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Black Lives Matter Foundation
STATEMENT
BLACK LIVES MATTER STATEMENT ON KAMALA HARRIS SECURING ENOUGH DELEGATES TO BECOME DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
JULY 23, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 23, 2024

Black Lives Matter calls on the DNC to host a virtual snap primary.

Washington D.C. – Black Lives Matter demands that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) immediately host an informal, virtual snap primary across the country prior to the DNC convention in August. We call for the Rules Committee to create a process that allows for public participation in the nomination process, not just a nomination by party delegates. The current political landscape is unprecedented, with President Biden stepping aside in a manner never seen before. This moment calls for decisive action to protect the integrity of our democracy and the voices of Black voters.

While Joe Biden wasn’t our preferred candidate, we cannot ignore the troubling actions of the Democratic Party:

The DNC refused to host debates during the primary, even though a vast majority of Democratic voters wanted them. This would have likely allowed America to see the decline of Joe Biden in 2023.
The DNC changed the primary schedule and created rules that made it almost impossible for non-Biden candidates to appear on the ballot, effectively clearing the field of any challengers to the incumbent president.
Following the primary where millions of Black voters weighed in, after one poor debate performance, the DNC Party elites and billionaire donors bullied Joe Biden out of the race.
Now, Democratic Party elites and billionaire donors are attempting to manipulate Black voters by anointing Kamala Harris and an unknown vice president as the new Democratic ticket without a primary vote by the public. This blatant disregard for democratic principles is unacceptable. While the potential outcome of a Harris presidency may be historic, the process to achieve it must align with true democratic values. We have no idea where Kamala Harris stands on the issues, now that she has assumed Joe Biden’s place, and we have no idea of the record of her potential vice president because we don’t even know who it is yet.

At Black Lives Matter, our focus is on building strong communities, addressing root issues, and creating spaces of justice and joy. This election process has been a disservice to our communities and to democracy. Historically, Black people have been loyal Democratic voters, but time and again, the party has taken our votes for granted and prioritized political theatrics over our real needs.

So we will do the hard thing: we will celebrate, and honor the joy many in our community are feeling about Kamala’s historic candidacy and path to the nomination—while calling out the undemocratic process and engaging in a vigorous discussion on the issues our community cares about.

We do not live in a dictatorship. Delegates are not oligarchs. Any attempt to evade or override the will of voters in our primary system—no matter how historic the candidate—must be condemned. We demand an informal, virtual snap primary now that the incumbent president is no longer in the running.

For the past few years, the Democratic Party has proclaimed that “democracy is on the ballot” in an effort to persuade Black voters to participate in the upcoming general election. They have presented this as the most serious election for democracy in our lifetimes. However, democracy isn’t just an ideal to be protected against Republicans; it must also be safeguarded from erosions within the Democratic Party. Calls for “unity” cannot come at the expense of democracy. The Democratic party, which has been the loudest in defending democracy, is now poised to commit some of the most undemocratic maneuvering to avoid listening to the will of the voters.
https://blacklivesmatter.com/black-lives-matter-statement-on-kamala-harris-secur...
Black ain't happy about an injun elbowing the outa we way.... tsk, tsk 

Taking the stage to applause at a high school in a suburb of Milwaukee on Tuesday, Ms Harris highlighted her experience as California's attorney general.

"I took on perpetrators of all kinds,” she said. “Predators who abused women. Fraudsters who ripped off consumers. Cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain.”

"So hear me when I say I know Donald Trump's type," Ms Harris added. "In this campaign, I promise you, I will proudly put my record against his any day of the week."

Frank wrote on Jul 24^th, 2024 at 9:02pm:


I love the way she triggers you   

This is gonna be the best 4 months ever.

Below are 17 examples of Harris’ far-left record:

Co-sponsored legislation to protect illegal immigrants from deportation
Backed Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All legislation
Backed banning private health insurance
Supported giving taxpayer-funded coverage to illegal immigrants
Supported banning fracking
Backed defunding the police
Compared ICE to the KKK
Wanted to ban plastic straws
Defended banning offshore drilling
Wanted to “undo” the Trump administration’s border security, taking 94 executive actions in their first 100 days to rescind nealy every Trump-era measure
Supported decriminalizing illegal border crossings
Said she wouldn’t “treat” illegal aliens as “criminals”
Called for “starting [ICE] from scratch”
Argued that temporarily closing the border violated federal law
Raised money for the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a far-left organization that pays to bail out of jail violent criminals, including accused murderers and rapists.
Supported Los Angeles’s cuts to their police department
Called efforts to add more police to the streets “wrongheaded thinking”

At least it's now interesting.

I think she may win.

I vote strictly on the quality and quantity of a candidate hair.

I think her hair is much lusher and fuller than Trump.

If Trump goes the whole British Boris crazy hair look I might back him.


Every election is all about who has the best hair =winning!

Mortdooley wrote on Jul 24^th, 2024 at 10:40pm:


Kamala also wants to violate the Constitution with the shall not be infringed part.

Quote:


Lots of videos in that link

Daves2017 wrote on Jul 24^th, 2024 at 10:56pm:


in a way it is important .

it is also about who is the bigger source of energy and who can match that energy with the voters.

in general, you want to be energising the aspirational voter (make america great again etc) whilst also vibing with the butt hurt voter (amping up fear about illegals),

so trumps strategy is sound


karmala will try to energise the aspirational woke leftie intellectual (by being woke) whilst also vibing with the butt hurt voter (pandering to BLM and women who hate men).



the left used to be the party of the urban battler and the poor which were HUGE demographics,

tnow they are the party of the elites and the woke and the indocrinated young uni types.

these demographics are not as big.

i think trump timed his  entry into politics until he saw an opening with the millions of forgotten deplorables.

it was a smart move,

they may yet deliver him victory,

Bobby. wrote on Jul 25^th, 2024 at 6:02am:


Part imported Indio.

Trump $1.05 .... Harris $4.70

Headline last night about Kamala surging in the polls - yes - within the party in their working out who to put up against Trump... some White guy ... will she take second place again or will her nose be too out of joint?  The media is already talking about her standing as a done deal....  LMAO .... now THAT, Poppets, is called propaganda or pissing into the wind... even if it's a righteous piss it still blows back in your face......

This election is becoming hilarious.... 'running mate' - what about those who will stand against her for the nomination?  The Fat Lady hasn't sung yet .....

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-4-democrats-who-are-top-contenders-to-...