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Former President Barack Obama officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee for president, and social media exploded with the news.On Friday morning (July 26), former President Barack Obama officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee for president this November. The news set the Internet ablaze, as social media users chimed in with their responses. The 44th president posted a video to X, formerly Twitter which captured him and former First Lady Michelle Obama calling Harris (decked out in a tan pantsuit no less) after her speech in Indianapolis to members of the historically Black sorority Zeta Phi Beta on Wednesday (July 24). In the video, Harris responded joyfully, “Thank you both! It means so much. And, and we’re going to have some fun with this, too, aren’t we?”
“Earlier this week, Michelle and I called our friend @KamalaHarris,” Obama wrote in the post. “We told her we think she’ll make a fantastic President of the United States, and that she has our full support. At this critical moment for our country, we’re going to do everything we can to make sure she wins in November. We hope you’ll join us.” He and Michelle Obama also released a joint statement designed to fundraise for Harris’ campaign publicly, writing: “There is no doubt in our mind that Kamala Harris has exactly what it takes to win this election and deliver for the American people.”
The endorsement by Barack Obama comes after a few days of speculation as to why he hadn’t issued it before when President Joe Biden announced he wasn’t going to seek re-election on Sunday. Some Trump supporters were dismissive of the Obamas’ endorsement. “Posting your ‘Support’ for Kamala really late/early hoping nobody would see,” a Marjorie Taylor Green fan account posted, adding “Looks like Obama was able to get Kamala to agree to be his puppet.” Others were wildly supportive, remarking how the former president was savvy in making his endorsement – the two have been close since his campaign run in 2007. They also chided early stories claiming that he wasn’t supportive of the vice president’s campaign.
Take a look at the responses to the endorsement below.
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Donald Trump’s hue is usually orange, but he looks very yellow after seemingly pulling out of the upcoming debates in which he initially agreed to participate.
It looks like the Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump, is running scared.
The disgraced former president isn’t looking as tough and cocky as he once was now that Vice President Kamala Harris has become the Democrats nominee to become President Joe Biden’s successor.
On Thursday, VP Harris said she is down to participate in the ABC News-hosted debate on September 10. Our MVP accused the orange menace of “backpedaling” after the Trump campaign declined to commit to the debate now that he sees Joe Biden will no longer be on the debate stage with him.
The Trump campaign fired back in a statement:
Given the continued political chaos surrounding Crooked Joe Biden and the Democrat Party, general election debate details cannot be finalized until Democrats formally decide on their nominee. There is a strong sense by many in the Democrat Party — namely Barack Hussein Obama — that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still holding out for someone ‘better.’ Therefore, it would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats very well could still change their minds.
Trump Is Going To Have To Face Harris Eventually
Harris all but officially secured the nomination after securing a majority of the delegates and endorsements, with her most recent one coming from Barack and Michelle Obama.
News outlets took Trump’s unwillingness to debate VP Harris as him back out, with the Vice President taking to X, formerly Twitter, to call him out.
“What happened to ‘any time, any place’?” Harris wrote on her X account, recalling Trump’s quote to the then-nominee Joe Biden.
The momentum is clearly on VP Harris’ side.
X has also been clowning Donald Trump as well. You can see those reactions in the gallery below.
1. He sure cant’t.
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One of Beyoncé’s hits is now the backdrop for Vice President Kamala Harris’ first presidential campaign video.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid to become president in November has taken off briskly. And her first campaign video features one of Beyoncé’s greatest hits to capture the energy of the moment. The ad, entitled “We Choose Freedom,” has the R&B superstar’s song “Freedom” from her 2016 album, Lemonade, in the background. It begins with a voiceover narration from Harris: “There are some people who think we should be a country of chaos. Of fear. Of hate.” Images of the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, are shown on the screen along with his vice presidential pick, JD Vance. “But us. We choose something different. We choose freedom.”
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“The freedom not just to get by, but get ahead. The freedom to be safe from gun violence. The freedom to make decisions about your own body. We choose a future where no child lives in poverty. Where we all can afford health care, where no one is above the law.” After a montage of moments where Harris is shown speaking to crowds and greeting the public as she speaks about those positions, the video then shows Trump’s infamous mug shot taken concerning his election interference case in Fulton County, Georgia. “Where no one is above the law,” she says before continuing: “We believe in the promise of America and we are ready to fight for it, because when we fight, we win.”
The campaign team for Harris got the green light to use the song as it was noted that she used it during her first arrival at the team’s headquarters on Monday (July 23), after being endorsed by President Joe Biden to be the Democratic nominee after he dropped out of the race on Sunday (July 22). The singer is known for having strict guidelines about the clearance and usage of her music, but a source reported to CNN that “quick approval” was given just hours before that campaign headquarters visit.
Beyoncé has historically supported Democratic nominees for president, and while she hasn’t officially commented on Harris’ run, her mother, Tina Knowles, declared her support in an Instagram post on Sunday evening. “Thank you, President Biden for your service and your leadership. Go Vice President Kamala Harris for President. Let’s Go,” she wrote in the caption of the photo of herself with Harris in the post.
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A guest on the Fox Business Network called Vice President Kamala Harris the original “Hawk Tuah” girl, and social media expressed their disgust.The attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris since her bid to become the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate have ramped up and taken on more racist and sexist tones. A new example came from Alec Lace, who was a guest ona panel on the Fox Business Network. During a segment on July 21 discussing Harris taking over as President Joe Biden decided to drop out of the race, Lace stated: “And there’s the DEI Press Secretary telling you that the DEI Vice President is the future of the party here. So the future for the Democrats looks quite dim. Kamala Harris, she is the original Hawk Tuah girl — that’s the way she got where she is, and the party is going downhill if it’s in her hands.”
Lace was comparing Vice President Harris to Hailey Welch, the 22-year-old woman who recently became a viral sensation for describing the spitting noise made while performing oral sex during a street interview. The comment drew only a mild rebuke from the host, Dagen McDowell who chuckled nervously and said, “That was harsh.” Lace has not appeared on the network since making the comments, but he has stood by them on social media. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the conservative author asked his followers: “Did I go too far on FOX News calling Kamala Harris the OG Hawk Tuah girl or am I right over the target?” In a statement to TMZ, he doubled down, saying: “I’m more concerned with how the MSM has radicalized people with their dangerous rhetoric about President Donald Trump which almost got him killed.”
The clip led many on social media to be highly outraged over Lace’s words, with many pointing out how he describes himself as a “father of four” and also mocking him for being someone desperate for attention. One X user wrote, “All of their daughters are watching.” Another user, Alexander Nazaryan, wrote about the ineffectiveness of the attack: “The problem with turning Kamala Harris into a meme is that memes don’t last, and they have a much more limited appeal than it might seem.”
Take a look at some of the responses to Lace’s comments below.
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Charlamagne tha God called out Jake Tapper over a question about Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview.
In a live interview, Charlamagne tha God took CNN correspondent Jake Tapper to task over a question about the vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Tapper asked him if America was ready to elect a former prosecutor to the presidency. “Jake, I don’t even know if that’s the right question, asking if America is ready for a prosecutor,” The Breakfast Club co-host said. “I mean, is America ready for somebody with all of the criminal charges that Donald Trump has? Most convicted felons can’t even get those kinds of jobs that Donald Trump is currently campaigning for. They can get better jobs at McDonald’s and Walmart.”
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Charlamagne, who was joined by activist and writer Angela Rye, continued: “It’s weird to have to say, ‘Is America ready for a prosecutor?’ No, is America ready to elect a criminal?” Later on in the interview, Tapper read a quote concerning lying from the media personality’s book Get Honest or Die Lying and asked Charlamagne about how it ties into the “political rollercoaster” of the past few weeks. “I think the media lied to themselves for a week,” he said, referencing how outlets had called for the political rhetoric to be toned down in the wake of the attempt on Donald Trump’s life in Pennsylvania.
“I think CNN lied to themselves for a week. I think MSNBC lied to themselves for a week. And I want folks, especially the media, to understand you don’t have to willfully surrender to fascism.” He added, “You can’t talk about Trump without telling the truth. He absolutely led an attempted coup of this country. His followers were chanting, ‘Hang Mike Pence.’ [Trump] did suggest that Second Amendment supporters do something about Hillary Clinton. You can’t even begin to have conversations about dangerous rhetoric that leads to political violence without talking about Trump.”
Charlamagne tha God also stated that he was supporting Vice President Harris in her presidential run, saying that he had been reluctant to support President Joe Biden for reelection. The galvanizing of support for Harris has been remarkable, with Zoom calls held by organizations led by Black women and Black men in support of her campaign raising close to $3 million. This was part of a historic effort that saw the campaign rake in $81 million over 24 hours.
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The term “DEI” is now being widely recognized as a substitute for the N-word to be used toward Black people, including Vice President Kamala Harris.
As Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is up and running, the attacks directed toward her by Republican politicians and other right-wing figures have had one common phrase – DEI, which stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Many are noting that it is being used in place of the n-word slur to describe Harris and other Black individuals, as expressed by Democratic strategist Ameshia Cross. “You name a Black successful person, they’re labeled “a DEI hire”. America has awakened around what this is,” Cross told the CNN panel she was a part of on Tuesday night (July 23). “It is being used as a pseudonym for the n-word when we’re talking about black people.” Cross then referenced Dr. Claudine Gay of Harvard University as an example.
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“I think there’s something to be said about a push to isolate women and minority groups,” Cross said. “You are attacking so many people that are not heterosexual white men under one umbrella and I don’t think Americans are going to settle for that.” The scrutiny comes as GOP leaders held a meeting on Tuesday to urge their congressional members to stay away from using race and gender to criticize Vice President Harris, with House Speaker Mike Johnson telling reporters after, “This should not be about personalities. It should be about policy.”
The meeting didn’t seem to prevent other Republican politicians from the usage of DEI in their attacks afterward, with Wyoming Representative Harriet Hageman targeting Vice President Harris later that day. “Well, I think she’s one of the weakest candidates I’ve ever seen in the history of our country,” Hageman told a reporter. “I mean, intellectually, just really kind of the bottom of the barrel.” She would add that she thought “she was a DEI hire, and I think that that’s what we’re seeing.”
Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett had made a similar comment on Monday about Harris but wound up saying he “regrets” the comments. “Do I wish I’d said it? No, but it was the truth.”, he said in an interview with SiriusXM’s Laura Coates. Democratic representatives have floated the idea of censuring Burchett, which was confirmed by Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett.
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It’s shaping up to be Vice President Kamala Harris versus disgraced former president Donald Trump in a battle for the White House, and now a donation from the orange menace to Harris’ past campaign.
The jury is still out whether a bullet did hit Trump in the ear, but one thing there is no doubt about is that he once rocked with our MVP.
A check for $6,000 featuring Trump’s very unmistakable signature is making its rounds on social media. Before he became the leader of the Republican party, he was happily sending money to Kamala Harris to support her 2011-2013 campaign to become California’s Attorney General.
Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, also chipped in, sending Harris $2,000 in 2014.
Donald Trump Uses His Money To Buy Political Favors
According to celebrity gossip site TMZ, this is not the first time Trump’s donation to Kamala Harris has resurfaced, and there is a reason behind Trump’s “generosity.”
Per TMZ:
This old connection between the now-rivals for the White House first popped up in 2020 when KH was running as Biden’s VP — and yep, it was fact-checked back then, too.
If you’re wondering why he was tossing money to both parties, Trump explained that during his 2016 presidential campaign — bragging, “I’ve given to Democrats. I’ve given to Hillary. I’ve given to everybody! Because that was my job. I gotta give to them. Because when I want something, I get it. When I call, they kiss my a**.”In other words, he openly admitted it was a strategic move to rack up political favors — and some suspect, in Kamala’s case, it was his way to sway California’s investigation into his now-defunct Trump University.
Well, Vice President Harris definitely didn’t do Trump any favors. In fact, she sent Trump’s money to a nonprofit benefiting Central American civil rights.
Well played, Madame Vice President.
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An online call supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’ run for president drew thousands of Black men, raising over $1 million.
On Monday (July 22), the veteran journalist Roland Martin and his Black Star Network hosted a “Win With Black Men” Zoom call for Black men pledging to support Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. The call would exceed viewership levels from the first minutes, prompting Martin to also stream the event live via YouTube. The final numbers were staggering, as revealed in a post by Martin to X, formerly Twitter on Tuesday (July 23): “I have no words. And not just because I’m tired. My @BlkStarNetwork just told me that 53,862 people registered for our #WinWithBlackMen video call. We raised $1.3M and counting from 17,000 donors.”
The call featured numerous guests, including Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock. “This moment will go down in history when the brothers got together to say we are all in for the next president of the United States, Kamala Harris,” Warnock said. “It is time to show up not just for Kamala Harris but our families and future.” Bakari Sellers spoke to those gathered, sharing a deeply personal story about how Harris helped him in a dark time. “Let’s protect Kamala. Let’s be with her like she was there for us,” Sellers said. “We are going to disagree a lot. But let’s put the petty bickering aside. Let’s stand up and be the Black men who change this country. We built this country. I’m rocking with Kamala.”
The “Win With Black Men” call came a day after the Win With Black Women advocacy group held a call on Sunday night (July 21). That call drew 44,000 women supporters and raised $1.5 million for Harris’ campaign in only a few hours.
The call is significant because of the focus on the voting power of Black men – a survey held in May by the Pew Research Center showed an uptick in Black men who said they’d vote for Donald Trump over President Biden in the November elections at 20%. The Biden-Harris ticket did capture 92% of the vote in the 2020 elections. Throughout the chat, the emphasis on voting and voter outreach was emphasized by every speaker, including the Reverend William Barber. “Let’s reach out to those brothers everywhere and lift up a mighty transformative remnant of voters who can change the direction of this nation,” he said, imploring those present to engage those Black men not on the call.
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A Republican congressman called Kamala Harris a “DEI Vice President”, sending social media users into a fury.As Vice President Kamala Harris is securing the nomination to be the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Republican politicians have begun to make their attacks. Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett has become a more vivid example of this thanks to a post he made on X, formerly Twitter on Monday (July 22). “The incompetency level is at an all-time high in Washington. The media propped up this president, lied to the American people for three years, and then dumped him for our DEI vice president,” Burchett wrote in the post which included a video of his appearance on News Nation.
Burchett doubled down on statements that he made to CNN’s Manu Raju in an interview earlier. “Biden said, first off, he’s going to hire a Black female for Vice President, and he just skipped over – what about white females, what about any other group?” he said. When Raju followed up by asking if she was a “DEI hire”, Burchett replied “100%” before saying her record was “abysmal”. The interview took place during a House committee’s interview of now-former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle over the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
The congressman has been in hot water before, infamously claiming “We’re not gonna fix it” in response to a question about politicians preventing school shootings last year. Burchett is also a fervent supporter of Trump, who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election and refused to hold Trump accountable for his effect on the January 6 insurrection as well as refusing to vote for his impeachment. He’s also attacked Vice President Harris in a past interview with Newsmax, saying: When I hear her talk, I just scratch my head and think this is what DEI is really about. It clearly is. She checks all the boxes. She’ll say she’s of Indian descent one day, then she’ll say she’s of Black descent. It’s just box-checking.”
Those who saw his statement on social media were thoroughly incensed and made it known in their responses defending the country’s first Black, Asian, and woman vice president. One response to Burchett’s post from X user Richard Slaney listed Harris’ previous posts, ending with “She’s very, very qualified.” Another user flatly responded, “If you’ve got a second and want to explain to us how this isn’t racist, go ahead.”
Take a look at the more withering responses to Burchett’s post below.
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On Sunday, July 21, President Joe Biden announced that he would not be seeking a second term.. While supporters were still catching their breath, he announced that he was endorsing his Vice President Kamala Harris for the gig, which was quickly met with widespread enthusiasm.
Taking to social media, President Biden said it was time for him to finish his term, and step aside. “While it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” Biden wrote in a classy letter he posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision.”
About an hour later, Biden made it clear that as far as next up, he was strictly team Kamala Harris. “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. Let’s do this,” wrote Biden on X.
Social media quickly went up for Joe Biden, saluting for a job well done in the last three and half years. Also targeted was how mainstream media so quickly turned on Biden after a bad debate, chaos in the Democratic party and generally how horrible Trump is at everything, yet he gets a pass.
But don’t take our word for it, see some of the more zealous reactions in the gallery.
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