r/BlackPeopleTwitter ☑️ Jul 21 '24

Country Club Thread It's official.

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u/OkEscape7558 ☑️ Jul 21 '24

So who even runs at this point??

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u/TheCommonKoala ☑️ Jul 21 '24

My guess would be VP Kamala Harris.

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u/OkEscape7558 ☑️ Jul 21 '24

She polled horrible in 2020, and only has 4 months to truly campaign. It's a shit show for sure.

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u/TheCommonKoala ☑️ Jul 21 '24

Funnily enough, she's been polling higher than Biden, so it's already an improvement. Plus, she will be able to campaign and speak more effectively. We need someone who can explain to the people why we can't survive another Trump term and get dem voters excited to vote. Biden obviously couldn't do it anymore and was bleeding down ballot races. I'll gladly support whoever the DNC puts up though tbh.

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u/breakingthebig ☑️ Jul 21 '24

I think we need someone who black women are excited to vote for. Didn’t we pretty much secured the election for Obama both times? When we show up to the polls, our candidate wins.

I wish Michelle would run. I know she hates politics. But she’s probably the only one who can defeat Trump this late in the game.

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u/DrixxYBoat Jul 21 '24

A. Black women absolutely dominate the polls when they're motivated to show up.

In recent years, you've actually had the dnc try to guilt trip black women on some "it's your job to show up and save America"

B. Michelle Obama would smoke Trump but she famously hates politics and finally has her husband back.

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u/SHC606 ☑️ Jul 22 '24

Plus she just lost her Momma. Let that woman breathe and grieve.

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u/1BubbleGum_Princess ☑️ Jul 21 '24

I do believe that before we even said somethin, white women would’ve been fighting other white women to also support Michelle. It would’ve brung people together.

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u/basil_angel Jul 21 '24

White women didn't even turn out for Hillary. No way they're doing it for a black woman.

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u/COMMENTASIPLEASE Jul 21 '24

Michelle would absolutely smoke Trump and I wish she could be convinced to run

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u/corsair130 Jul 21 '24

Get that lady from Georgia.

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u/KageStar ☑️ Jul 21 '24

Didn’t we pretty much secured the election for Obama both times? When we show up to the polls, our candidate wins.

Black men showed up for Obama too. Biden was the one black women in particular really clutched for the DNC. What I'm trying to say is black women always show up regardless.

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u/WizardsOfTheRoast Jul 21 '24

She'd also conceivably get a crack at the second debate and the verbal dressing down of Trump will be a sight to behold.

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u/orton4life1 Jul 21 '24

2020 yes, 2024 she polls much higher than Biden. I wouldn’t only give her the nomination unless it’s a STRONG VP like Newsome or Bernie.

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u/Worried_Actuator_336 Jul 21 '24

One minor thing, the president and VP nominee can't be from the same state. Harris/Newsom isn't legally/constitutionally possible.

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u/orton4life1 Jul 21 '24

Thanks! I wasn’t aware.

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u/Independence_Gay Jul 21 '24

Those are both nutcase vp ideas. Bernie is too old for vp, he could be an advisor at best. Newsome? Why do Dems think he’s a good idea. People fucking hate California. It’s the most unpopular state in the Midwest. Mark Kelly is the best idea. Astronaut from a blue leaning state with a blue gov to appoint his replacement. The man is a national hero. He secures Arizona pretty safely and makes the Midwest much more viable.

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u/AntiAoA Jul 21 '24

Kamala is from California.

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u/Mandlebrotha ☑️ Jul 21 '24

Was that a joke or a typo?

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u/DistantRavioli Jul 21 '24

2024 she polls much higher than Biden

Where? I've seen like 1-2 polls where she polls slightly better than Biden. Every other poll it's either the same or worse.

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u/theblackchin ☑️ Jul 21 '24

Neither of those people help in terms of winning as VP at all

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u/yellow_trash Jul 21 '24

2020 was a lifetime ago.

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u/Vanden_Boss Jul 21 '24

2020 was a uniquely horrible time to run as a Dem in the primaries with a background as a tough on crime prosecutor. Now? In the general, with a literal felon as her opponent? I'm not saying that she's got it locked down or anything, but the primaries are not the general, and this is no longer 2020.

And most people don't really pay that much attention to politics or the election at this stage. Like they're just starting to tune it. Sure they heard Biden did poorly, but only people who are generally tuned in knew much more than that.

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u/BGDutchNorris Jul 21 '24

But people would vote for literally anyone before Trump so here is their chance

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '24

That's what the DNC thought in 2016 and guess what happened?

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u/BGDutchNorris Jul 21 '24

I’m not saying the DNC is 100% on anything but I think they got this one right. The people who wouldn’t vote for Kamala weren’t voting for Biden either.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '24

You all keep on saying this.

The Dems NEED the people who usually vote R for the sake of voting R.

Realize that there's a lot of R voters who do NOT want to vote for Trump, but they'll rather vote Trump over Kamala.

Put up a moderate candidate and there's a literal shit ton of Rs who would consider voting D because they also detest Trump.

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u/BGDutchNorris Jul 21 '24

No they don’t. Again you are trying to grab voters who weren’t voting Dem regardless. Focus on the young voters who will show up instead of sitting home.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '24

Okay well.

Good luck with that.

It worked exceptionally well for the Ds in 2016.

I'm sure it'll be a winning strategy again. /s

Put up 2 extremist candidates and people will just hold their noses and vote the party line.

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u/SHC606 ☑️ Jul 22 '24

Harris is not extremist. She's a moderate with a prosecutor's background.

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u/docarwell Jul 21 '24

Why does reddit think it's 2020 still

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u/zod16dc ☑️ Jul 21 '24

This is the reason the CBC and others were so adamant about Biden staying in the race. Harris did horribly last time including polling lower than Andrew Yang in her home state before she dropped out. This is really a disaster.