The Kamala Harris Thread

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Democrats are excited about Harris and as of this writing she's raised 100 million dollars since Biden announced he was dropping out and throwing his support behind her.

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"Republicans, I worry, vastly underestimate Kamala Harris. They don't think very highly of her. They don't think she's terribly bright. When you or I bring up Kamala Harris' name in Republican circles, people laugh. It's immediately a punchline," Cruz said Monday on his podcast "Verdict with Ted Cruz." 

Cruz warned against Republicans preemptively celebrating a Trump-Vance win months out from the election, arguing Democrats and the media will promote Harris as an "historic" candidate. 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cruz-warns-against-underestimating-harris-dems-pitching-her-mother-teresa-oprah-gandhi-combo

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toomuchbaloney said:

We learned a few years back that Fox has absolutely no reservations about acting as the media outlet of the GOP. They proved to the world that they will even lie about election security and results to curry favor among that voting group.  It's not surprising that they would spin this hard in an election year.  

 

 

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. A publication can be accurate, yet biased.

https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart

Have anything to add about what was discussed in the link? The number of illegal crossings of terrorists under the Biden Harris administration? 

It is the Biden Harris administration is it not? Was that inaccurate of Fox to state this? 

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toomuchbaloney said:

We learned a few years back that Fox has absolutely no reservations about acting as the media outlet of the GOP. They proved to the world that they will even lie about election security and results to curry favor among that voting group.  It's not surprising that they would spin this hard in an election year.  

 

Of course, as you know I've always referred to them as a Republican organization rather than a news one, and that isn't going to change.  Still they are usually smart enough to publish truth.

There have been stories about people on the terrorist watchlist making it through.  The Texas governor has talked about this and there have been some scattered stories over the last few years.  It's a problem.

I do think that there are might be more apprehensions than people slipping through, but anyone slipping through could be an issue that I don't want to minimize.

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The watch list hits represent a tiny percentage of overall encounters of people trying to cross the border without authorization but provide powerful ammunition for President Joe Biden's critics. Several GOP congressional candidates have harnessed the numbers for campaign ads accusing Democrats of creating chaos at the border and undermining national security. But some Democrats, too, have flagged concerns about terrorist threats at the border.

https://about.bgov.com/news/terrorists-crossing-the-us-border-rising-encounters-explained/

In searching around I did find this:

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The Department of Homeland Security has identified over 400 immigrants from Central Asia and elsewhere who crossed into the U.S. in the past three years as "subjects of concern" because they were brought by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network, three U.S. officials tell NBC News.

While over 150 of them have been arrested, the whereabouts of over 50 remain unknown, the officials said, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking to arrest them on immigration charges when they are located.

https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/dhs-identifies-400-migrants-brought-us-isis-linked-human-smuggling-rcna158777

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We will know her pick by this time tomorrow.

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The battle to become Vice President Harris's running mate is turning increasingly ugly as a decision nears and Democrats rally around their own preferred picks. 

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4812431-vice-presidential-race-shapiro-harris/

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Tweety said:

Of course, as you know I've always referred to them as a Republican organization rather than a news one, and that isn't going to change.  Still they are usually smart enough to publish truth.

There have been stories about people on the terrorist watchlist making it through.  The Texas governor has talked about this and there have been some scattered stories over the last few years.  It's a problem.

I do think that there are might be more apprehensions than people slipping through, but anyone slipping through could be an issue that I don't want to minimize.

https://about.bgov.com/news/terrorists-crossing-the-us-border-rising-encounters-explained/

In searching around I did find this:

https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/dhs-identifies-400-migrants-brought-us-isis-linked-human-smuggling-rcna158777

Of course it's normal to be concerned and vigilant.  

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Harris is picking Tim Walz...who apparently started the "weird" assessment of Republicans.  Sounds good to me.  He comes with a solid resume.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/06/politics/tim-walz-harris-vice-president/index.html

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/aug/06/kamala-harris-vp-running-mate-election-update

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Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in the presidential race, the AP confirmed.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-picks-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-for-vp-running-mate

They are similar age. Let the games begin and may the odds be in your favor.  

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DeSantis also said that Minnesotans, in 2021, were "five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa.” He said Minnesotans moving were fleeing a state that under Walz "turned its back on law and order, increased taxes, and imposed unscientific coronavirus restrictions, harming children and destroying businesses.”

It's interesting that naturally DeSantis would talk about his early lifting of covid restrictions because it's a recurring theme that he's so proud of, but his claim that Walz let Minnesota burn under BLM makes me wonder what he would have done had it been in Florida.  Probably nothing because Florida most likely wouldn't have been bothered by the murder.

But it also makes me wonder that if Minnesota being "ground zero for BLM riots" is going to used against him more often.  We'll have to hear from the Trump camp I guess.

Walz when he was a teacher was also an advisor to the gay straight alliance.  In addition to irking DeSantis, it makes him all the more cooler in my eyes.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/08/06/kamala-harris-tim-walz-florida-2024-vp/

Edit.  We have heard from the Trump campaign:

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The Trump campaign blasted Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as a "dangerously liberal extremist," while warning that their vision for the country is "every Americans' nightmare." 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-camp-says-harris-walz-dangerously-liberal-ticket-every-americans-nightmare

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Tweety said:

It's interesting that naturally DeSantis would talk about his early lifting of covid restrictions because it's a recurring theme that he's so proud of, but his claim that Walz let Minnesota burn under BLM makes me wonder what he would have done had it been in Florida.  Probably nothing because Florida most likely wouldn't have been bothered by the murder.

But it also makes me wonder that if Minnesota being "ground zero for BLM riots" is going to used against him more often.  We'll have to hear from the Trump camp I guess.

Walz when he was a teacher was also an advisor to the gay straight alliance.  In addition to irking DeSantis, it makes him all the more cooler in my eyes.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/08/06/kamala-harris-tim-walz-florida-2024-vp/

Edit.  We have heard from the Trump campaign:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-camp-says-harris-walz-dangerously-liberal-ticket-every-americans-nightmare

Walz was responsible for the prosecution of the police officers who tortured and killed George Floyd on that street corner.  He put the state's AG in charge of the investigation rather than allowing locals to conduct the groundwork.  

 

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Watched the tail end of the Philadelphia event live on YouTube.  Very enthusiastic crowd (doesn't seem to be an empty seat).  Ms. Harris is beaming.  

It's going to be an uphill battle but she's on a roll with her supporters.  First people were "meh" about Biden and now they seem energized.  

 

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What I find interesting is that in Kamala's pick of Walz over Shapiro is that by doing so, she is cementing herself as being, at the least, more left-leaning and not so much a moderate. Yes, I know that Kamala's husband is Jewish. So is Shapiro. By choosing Walz, Minnesota's Governor, she's courting a more left-leaning, Hamas approving group in that State. Choosing Shapiro would have snubbed that demographic. Choosing either Governor would have potential or actual downsides. 

Walz is not a bad pick. Neither would have been Shapiro. What I see with this particular pick is that Kamala is starting a run toward the left. Most candidates for office, any office, of a political/partisan nature, will usually run toward the center during the primaries and then run toward their base afterward. Kamala didn't get through ANY primary vote since 2020, so she doesn't have to start a campaign as a centrist. Instead she starts off heading toward the General Election in November, after clinching the nomination with an immediate run Left. 

Given she's from San Francisco, and has a track record in SF, CA as their AG, and as a Senator from CA, she's going to have a tough time courting moderates with that record even with Walz as her running mate. 

I'm not a fan of Trump, but I'm also not a fan of Kamala. For the most part, I'm sitting in the wings, watching with a large bag of popcorn, and having a great time watching all the drama unfold, and awaiting the upcoming mudslinging that will inevitably occur in the next couple months. 

Yes, this is an uphill battle for Kamala, but the Republicans have a track record of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory...

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Tweety said:

First people were "meh" about Biden and now they seem energized.  

Yeah, understandable. Biden isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed now. Kamala is younger, has more stamina, and she is a good speaker. She gave the Dems a fighting chance to retain the Presidency. What's not energizing about that?

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I agree that by her picking him she solidifies her campaign as one that is decidedly to the left and not to the center.  This gives people on the right and Fox News something to campaign against.  

Here's a quote from  him being a liberal extremist. "“There's nothing extreme about feeding kids. There's nothing extreme about women making their own health-care decisions. There's nothing extreme about saying don't demonize these trans children. Just make a place for them.”

He actually mentions support for trans children which will make him public enemy #1 in some circles.

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