Joe Biden has Chosen Jamaican-Indian Senator Kamala Harris As his Running Mate

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Liberals Happy? Get the black lives matter and Indian American votes

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Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate
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Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate — the first Black woman to be named to a major-party U.S. presidential ticket, and potentially the first woman vice president if Biden defeats President Trump.
The big picture: Harris was probably the safest choice Biden could have made among his running mate finalists. She has a national profile and experience with elected office, was vetted and tested in the Democratic presidential primaries and can boost Biden's fundraising.

• To get to the decision, Biden had to move past residual tensions and make peace with a fierce primary competitor.
• The decision elevates Harris among the next generation of Democratic leaders and could give her a big advantage in 2024, if Biden were elected and decided not to run for a second term.

What he's saying: "I need someone working alongside me who is smart, tough, and ready to lead. Kamala is that person," Biden announced in a statement.

• "I need someone who understands the pain that so many people in our nation are suffering. Whether they’ve lost their job, their business, a loved one to this virus. This president says he “doesn’t want to be distracted by it”. He doesn’t understand that taking care of the people of this nation -- all the people -- isn’t a distraction -- it’s the job. Kamala understands that."
• "I need someone who understands that we are in a battle for the soul of this nation. And that if we’re going to get through these crises -- we need to come together and unite for a better America. Kamala gets that."
• "I first met Kamala through my son Beau. They were both Attorneys General at the same time. He had enormous respect for her and her work. I thought a lot about that as I made this decision. There is no one’s opinion I valued more than Beau’s and I’m proud to have Kamala standing with me on this campaign."
• "Her record of accomplishment -- fighting tooth and nail for what’s right -- is why I’m choosing her. There is no door Kamala won’t knock on, no stone she’ll leave unturned, if it means making life better -- for the people."

Between the lines: The pick gives Biden a running mate with strong prosecutorial skills, as Harris has proven at Senate hearings and during her strongest debate moments. That could help them make the case against Trump in the fall.

• But some Democrats will be watching her political skills closely, after her presidential bid fizzled and a New York Times piece depicted a campaign full of bad decisions and backbiting.
• She has also faced public and private questions from some Democrats about whether she'd be too focused on running for the presidency again, although other Democratic operatives have said the questions about her ambitions have been sexist and inappropriate.

The backstory: Harris, who at 55 is more than 20 years younger than Biden, is a former prosecutor and has been a senator from California since 2017.

• She solidified her national profile when she grilled Trump administration nominees and administrators, including Brett Kavanaugh during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 2018.
• President Obama recognized her talent early on, in 2013 famously calling her "brilliant," "dedicated" and "tough."

She had been seen as a front-runner when she announced her presidential campaign in January 2019, but she was never able to capitalize on the early momentum — except for a brief spike in public attention after her confrontation with Biden over federally mandated school busing at a June debate.

• Harris dropped out of the race in December, saying she didn't have the funds to continue.

As a presidential candidate, Harris campaigned on a $500-a-month tax credit that she called "the largest working and middle-class tax cut in a generation." She started out as a supporter of Medicare for All, but then switched to an alternative that would have preserved a role for private insurance.

• In an October interview with "Axios on HBO," she explained her decision: "I heard from people, 'Kamala, don't take away my choice if I want a private plan. Please don't take away my choice.' And I said, you know what? That is fair."
• "I said to my team, I know we're going to take a political hit for it. ... I knew I'd be called a flip flopper for that."
• She also said in that interview that "of course" it's different to run for president as a Black woman because in Americans' experience there is "not a reference point for who can do what, there is a lack of ability or a difficulty in imagining that someone who we have never seen can do a job that has been done, you know, forty-five times by someone who is not that person."

Harris has also faced some criticisms based on cases she argued and policies she enacted as California's attorney general:

• She defended the death penalty as attorney general, despite being personally against it.
• She didn't take a position on Proposition 47, approved by voters, that reduced some felonies to misdemeanors.
• She opposed a bill that would have required her office to investigate police shootings.

Reality check: It will be Biden who sets the policies if he wins — but Harris's record will be relevant if she's elected vice president, especially if she takes ownership of specific issues and projects as Biden did when he was Barack Obama's vice president.

• It will be also be relevant to her own political future.

What's next: Harris's speech accepting the nomination at the Democratic convention will be her chance to introduce herself to an audience of general election voters — and to show how well she and Biden will be able to work as a team.

• Harris will join Vice President Mike Pence on Oct. 7 in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the first vice presidential debate of the 2020 cycle.

 

[syed putra]

she or andrew yang may be the next president of the US after trump.

 

[blackmondy]

You know you're dealing with a toxic woman when you mixed voodoo and snake together.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Does that mean Biden would win?

 

[A Singaporean]

You know you're dealing with a toxic woman when you mixed voodoo and snake together.

Need to kill the snake first.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

'We're going to beat Trump': Joe Biden chooses Kamala Harris as running mate

Kamala Harris beat out a long list of contenders to become Joe Biden's VP pick.(Reuters: Mike Segar)
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Joe Biden has picked Kamala Harris to be his running mate in the 2020 US election.
The former vice-president announced his pick via a text message to his supporters after a lengthy vetting process and intense speculation.
"Big news: I've chosen Kamala Harris as my running mate. Together, with you, we're going to beat Trump," the message said.
The announcement comes less than a week before the Democratic Nominating Convention.
The pair will take on US President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence at the ballot box on November 3.
If you're not a US politics junkie, here are five things you need to know about Harris.
1. She's a US senator from California
She was first elected to national office at the same 2016 election that catapulted Trump into the White House.
Before that, Harris, served as a district attorney for San Francisco and as California's attorney-general.

Harris has had a short, but impactful, career in national politics.(Reuters: Al Drago)
The 55-year-old wasted no time in grabbing the national spotlight in her first term in the Senate, and made a name for herself with viral moments questioning Trump's cabinet appointees during confirmation hearings.
Harris used that spotlight to join the race to become the Democratic presidential nominee, but was one of the first high-profile dropouts, in December 2019, when her campaign ran out of funds.
2. Harris's nomination is history making
She's the first black woman to be nominated as a vice-presidential candidate, and only the third woman to ever get the nod from a major party.
Both Harris's parents emigrated to the United States — her mother as a breast cancer scientist from India, and her father as an academic from Jamaica.
Harris is no stranger to making history in her political career — she's already the first person with black or Asian-American background to serve as California's attorney-general and the second black woman ever elected to the US Senate.
If Biden and Harris win, she'll be the first woman ever elected as US vice-president.
3. Her record as a prosecutor could get scrutiny
The mass protests over the killing of George Floyd shot police reform onto the list of issues that form the 2020 battleground.
And while she's personally stated she's against the death penalty and declined to pursue it against a defendant who shot a police officer, she defended the penalty when a 2004 ruling essentially outlawed its use in California.
Harris has called Floyd's killing "the result of broader systematic racism that exists in our country" and was one of a number of high-profile Democrats to unveil a 134-page bill for police reform.
4. She roasted Biden in the primary campaign
As the early favourite, Biden was a huge target for other candidates who wanted to make an impression by taking on the biggest name in the race.
Harris wasn't the only one to take him on, but she was the standout. In the first debate, she delivered the verbal equivalent of a crash tackle when she challenged Biden on his opposition to bussing policy — providing public transport for black children to attend schools in predominantly white neighbourhoods — as a way of desegregating American schools.
After an emotional story about a "little girl" who was in the second class to be bussed to school in her county, Harris didn't miss with her punch:
YoutubeDemocratic Debate: 'That Little Girl Was Me:' Kamala Harris Blasts Joe Biden | NBC New York
The moment stood out in a Democratic primary that was a mess of more than 20 candidates and briefly shot Harris up the polling. With those five words, Harris drilled home the core criticisms of Biden's candidacy (an old, white, man whose ideas are part of the past).
It's a skill Biden will look to unleash on Trump.
The pair have (obviously) since put their differences behind them, with Harris enthusiastically endorsing Biden in March. She had been one of his most prominent campaigners until her selection as VP.
5. There's a good chance she could be the next US president

Harris has already run for the top job once.(Reuters: Mike Blake )
If he wins, Biden will be 81 years old by the time he will be running for a potential second term.
He's not said if he'll try for a potential second term in 2024, but it has been widely assumed that Biden's VP will take on the unofficial mantle of 2024 Democratic nominee if he doesn't.
Of course, four years is an eternity in US politics, and there are two elections between now and an eventual president Kamala Harris, but with her selection, Harris just got the equivalent of a 20m head start in a 100m race.
If she can help Biden to victory, the speculation about her potential elevation to the top job in 2024 will begin on Inauguration Day in 2021.
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[blackmondy]

Need to kill the snake first.

She's mixed with Ah Neh and Jamaican blood.

 

[A Singaporean]

She's mixed with Ah Neh and Jamaican blood.

Just as bad. Need to kill the snake in her.

 

[bobby]

Now race colour is the winning card.

Speaking of cards....just wondering when they will change the name of the casino card game "Black Jack".

 

[blackmondy]

Now race colour is the winning card.

Speaking of cards....just wondering when they will change the name of the casino card game "Black Jack".

Singer Maurice White is black.
Singer Barry White is black.
Actor Jack Black is white.
Singer Mary Black is white.

 

[red amoeba]

That pervert Biden got stroke her hair up and down there ?

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Trump is probably going to lose.

Biden made a wise choice. woman who is black will cover the major demographics.

 

[Ralders]

Biden this old dementia patient himself is a joke.

 

[laksaboy]

Virtue signalling by the libtards again. Vagina and minority for the 'diversity'.

Now I know Biden will lose.

https://thedonald.win/p/GcCOEKii/identity-politics-at-its-finest/c/

From 'Indian-American' to 'Black' within a few years. Because black votes matter.

 

[syed putra]

Kamala harris and andrew yang will make a great presidential team.

 

[blackmondy]

Kamala harris and andrew yang will make a great presidential team.

They will make a great interracial porn team.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

One group of voters could decide the US election. Can Kamala Harris reach them?
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By Sam Fulwood III and David C Barker

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With his choice of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, Joe Biden may have helped bring young Black Americans to his side on Election Day.(Reuters: Mike Blake)
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With his choice of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, Joe Biden may have helped bring young Black Americans to his side on Election Day.

Only 47 per cent of those Black Americans under 30 years old that we surveyed recently planned to vote for Biden, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee.

But by picking Harris, a Black running mate, support for Biden jumps to 73 per cent in this age group, which is a significant increase though still lower than other age groups.

Harris joining up with Biden may have made the Democratic ticket more attractive to younger Black Americans, who now comprise what we define as a critical set of swing voters.

But these aren't your grandparents' swing voters.

Sen. Kamala Harris listens with her head on her hands during a US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
Harris joining up with Biden may have made the Democratic ticket more attractive to younger Black Americans.(Reuters: Saul Loeb)
No longer working-class whites
Most political analysts define "swing voters" as those who swing their support from one party to the other between election cycles — determining winners and losers in the process.

According to this conventional wisdom, the "swingiest" voters are working-class whites in the Midwest, who supposedly hold the keys to the White House.

Meanwhile, by contrast, pundits often portray Black Americans as an undifferentiated mass — loyal Democrat-supporting foot soldiers who will execute their mission for The Team on Tuesday as long as some preacher provides the right marching orders on Sunday.

Voter Fred Hoffman fills out his ballot during the primary election in Ottawa, Illinois
Most political analysts define "swing voters" as those who swing their support from one party to the other between election cycles.(Reuters: Daniel Acker)
If these depictions have not already expired, they are certainly growing stale. Having studied electoral trends for decades, we can tell you that those undecided voters of the past are an endangered species — in the Midwest and elsewhere.

These days, the only choice that most Americans make — indeed, the choice that typically "swings" the election outcome — is whether to vote at all.

That brings us to the characterisation of Black Americans as Democratic loyalists.

Our new survey of 1,215 African Americans in battleground states — Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida, North Carolina and Georgia — reveals that while those over 60 remain among the most reliable of Democratic voters, and those between 40-59 are still pretty locked in as well, those under 30 (whom we oversampled to comprise half of our sample) are anything but.

Not sold on Biden
Cathy Cohen, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago who studies Black youths' political views, summed up this attitude in a recent podcast: "They've seen the election of Black mayors, they've seen the election of the first Black president, and they've also seen that their lives have not changed."

Young Black Americans and the November election.
Young Black Americans and the November election.(The Conversation)
Not sold on voting
These young Black Americans may well sit things out in November, just as many of them did in 2016 when their behaviour swung that election to Trump as much as anything else did.

In our poll, 31 per cent of Black Americans under 30 say they probably won't vote in this election.

But survey respondents of all stripes tend to wildly overestimate their intention to vote. Indeed, about half of our Black survey respondents under 30 say they don't often vote because it "doesn't make a difference," providing a somewhat more realistic estimate of the percentage who will probably just stay home — and not search for a stamp to mail in their ballot, either.

And that number does not even take into account the turnout-depressing effects of voter suppression efforts taking place across the country, the pandemic or the heavy distrust of mail-in voting that young Black people tend to express.

Only 64 per cent of young people in our sample say they trust the state to report their vote accurately, and only 30 per cent say they plan to take advantage of mail-in voting.

Not sold on the Democratic Party
Such cynicism on the part of young Black Americans is reflected in the lukewarm feelings they tend to have toward the Democratic Party more generally.

Only 47 per cent of them say that the party is welcoming to Black Americans, and only 43 per cent say they trust Democrats in Congress to do what's best for the Black community.

Perhaps most strikingly, unlike their older counterparts, only half of those under 30 view the Democrats as any better than the Republicans on these scores.

In both the survey responses and in the focus groups we conducted of young Black Americans in these same states, we heard repeated frustration toward what they view as a Democratic Party that expects their vote but doesn't really do anything to deserve it other than claim to be "less racist" than the alternative.

As one of our focus group respondents put it, "I think at the end of the day, they all have the same agenda."

In short, it appears that for Black America, the future is not necessarily "blue." Electorally speaking, it is not necessarily anything at all.

Moving forward, young Black Americans may be the real "swing voters" in the only way that term really makes much sense anymore.

Sam Fulwood III is Fellow, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he studies race, politics and public policy. David C. Barker is Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University School of Public Affairs. This article originally appeared on The Conversation.

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[GoldenDragon]

She's mixed with Ah Neh and Jamaican blood.

Is she a virgin?

 

[blackmondy]

Is she a virgin?

Hard to be a virgin when you have to fuck your way up the political ladder.

https://www.creators.com/read/dick-...er-start-through-her-affair-with-willie-brown

 

[laksaboy]

Is she a virgin?

No, I believe she had sex with a married man.