In article <69bf5209d1f8ec0f6144012c41b4286a@dizum.com>,
le.slut@kamala.harris says...
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> After rising pressure from his party to step aside, President Biden
> upended the 2024 election by abandoning his bid for reelection. Vice
> President Kamala Harris said she would seek the nomination in his place,
> and Biden gave Harris his "full support and endorsement" in a social media
> post. "Democrats ? it?s time to come together and beat Trump," he said.
> "Let's do this." Harris said she was "honored" to have his endorsement and
> intended to "earn and win this nomination" and "unite the Democratic
> Party" to "defeat Donald Trump."
>
> Harris taking the helm of the Democratic ticket is far from a done deal.
> Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said the party will
> "undertake a transparent and orderly process to move forward." The
> statement made it clear that while Harris is "emerging as the prohibitive
> favorite to become the party's nominee, it?s not so simple," The
> Associated Press said. The Vice President is now charged with proving that
> she can stand on her own against Donald Trump, a task further complicated
> by her four-year struggle to distinguish herself while working in Biden's
> shadow.
>
> What has Biden done as president? Is Kamala Harris an asset or liability
> for Democrats in 2024? Is a Biden-Harris ticket what Democrats want?
>
> It is not uncommon for the second-in-command to struggle to prove
> themselves in a role largely defined by behind-the-scenes work. Harris'
> "critics and detractors alike acknowledge that the vice presidency is
> intended to be a supporting role," The New York Times said, and "many of
> her predecessors have labored to make themselves relevant, as well."
> Still, her track record as a Vice President will be put under even more
> intense scrutiny now that she's on the cusp of securing the Democratic
> nomination. Over the last four years, Harris has taken the lead on several
> critical issues while Biden focused his efforts elsewhere.
>
> Abortion rights
> Abortion has become a central issue for Democrats following the Supreme
> Court's decision to overturn federal abortion rights. Harris spent much of
> the 2022 midterms appealing to voters with promises to prioritize and
> protect reproductive rights. Since Roe fell, she has "been subtly making
> herself the voice with a megaphone no one can ignore," said Philip Elliott
> at Time, adding that Harris has met with lawmakers from at least 18 states
> to discuss the issue. As Biden announced his 2024 candidacy, Harris gave a
> fiery speech at a reproductive freedom rally at her alma mater, Howard
> University. She blasted "extremist so-called leaders" for passing
> restrictive abortion bans.
>
> She needs a serious reputation boost, "which explains why Harris has made
> abortion rights a central piece of her political identity," Elliott
> continued. After all, outrage over Roe v. Wade "powered Democratic
> candidates to unexpectedly strong showings in the midterm elections," and
> many believe Harris "played no small role in that accomplishment," Elliott
> said.
>
> This year, Harris continued to put abortion at the forefront of her work.
> In March 2024, she toured a Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota that
> provides abortion services. The White House said it was the first time in
> U.S. history that a president or vice president has visited a clinic that
> provides abortion services. The tour was the sixth stop on her "Fight for
> Reproductive Freedoms" tour, which she started in January to "push for
> more abortion access in the wake of the overruling of Roe v. Wade," said
> NBC News.
>
> Immigration and the southern border
> Biden tapped Harris in the early months of their term to spearhead efforts
> to address the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. It took her months to
> make her first and only visit to the area, and the delay elicited backlash
> from lawmakers on both sides. Her trip to Guatemala and Mexico was
> ultimately overshadowed by an interview with Lester Holt of NBC News where
> she "awkwardly downplayed the urgency" of the visit, The Washington Post
> said. Since then, Harris has borne the brunt of the criticism from
> Republicans as the border crisis worsens; Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) sent
> multiple buses of asylum seekers from the border to the VP's home in
> protest.
>
> After withstanding the intense backlash of her perceived inaction, Harris
> is still attempting to address the root causes of the immigration problem.
> Her Central America Forward initiative has "yielded more than $4.2 billion
> in private sector commitments" to support creating local jobs and other
> measures to slow the flow of mass migration, CNN said last year. Some
> experts have lauded Harris' ability to secure the investments "as her most
> visible action in the region to date but have cautioned about the
> durability of those investments over the long term," CNN said.
>
> Harris still has an uphill battle ahead of her to reverse public opinion
> about her work, or lack thereof, on the border. In January 2023, the
> Border Patrol union lambasted her lack of progress. "If you were given a
> job two years ago with the explicit goal of reducing illegal immigration,
> and then you sit around and do nothing while illegal immigration explodes
> to levels never seen before, you should be fired and replaced," the union
> said on X.
>
> Voting rights
> Harris was also at the forefront of the administration's pursuit to codify
> voting rights protections. She pushed for Congress to pass the Freedom to
> Vote: John R. Lewis Act, which would have extended the protections of the
> 1965 Voting Rights Act and required federal approval for some local
> election law changes. The VP "dove into" the "chance to make her mark on a
> hugely important issue," Eugene Daniels said in Politico. To further that
> goal, Harris "helped craft political coalitions with civil rights leaders,
> built outside pressure on Congress, and engaged privately with lawmakers."
> Ultimately, her work "hit a brick wall" when Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)
> and now-independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) rejected proposed changes
> to Senate procedures to stop a Republican filibuster.
>
> Harris' work leading up to the stalled legislation became "a microcosm of
> her stint as vice president: one defined by sharp moments, mishaps, public
> drama, private work and a touch of bad political luck," Daniels said.
>
> What's next for Harris?
> In the hours following Biden's public endorsement, Harris racked up
> support from a number of high-profile Democrats. Former House Speaker
> Nancy Pelosi endorsed Harris as Biden's replacement, calling her
> "brilliantly astute" and the best person to defeat Trump in the fall. "My
> enthusiastic support for Kamala Harris for president is official, personal
> and political," Pelosi said in a statement. Her endorsement came hours
> after Harris' first public appearance since Biden dropped, where she
> praised the president's "deep love of our country." Harris also earned the
> endorsement of several potential challengers, including Governors J.B.
> Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Andy Beshear of
> Kentucky, Wes Moore of Maryland, Tim Walz of Minnesota and Tony Evers of
> Wisconsin.
>
> In the hours following Biden's public endorsement, Harris racked up
> support from a number of high-profile Democrats. Former House Speaker
> Nancy Pelosi endorsed Harris as Biden's replacement, calling her
> "brilliantly astute" and the best person to defeat Trump in the fall. "My
> enthusiastic support for Kamala Harris for president is official, personal
> and political," Pelosi said in a statement. Her endorsement came hours
> after Harris' first public appearance since Biden dropped, where she
> praised the president's "deep love of our country." Harris also earned the
> endorsement of several potential challengers, including Governors J.B.
> Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Andy Beshear of
> Kentucky, Wes Moore of Maryland, Tim Walz of Minnesota, and Tony Evers of
> Wisconsin.
>
> Within the first 24 hours after Biden's endorsement, donors raised a
> record-breaking $81 million for Harris' campaign. That number jumped to
> $100 million by Monday evening, "far surpassing the $53 million that
> Trump?s political operation touted raising after his May conviction in a
> Manhattan business fraud case," CNN said. Over 1.1 million donors have
> contributed to the fundraising effort, with 62% of them donating for the
> first time this election cycle, her campaign said.
>
> In her first statement following Biden's announcement, Harris said she
> intended to "earn and win this nomination." To earn the nomination, she
> will need to "secure the necessary support from the party's delegates,"
> CBS News said. This could take place on an upcoming virtual roll call, or
> during an open convention. The DNC Rules Committee plans on meeting soon
> to "discuss next steps for the party's nomination process."
>
> https://www.yahoo.com/news/kamala-harris-done-vice-president-
> 172906039.html
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> She's sucked off everything with a penis on the way to the whitehouse.

Knee pads were her best friend.