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.

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She’s not gonna earn anything, she will demand loyalty like the rest of them

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Little quick off the mark to already be saying things this tiresome, aren’t we?

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This guy seems like the troll of the post

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This person is like 90% of the time, they literally just told me they’d prefer Joseph Stalin to any Democrat.

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Yeah, I think I’m done with them.

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Joseph Stalin

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He’s a Tankie who trolls other comment sections too.

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He’s got to be in the top 5 trolls on Lemmy.

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Go home, Russian propaganda.

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lol please go touch grass

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The fuck are you on about?

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My sincere best wishes to her

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I mean, if it’s gonna happen - she’s gonna be the best bet. She has funding from the same campaign, and at least she’s not going around claiming that trees randomly explode.

I’ll be happier to vote for her than I would have been voting for Biden.

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What if you have to choose between an electric boat and an exploding tree?

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Call in the sharks.

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She was always my first choice in 2016. She is not afraid of confronting trump or any other authoritarians around the world.

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She was always my first choice in 2016

Statistically there had to be some…

But Kamala was the weakest in the 2020 primary.

She’s better than Joe, but she’s not popular. And her numbers reflect that

Hell, unless you had a typo I legit don’t even remember her running in 2016

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I hate Cheeto Chimp. Unfortunately, Harris cannot win.

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Counterpoint: Yes, she absolutely can.

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Don’t fool yourself. It’ll hurt your feelings.

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Don’t cut yourself on that edge, man.

Here in the real world, which you should spend some time in, Kamala Harris can win, but that doesn’t mean she will win, and people should recognize that, of course. But fuck fatalism.

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I’m just gonna go ahead and throw my vote away for her anyways. She can’t win right? So there’s no reason not to right? Dumb fuck

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