July 28, 2024

Kamala Harris Makes Surprise Comic-Con Video Appearance During 'The Simpsons' Panel

Source: Deadline

Kamala Harris has made one of her first campaign stops in the town of Springfield.

The Vice President of the United States surprised The Simpsons fans with a pre-recorded video message on Saturday during the long-running Fox animated show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, after creator Matt Groening introduced the “superfan.”

“We must move forward, not backward, upward, not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom,” said Harris with a laugh, quoting the Oct. 27, 1996 episode ‘Treehouse of Horror VII’. The clip recently resurfaced after it was recorded by a group of University of Chicago students in 2013.

Read more: https://deadline.com/2024/07/kamala-harris-surprise-comic-con-appearance-the-simpsons-panel-1236024691/

July 28, 2024

NY Times: A Lot Has Changed for Women Since 2016. What Does That Mean for Kamala Harris?

In the eight years since Hillary Clinton failed to win the American presidency, the work force for the first time grew to include more college-educated women than college-educated men. The #MeToo movement exposed sexual harassment and toppled powerful men. The Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion.

Will any — or all — of it make a difference for Vice President Kamala Harris?

Ms. Harris seems almost certain to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee after President Biden’s decision not to seek re-election. As such, she faces, fairly or not, some of the same electability questions that Mrs. Clinton confronted in a nation that, unlike many of its peers around the globe, has yet to pick a woman as its leader.

A presidential contest pitting Ms. Harris against former President Donald J. Trump would represent a rematch of sorts: Mr. Trump would again have to run against a woman who held a top administration position and served in the Senate. He defeated Mrs. Clinton in 2016 in spite of her winning the popular vote by a wide margin.

But the dynamics would be unquestionably different. Ms. Harris has neither the political legacy nor the baggage of Mrs. Clinton. Mr. Trump, having served a turbulent term in office, is now a known quantity. Ms. Harris is Black and of South Asian descent.

And the country is not the same as it was eight long years ago.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/us/kamala-harris-women-voters.html

July 27, 2024

Secretary Pete will be on Fox News Sunday tomorrow...

July 27, 2024

Statement on Trump's Promise to End Democracy

Donald Trump has previously said if he didn’t win there would be “bloodbath” and claimed, “I’m not sure that you’ll ever have another election in this country.”

He has called for the “termination” of our Constitution and bragged “a lot of people like” his calls to be a “dictator on day one.”

WATCH: Last night, Trump again vowed to end democracy if he did win:

“You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what – it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore.”

Statement from Harris for President Spokesperson James Singer on Trump’s vow to end democracy:

“When Vice President Harris says this election is about freedom she means it. Our democracy is under assault by criminal Donald Trump: After the last election Trump lost, he sent a mob to overturn the results. This campaign, he has promised violence if he loses, the end of our elections if he wins, and the termination of the Constitution to empower him to be a dictator to enact his dangerous Project 2025 agenda on America. Donald Trump wants to take America backward, to a politics of hate, chaos, and fear – this November America will unite around Vice President Kamala Harris to stop him.”
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July 27, 2024

Cook Political: Why JD Vance WON'T be dropped from the Trump ticket...

https://twitter.com/amyewalter/status/1817282196115263703?s=61

July 27, 2024

Pennsylvania presidential election results could again take days to count

When the polls closed on election night in 2020, President Donald Trump appeared to be winning Pennsylvania. But over the next several days, as officials counted mail-in ballots, his lead shrunk and then disappeared. By Saturday, Joe Biden was the clear winner of Pennsylvania — and with it, the presidency.

The protracted counting process left a days-long vacuum that Trump filled with demands to stop counting the ballots while he was still ahead, declaring victory in Pennsylvania and building the false narrative that the mail-in votes were fraudulent. It became a core part of the false narrative that helped propel Trump’s “Stop the Steal” crusade and spurred election denialism among his allies and supporters that has continued to this day.

The delay was caused by a quirk of Pennsylvania’s election law, which forbids the opening of mail-in ballots until 7 a.m. on the day of the election. The narrow Election Day vote margins in 2020 coupled with the unprecedented number of people voting by mail because of the pandemic created a massive backlog and left election officials racing to finish the count. Pennsylvania, one of the most hotly contested battleground states, is one of only seven states, including another battleground, Wisconsin, that doesn’t allow pre-canvassing — the act of opening and processing mail ballots ahead of Election Day. In 2020, 27 states allowed pre-canvassing. Since then, 16 more states have passed laws permitting it.

But not Pennsylvania. Despite widespread calls for change, Pennsylvania is likely to again take several days to announce this year’s winner, alarming state election officials who worry the delay will cause confusion, deteriorate trust in the process and make election workers targets for harassment.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/07/27/election-2024-campaign-updates/#link-CFQFEBZGK5AOFKLG7CBKTYIFGM

July 27, 2024

Harris 2024 NFC Weekly Newsletter: Highlights from Vice President Harris' First Days of the Campaign

Dear Friend,

We hope you are well and welcome you to the first edition of the Harris Victory Fund NFC weekly newsletter!

Vice President Harris was very busy during her first few days as the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States, and we wanted to share some of the highlights with you.

On Monday, her first full day as a candidate, Vice President Harris officially kicked off her campaign to unite the party and defeat Donald Trump – and the energy surrounding her candidacy was contagious as Democrats and grassroots supporters rallied behind her enthusiastically.

Her first campaign stop was a visit to Kamala HQ in Wilmington, DE, where she met with the campaign team to thank them and delivered powerful remarks about the work ahead. You can watch her full remarks HERE.

In her remarks, Vice President Harris took the case straight to Donald Trump – and made it clear: after a career spent holding predators, crooks, and fraudsters accountable in court, she’s ready to defeat Donald Trump at the ballot box and help elect Democrats nationwide this November.

The Vice President laid out the clear contrast in this election between:

A prosecutor versus a criminal

A champion for reproductive freedom versus the man who ‘proudly’ overturned Roe.

A fierce ally of the middle class versus someone who’s bought and paid for by billionaires and is only in it for himself.

Calling in via phone, President Biden reiterated his endorsement of Vice President Harris’ candidacy and reaffirmed his commitment to doing everything in his power to send her to the White House this November to continue the progress they have made.

On Tuesday, Vice President Harris headed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for her first campaign rally after securing the delegates needed to become the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee late Monday night. The rally in Milwaukee also marked the first battleground state stop of her presidential campaign where she delivered powerful remarks to a crowd of more than 3,000 fired up supporters. You can watch her full remarks HERE.

At the rally, Vice President Harris reminded the crowd that this election will be about two different visions for the future of our country:

Vice President Harris is fighting for a future that strengthens our democracy, protects reproductive freedom and ensures every person has the opportunity to not just get by, but to get ahead.

Donald Trump is a convicted criminal running to enact his extreme and dangerous Project 2025 agenda that would roll back Americans’ rights and freedoms, hurt the middle class, and threaten our democracy.

In addition to the palpable excitement at her first events as a candidate, the enthusiasm for her candidacy was also reflected in significant spikes in fundraising and volunteer signups. Team Harris raised more than $100 million between Sunday afternoon and Monday evening, including more than 1.1 million unique donors since Sunday, with 62% of them being first-time donors. This haul reflects money raised across the campaign, Democratic National Committee, and joint fundraising committees, thanks to your broad-based support for Democrats nationwide.

On top of that, Team Harris raised $81 million in its first 24 hours, adding to the existing near quarter-of-a-billion dollar war chest already amassed this election cycle. With this historic haul, Harris for President saw the highest 24-hour raise of any candidate in history with over 888,000 grassroots donors making donations.

And it’s not just the money demonstrating the groundswell of grassroots support behind Team Harris: Since Sunday afternoon, over 100,000 volunteers have signed up to join the campaign and nearly 2,000 people applied to work on the campaign – more than 3x the previous record.

We hope you’ll find this information exciting as we hit the ground running in this new phase of the campaign. We can’t wait to continue to work with all of you to elect Vice President Harris and Democrats across the country this November!

As always, thanks for everything you do!

Colleen & Michael

Colleen Coffey
Harris 2024 Finance Co-Director

Michael Pratt
Harris 2024 Finance Co-Director

For any questions regarding the National Finance Committee, please feel free to reach out to our Deputy Finance Director for NFC Megan Reenock (ReenockM@bidenvictoryfund.com)


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UPCOMING EVENTS:

A Dinner with Senator Cory Booker
and Rufus Gifford, Harris 2024 Finance Chair
Monday, July 29, 2024 | 6:00 p.m. ET
Potomac, MD | RSVP Here
For any questions, please contact Maddie Ulman at UlmanM@dnc.org

A Reception with Governor Tim Walz
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | 5:30 p.m. CT
Saint Paul, MN | RSVP Here
For any questions, please contact Abby Culbertson at CulbertsonA@dnc.org

A Virtual Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson and
DNC Treasurer Virginia McGregor
Thursday, August 1, 2024 | 7 p.m. ET
Virtual | RSVP Here
For any questions, please contact
Lily Thomas at ThomasL@dnc.org
Video conferencing details will be provided to guests 24-48 hours prior to the event.

Soft Power: A Musical
Saturday, August 10, 2024 | Early Afternoon
Arlington, VA | RSVP Here
For any questions, please contact Suha Khandker at KhandkerS@dnc.org
Please join us after the performance for a talkback discussion with playwright
David Henry Hwang

A Martha's Vineyard Reception with
Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock
and Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | 5 p.m. ET
Edgartown, MA | RSVP Here
For any questions, please contact Darien Flowers at FlowersD@dnc.org


HARRIS 2024 IN THE NEWS:

Associated Press: Harris tells roaring Wisconsin crowd November election is ‘a choice between freedom and chaos’

A roaring crowd of battleground state voters greeted Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday as she opened her public case against Republican former President Donald Trump by declaring November’s election will be “a choice between freedom and chaos.”

“In this campaign, I promise you, I will proudly put my record against his any day of the week,” Harris said. “We believe in a future where every person has the opportunity not just to get by, but to get ahead.”

Harris arrived in the Milwaukee area having locked up nomination support from Democratic delegates after President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid on Sunday. It was her first campaign rally since she jumped into the race just two days ago with Biden’s endorsement.

Scripps News: Harris campaign reports surge in sign-ups for volunteers in battleground states

The presidential campaign for Kamala Harris doesn't appear short on enthusiasm. The campaign told Scripps News on Monday that it has seen a surge in sign-ups for volunteers across battleground states.

It states that more than 28,000 people have signed up to volunteer for the campaign after President Joe Biden endorsed Harris on Sunday. That's more than 100 times the amount of sign-ups the campaign says it sees on an average day.

"In Pennsylvania and Nevada, volunteers literally showed up at field offices asking to help," a campaign official told Scripps News. "And in Georgia, an organizer knocking doors on Sunday specifically said they wanted to keep knocking to talk to voters about 'saving democracy.'"

USA Today: Kamala Harris' fundraising reaches a record-breaking $100 million since Biden's exit

Less than 48 hours have passed since President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president. In that time, Harris’ campaign has already made history, raising more than $100 million, the campaign said Tuesday.

It’s the largest fundraising haul of any candidate ever over that time period, with over $81 million raised in the 24 hours after Biden announced he would not seek another term, according to campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz.

The Hill: Harris takes on Trump in first campaign rally: ‘We’re not going back’

Vice President Harris on Tuesday held her first campaign event as the lead contender for the top of the Democratic presidential ticket, rallying supporters in key state Wisconsin around beating former President Trump in November.

She was met with a loud and excited crowd in the Milwaukee area, with bystanders outside the venue where she spoke holding up signs that said “We love u Kamala.” Another sign said “Kamala Harris changes lives. Watch her change the world.”

During her speech, she went after Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s vision for a GOP presidency that Trump has attempted to distance himself from despite many of his former aides’ work on it.

CONTENT TO UPLIFT:

@KamalaHQ: Vice President Harris: As a former Attorney General and courtroom prosecutor, I took on perpetrators of all kinds. Predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, and cheaters who broke the rules. So hear me when I say, I know Donald Trump's type


@KamalaHQ: Vice President Harris to campaign staff: The baton is in our hands. We who believe in the sacred freedom to vote. We who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence. We will fight for reproductive freedom


@KamalaHQ: Vice President Harris: Donald Trump wants to take us backward to a time before many of our fellow Americans had freedoms and rights. But we believe in a brighter future


@IsaacDovere: "I'm watching you kid, I love you," Biden says, still on speakerphone, as Harris addresses staff at campaign headquarters in Wilmington


@katierogers: Harris campaign has raised $81 million in its first 24 hours - a record. A call with Black women supporters last night raised $1.6 million, per @kamalahq.


@PopCrave: The official campaign account for Kamala's presidential run, @KamalaHQ, has doubled in followers overnight.


Huff Post: Kamala Harris Brings ‘Palpable’ Energy To One Of The Election’s Most Important Issues


@BGThompsonMS: I will vote for the prosecutor any day over the convicted felon. Who's with me? #Harris2024


@mattcompton: The campaign says that 60 percent of these donations came from new supporters. Not only is this largest outpouring of contributions in history—it's a massive expansion of grassroots reach.


@TocRadio: NEW: Harris spox @munozka315 says the campaign raised $81 million in its first 24 hours Comes on top of +$150 million brought in by Future Forward USA


@abbydphillip: 40,000 people on the Win With Black Women call after Biden steps aside and endorsed VP Harris for the nomination. Wild.


@KThomasDC: VP Harris: "Building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency because we here know when our middle class is strong, America is strong. And we know that's not the future Donald Trump is fighting for."


@jmarcusblank: The Harris campaign has seen a massive surge in energy on the ground, with nearly 30k people signing up to volunteer for the first time since yesterday.


New York Times: Harris Seizes Control, Clearing Field, Raising Cash and Slamming Trump


@KamalaHQ: CNN: This is the most amazing campaign launch I think we've ever seen. It’s from the top to the bottom. More than $100 million raised... That money is almost all grassroots. The enthusiasm is palpable


@EugeneDaniels2: VP Kamala Harris: "Wisconsin today I ask you are you ready to get to work? Goes into call and response about freedom and the promise of America. "When we fight, we win!" Hard to overstate how hyped the crowd is. Very different vibe than usual.


@katierogers: Big Democratic rallies are back. The Harris campaign says in an email, per an official, that RSVP's for today's event caused the campaign to switch to a larger venue on Monday. Over 3,000 attendees in Milwaukee.


@brianstelter: Thousands of people at Kamala Harris's rally chanting "WE'RE NOT GOING BACK"

July 27, 2024

Harris campaign slams Trump's "strange speech" at conservative summit

Source: CNN

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is sharply criticizing former President Donald Trump’s speech at the Turning Point Action Believers’ Summit on Friday night.

Campaign spokesperson James Singer said in a statement Saturday that Trump “insulted the faith of Jewish and Catholic Americans, lied about the election (again), lied about other stuff, bragged about repealing Roe (v. Wade).”

“America can do better than the bitter, bizarre, and backward looking delusions of criminal Donald Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris offers a vision for America’s future focused on freedom, opportunity, and security,” Singer said.
The statement comes after Trump called Harris a “bum,” complained about President Joe Biden withdrawing from the race, and told Christians at the conservative event that they “won’t have to vote anymore” if they get him reelected this November.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/kamala-harris-trump-election-07-27-24#h_ad351e8f4f1041fb6a53fdb7b0a90a39

July 27, 2024

J.D. Vance's Secret Service code name is apparently "Bobcat"

https://twitter.com/chrisbastianbkl/status/1816923326998352249

July 27, 2024

Jim Clyburn likes.....

https://twitter.com/thestefansmith/status/1816865660179304855