That didn’t take long.
      • xantoxis@lemmy.world
        1251·
        2 months ago

        Honestly, same. That was scary as hell. Then she raised 81 million dollars immediately, started beating him in the polls immediately, started listening to Bernie Sanders, and I’m stoked.

      • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        871·
        2 months ago

        Never before have I been so happy to see the “sassy black woman taking no shit from anyone” stereotype prove itself true

      • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
        741·
        2 months ago

        She performed terribly in the 2020 primaries and has been very quiet as Vice President. It makes sense you’d be worried. She seems to be rising to the occasion, thankfully. I hope she wins, for America’s sake!

        • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          30·
          2 months ago

          has been very quiet as Vice President

          This was my biggest concern, honestly.

          I’m glad to see she’s going right in strong, Biden stepping down had me incredibly nervous.

            • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
              24·
              2 months ago

              That’s sorta the job of the VP as far as I understand. Lie low, cast tie-breaking votes, and be ready if the President croaks. In those respects, Harris has hit it out of the park

      • Gerudo@lemm.ee
        57·
        2 months ago

        It’s not just her, it’s been her support team so far. Quick fire responses to conservatives and hopping on gen z memes. It feels like her and her team aren’t afraid to ruffle feathers, and it’s about time.

      • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
        51·
        2 months ago

        Your candor is refreshing to see on an online forum, thank you for that.

        Everyone on the democratic side, Biden fan or not, likely had known that the move to have him not run again had a lot of inherent risk of plunging the whole party into chaos. What I and others didn’t realize was that this debacle was obscuring what everybody clearly wanted to avoid, an authoritarian Trump presidency, leaving us all in despair. Having someone who could get ol’ Don’s knickers in a twist will be a great uniting force for the party and democracy lovers everywhere, and is a source of hope we were all long overdue for.

        • Flying_Hellfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
          23·
          2 months ago

          This is what I was afraid of too, all the calls for Biden to drop out but no one was talking about next steps. Now possibly, for good reason, they were already in the works behind closed doors and already had this plan. That being said, I was nervous as hell right up until all the fundraising numbers came in and the jabs started.

      • itsgoodtobeawake@lemmy.world
        32·
        2 months ago

        Better to eat crow than the shit we’d be forced to swallow in a second trump term! Forreal though, thank you for coming out and saying it.

        Nobody needs to say “I told ya so” but clearly things are moving in an energetic direction, and those of us that are sane in this country should all be pleased! Keep dunking on the fascists and speaking the obvious truth to these morons!

      • cm0002@lemmy.world
        20·
        2 months ago

        Same, I was mostly worried about doing it so close to the election, but Kamela is knocking it out of the park so far

        from Vice President Kamala Harris’s rapid response team.

        Love to see it lol, she knows what she’s doing

        • davidagain@lemmy.world
          5·
          2 months ago

          Yep, same position from me. I was wrong. Kamala is looking great. I’m still really fearful and there’s an awful lot of misogyny and racism to overcome yet, but she needs Democrats to turn up and vote and independents to switch to her in swing states and that’s how she’s can get it. The racists and misogynists weren’t ever going to vote Democratic anyway, Trump is their guy through and through.

      • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
        20·
        2 months ago

        Honesly one reason kamala is more acceptable to me after biden is she has been part of the administration that put out such a great term and I think one reason it was great was from lessons biden learned from being obama’s vp. I don’t view it as eating crow because I was not zealotly against his stepdown just basically against it. Whats done is done and move ahead. Don’t pick my gov for vp though as we need him in the state and he is to good and im scared to gamble on not getting someone as good to replace him.

      • troglodytis@lemmy.world
        13·
        2 months ago

        Biden had a job to do. Stop the boat from rocking. And he did a pretty damn good job of it. I wish he had been able to “job done” and step aside so the Dems could have had real primaries. But wishes ain’t nothing. This isn’t the worst result of that target fixation.

        • Zink@programming.dev
          5·
          2 months ago

          This sudden move has created such a surge in interest that the results may turn out better than if a normal primary happened. (As far as not watching a fascist dismantle our government)

          • davidagain@lemmy.world
            5·
            2 months ago

            Yeah, in a way, Kamala coming out winning already and fighting has saved all the arguments and Dem on Dem fighting that would have come had Biden stepped down earlier in time for the primaries. It has focussed minds and they’ve been united pretty much instantly.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
      64·
      2 months ago

      I hope Republicans get absolutely crushed to the point that it becomes clear catering to the extremists and conspiracy theorists is not tenable. Then they have 4 years to try to rebuild from the ashes and try to present a reasonable platform instead of something insane.

      • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
        30·
        2 months ago

        For sure, though I said the same thing in 2020 and was disappointed at how close it was. Really a terrible reflection on the country.

      • itsgoodtobeawake@lemmy.world
        12·
        2 months ago

        I hope they are crushed, learn nothing and double down on it by running with Trump again, this time fully campaigning from prison.

        • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
          34·
          2 months ago

          I prefer the Republicans offer a reasonable alternative so that Democrats can actually be held accountable. Currently Democrats can engage in insider trading, pass laws that help their stocks, continue to give weapons to war criminals, and you still have to come out in droves to vote for them or the country becomes a Dictatorship.

          If Republicans are forced to rebuild and offer someone that isn’t going to run the country and everyone’s freedoms into the ground, (or better yet completely crash and burn allowing an actual leftist party the chance to be the 2nd party) then Democrats can actually be held accountable if they pass shitty laws.

          • davidagain@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 months ago

            You want the Republican party to compete with the Democrats by attempting to make things fairer, less corrupt and more honourable than the Democrats?! It’s like expecting Biden to be the youthful candidate, Trump to be the honest and rational candidate and Bernie to be the corporate shill all in one.

                • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
                  1·
                  2 months ago

                  The rest of my post was saying I want Republicans to not be a dumpster fire that is going down the fascism hole. They don’t need to be “fairer, less corrupt and more honourable than the Democrats,” they just need to not be taking away established human rights when they’re in power so that not voting for Democrats if they aren’t behaving can be a reasonable option.

              • Bridger@sh.itjust.works
                1·
                2 months ago

                I think that as long as winner take all first past the post remains the method here there will never be room for more than 2 parties.

    • modifier@lemmy.ca
      291·
      2 months ago

      Agreed, and wow, you can really sense the working cognitive function, I have to admit. Especially when only one of the candidates has it now.

      • ripcord@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        Who fits that description that they would have even considered nominating?

        I agree in general about nominating someone awful, though.

        And I’m also happy to see that not only is she doing much better so far than I thought but all the energy she seems to have brought and seeing people get amped up. Haven’t seen that for a very long time.

      • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        2 months ago

        Yeah, that would have been terrible messaging. I think of the top contenders, Cooper is the oldest at 67. For that reason, I hope they go with one of the others. Kelly is 60, Shapiro is 51, and Beshear is 46.

    • NoiseColor@startrek.website
      537·
      2 months ago

      What could go wrong now? The left is notorious for abandoning its leaders for the smallest mistakes.

      Could it happen?

          • NoiseColor@startrek.website
            716·
            2 months ago

            I’m just a normal human being that uses words in normal human context and not like a demented psychopath that needs to define each meaning for every possible dumbass who thinks they are smart.

            No I don’t think they are particularly left, but they are left in relation to the other party and they are considered to be the left for that very reason (at least!).

            Again, you are embarrassing yourself with comments like that. You are like a little child that listens to a teacher and tries to find bizarre situations in which what the teacher says is not true. Its pointless and dumb.

            Bye.

          • AA5B@lemmy.world
            3·
            2 months ago

            Exactly. No matter how far you lean to the right, your left nut is always left

      • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        71·
        2 months ago

        Looks at Clinton… Looks at JFK… Looks at Jimmy Carter…

        What the fuck are you even talking about? I can think of a lot of small mistakes that could have ruined any of the examples I provided but they are all LEFT heroes.

  • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
    1755·
    2 months ago

    Urgh, articles about tweets.

    “So think of it: They get me to that position, and then their campaign says, ‘I’m the prosecutor, and he is the convicted felon.’ That’s their campaign,” Trump said. “I don’t think people are going to buy it.”

    “We approve this message”

    That’s it. Don’t reward a newssite for this shit.

    • flerp@lemm.ee
      38·
      2 months ago

      I’d rather more people rewarded the news site for it then rewarding twitter by going there directly

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      36·
      2 months ago

      Eh, it was pretty funny though. And it’s a complete character change from Biden’s campaign.

  • hOrni@lemmy.world
    72·
    2 months ago

    It’s obvious, she is the better candidate. And most Americans are aware of it to. I just hope, they go to the pols when the time comes.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
    61·
    2 months ago

    They just need this team to keep hitting the Trump campaign quickly all day, everyday. He pretty much can’t stop embarrassing himself.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
      211·
      2 months ago

      That’s right, and no matter how in the bag it looks, everyone needs to take that energy to the polls.

    • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      18·
      2 months ago

      The return on investment here I don’t think is getting the right attention. That posting on 🐦 was probably 5 minutes of actually work When I found it a few hours later, it’s at 2.1m views. AND she’s setting funds raising records.

      That post is amazing in so many ways

  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
    41·
    2 months ago

    Amazing. I respect Joe Biden and think he had a pretty good term overall, but stuff like this shows just what’s been lacking.

    On a related note, please let Trump be dumb enough to accept a debate with Kamala.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      2 months ago

      Then people will just say he was too scared… I think buying already agreeing to the second one he kind of shot himself in the foot.

    • Jesus@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      Preach. Having someone call Trump on his bullshit and is so god damn refreshing. Biden just wanted to brag about his record. He did a lot, that’s great, but the campaign needs to highlight what Trump’s policies are and what is at stake.

    • ripcord@lemmy.world
      351·
      2 months ago

      Hoping there’s an alternative link, for those of us that don’t want to support that shitstain or his garbage site.

    • PythagreousTitties@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      Much rather a screenshot. Going there started cancer on my phone.

      Edit. Actually, the article was far far easier than that Twitter link

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
      22·
      2 months ago

      I don’t know why you’re getting downvotes, this is apparently the source… The article is useless and just quotes tweets.

      • jaemo@sh.itjust.works
        7·
        2 months ago

        Because twitter. But really we need to stop using it and look away from it while we hold its head underwater until the bubbles stop.

      • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        People here are weird, man. Huffpost is known to be one of the most heavily ad cluttered mess of a website in existence. There was an auto-playing video at the top, that paused itself after a few seconds for an auto-playing ad. Then I had to scroll past 4 other ads and a tweet that was not the tweet in question. I eventually got to the actual tweet after more scrolling.

        And again, it’s a tweet in the article. From Twitter.

        But people are acting like since I posted directly to the tweet to save them all that, that I am somehow doing them a disservice while personally blowing Elon Musk and cupping his balls. The Fediverse is a weird place sometimes.