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Kamala Harris Election Campaign

It appears Trump's "She turned black" idiocy plays well with idiots:



Donald Trump embraced conservative activist Michaelah Montgomery on stage at his Georgia rally before awkwardly quipping that he considered “never going back home to the First Lady”, when they first met at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in April.
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“A few days ago president Trump said he didn’t know vice president Harris was a Black woman,” Montgomery said. “I’m trying to figure out what all the outrage is about because she’s only Black when it’s time to get elected.”
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Republicans for Harris:

The Harris campaign on Sunday unveiled more than two dozen endorsements from Republicans, including former governors, members of Congress and Trump administration officials. Many of the endorsements came from politicians who were already openly critical of former President Donald Trump, including former Republican Gov. Bill Weld of Massachusetts; former Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va.; and former Trump administration press secretary Stephanie Grisham.

Those names are, of course, just a sampling. According to a press statement from the incumbent vice president’s campaign, Republicans for Harris includes endorsements from former Trump White House officials Stephanie Grisham and Olivia Troye; former Secretaries Chuck Hagel and Ray LaHood; former Governors Jim Edgar, Bill Weld, and Christine Todd Whitman; former U.S. House members Rod Chandler, Tom Coleman, Dave Emery, Wayne Gilchrest, Jim Greenwood, Adam Kinzinger, John LeBoutillier, Susan Molinari, Jack Quinn, Denver Riggleman, Claudine Schneider, Christopher Shays, Peter Smith, Alan Steelman, David Trott, and Joe Walsh; and former GOP State Chair and State Senator Chris Vance, among others.
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Stacyhs said:
The reason we're hearing all these Republicans repeat the "Harris really isn't 'black'" and "She's a DEI hire" is because that's what Trump is saying. They'll just parrot whatever he says. If Trump wasn't saying it, then they wouldn't be either. It's also not a new strategy for Trump:
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This is a good thing.

The people who will embrace it are going to vote for the orange filth no matter what, and it's certain to drive any moderates or undecided into Harris' corner.
 
Stacyhs said:
The reason we're hearing all these Republicans repeat the "Harris really isn't 'black'" and "She's a DEI hire" is because that's what Trump is saying. They'll just parrot whatever he says. If Trump wasn't saying it, then they wouldn't be either. It's also not a new strategy for Trump:
It’s a strategy of divide and conquer, he says
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I absolutely do believe that is why Trump is doing it. But he's not the kind of messenger that can deliver that message. From him it comes off as self serving and manipulative. Not to mention racist.

If black people are letting the highly unlikely possibility of reparations dividing them, then they are stupid.
 
The problem for Trump now appears to be that the people he is dividing and conquering are not potential Harris voters but his own. The number of ex-Trumpers and staff calling him out is growing.
 
There are some Black Americans who will fall for this nonsense, but I suspect they'll be a very small percentage and even then, that doesn't mean they won't vote for Harris.
 
I want her to call him "Donny", with no descriptors/modifiers. It might need to be in a press release or ad if no debates happen. Ordinarily I'm not in favor of hostile nicknaming, but Trump's predictably uniquely Trumpian reaction to it would be worth it and demonstrate the point better than a nickname itself would, and this one would still have been a step up from the ones he uses anyway.
 
Perhaps she should agree to release her birth certificate if he releases his college transcripts...
 
Busy week for Harris this week. Trump, not so much. Low energy, old man?


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Stacyhs said:
There are some Black Americans who will fall for this nonsense, but I suspect they'll be a very small percentage and even then, that doesn't mean they won't vote for Harris.
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They're the same percentage that have always fallen for this nonsense. Remember when the papers were crowing about T****y picking up 8% of the black vote in 2016, saying it was a signal that the Dems were beginning to lose the black vote. Well turned out that 8% was slightly below average.
 
Kamala pulls ahead in the RCP polling average, 47.0% to 46.8%. She was already slightly ahead in the 5-way average (with Kennedy, West and Stein besides Trump).

In order to win in the Electoral College, she needs to win the popular vote by at least 3-4 percentage points. And we all need to remember that Trump supporters have turned out far more than expected in both 2016, and 2020. Still, compared to where things were a month ago, Democrats have to feel buoyed.
 
Orphia Nay said:
Busy week for Harris this week. Trump, not so much. Low energy, old man?


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Can you believe the GOP has a candidate who's nearly 80 years old? How totally embarrassing! How positively weird!
 
Brainster said:
Kamala pulls ahead in the RCP polling average, 47.0% to 46.8%. She was already slightly ahead in the 5-way average (with Kennedy, West and Stein besides Trump).

In order to win in the Electoral College, she needs to win the popular vote by at least 3-4 percentage points. And we all need to remember that Trump supporters have turned out far more than expected in both 2016, and 2020. Still, compared to where things were a month ago, Democrats have to feel buoyed.
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National popular vote and polls is meaningless.

All that matters is the polls in the swing states.

Our Presidential election is 50 seperate elections. Folks need to deal with that.
 
I know this is an obvious question, by why does no one that supports DEI as an initiative want people associated with the use of it? "This is obviously good policy." "How dare you call them a DEI hire!" I can't really think of another comparable scenario in policy that mirrors it.
 
rdwight said:
I know this is an obvious question, by why does no one that supports DEI as an initiative want people associated with the use of it? "This is obviously good policy." "How dare you call them a DEI hire!" I can't really think of another comparable scenario in policy that mirrors it.
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Because it would be a tad redundant - everyone at a company that has a DEI scheme/policy etc. is a "DEI hire" - why would one want to single out only some employees as the racists and bigots do when they use it?
 
rdwight said:
I know this is an obvious question, by why does no one that supports DEI as an initiative want people associated with the use of it? "This is obviously good policy." "How dare you call them a DEI hire!" I can't really think of another comparable scenario in policy that mirrors it.
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For one, it's a backlash against the obvious reality that in the Trump cult, "DEI hire" is a none too subtle dog whistle, particularly since they're questioning her intelligence in the same breath.
 
Darat said:
Because it would be a tad redundant - everyone at a company that has a DEI scheme/policy etc. is a "DEI hire" - why would one want to single out only some employees as the racists and bigots do when they use it?
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Sorry about that, this post was suppose to be in the dei thread but oversight on my part not checking where I was when I wrote it. But to push back, that is a dodge of the premise I propose. It is not redundant to celebrate the use of policy. It is basic politics. Can you point to another that matches my description?

Since this is a Harris thread, why not enthusiastically emphasize it's use in her case, as a point of pride for that system working as intended? Someone who otherwise might have not been the choice without this change of thinking bringing positive results from diversity of thought through experience. "Her unique experience from being the daughter of immigrants brought a new perspective that helped craft X policy."

varwoche said:
For one, it's a backlash against the obvious reality that in the Trump cult, "DEI hire" is a none too subtle dog whistle, particularly since they're questioning her intelligence in the same breath.
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Good policy shouldn't be shyed away from. The idea that too many people are too racist to embrace policy that has a positive outcome just isn't reality. The main problem I see is that the VP has very specific powers that don't really bear fruit to highlight. But that doesn't translate well in messaging that points to her position of experience. In her case I think the lack of demonstratable accomplishment from this policy are hard to pinpoint unlike a governor or senator that can introduce and secure actionable policy.
 
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