 2 blacks or 2 women to run the country...Obama proved that ,picking Joe Biden.....So,dems will prove they are still the party of the KKK.....


16 posted on 07/21/2024 3:09:39 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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Republicans need to point out that dems are racist...Kamala had to pick a white guy VP because dems won’t vote for 2 blacks or 2 women.....Kamala is looking at Josh Shapiro or Andy Beshear


17 posted on 07/21/2024 3:11:37 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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...it's time to come together and beat Trump,” Mr. Biden wrote in a social media post after he announced his decision to step aside. “Let's do this.”

I don't think Aunt Nancy and Hillary, contrary to her public comments, are quite there yet. One of them probably wants it all for herself, and the other wants what's best for young Gavin.

And the Obamas don't appear ready for a Rat lovefest, at present.

18 posted on 07/21/2024 3:13:36 PM PDT by PerConPat (The politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.- Mencken)
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To: Hambone 1934

Rumor has it that Her Heinousness may be Harris VP? 🤔


19 posted on 07/21/2024 3:14:09 PM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Pray for President Trump. Never b"e a slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Nothing has changed NYT.


20 posted on 07/21/2024 3:14:20 PM PDT by dforest
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