To Bream's credit, she let Buttigieg talk.
But, in retrospect, she--and the Trump campaign--probably wishes she hadn't.
Buttigieg proceeded to factually and systematically dismantle the right's negative talking points about Vice-President (and likely Presidential nominee) Kamala Harris.
It's a lot of fun to watch, actually (well, unless you're a Trump fan...).
Just an interesting nugget:
The Republican National Committe's GOP convention included numerous African-American speakers, and RNC officials talked about their "big tent" to include people of color.
According to Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a whopping 3% of the delegates were Black.
Which, to be honest, was an enormous increase from Trump's first RNC convention in 2016, which had 1%.
Keep pitching that "big tent," GOP!
Trump claims he's a “stable genius,” so why doesn’t he pronounce
correctly the first name of the country’s Vice-President (and Presidential race
opponent) Kamala Harris?
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| The choice is clear-- Kamala or the racist? |
Experts point out that such purposeful mispronunciation is often a power move meant to bully another, assert dominance, put someone down.
However, when it involves the name of a person of color, it’s
much more than that.
It’s straight-up racism.
Harris’s first name (pronounced--as Trump well knows--“Comma-la”)
is Sanskrit, meaning “lotus flower.” About a million people worldwide share “Kamala,”
most of them in India—the country of origin for Harris’s mother.
And when Trump purposely pronounces it otherwise, it hearkens back to days of US slavery, when names were changed or “Americanized” to strip enslaved people of their culture, their heritage, and their dignity. It also serves to disparage, in general, the culture from which it comes. And Trump’s done it before—mocking Nikki Haley’s given first name, “Nimarata,” and assigning her his demeaning version, “Nimbra.”
So, when you hear the despicable Donald Trump mispronounce the
name of Vice-President Kamala Harris, know that it’s not just another “clever”
nickname like his tiresome “Sleepy Joe,” or his now-self-describing “Crooked
Hillary.”
Nope.
It’s racism.
And that’s who the despicable GOP thinks should be President.
Vote KAMALA Harris.
So, who will be Harris's pick for VP? There's plenty of speculation, but one thing is certain: Harris's choice won't be anywhere as abysmal as Trump's JD Vance.
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| Arizona's US Senator Mark Kelly |
The two that seem to be drawing the most attention are North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper--a close friend of Harris's who has won convincingly in what many consider a red state--and Arizona's US Senator Mark Kelly, a former astronaut who was only elected in 2020.
I think she'd do well to pick Kelly.
First off, he's from a swing state. It's always nice for a campaign to have a "favorite son" in a swing state.
And, as Arizona Senator, Kelly has worked on in-state border issues; he's even been critical of Biden's handling of immigration. Kelly could give the Harris ticket a bit of instant credibility regarding Harris's perceived weakest issue.
His views on guns align with a tenet of the Harris campaign, which promotes "the freedom to be safe from gun violence." Kelly and his wife, former AZ Rep. Gabby Giffords--who was shot and disabled at a political event--formed their own political action committee to address gun violence. But Kelly still can additionally appeal to Second Amendment advocates: "Gabby and I are pro-gun ownership. We are anti-gun violence."
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| Hey! He's an astronaut! |
And, hey, he's an astronaut (which is undeniably cool, right?).
And he's WAY better than JD Vance.
Here's a USA Today article with pros and cons of Harris's potential VP picks
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| Former prosecutor VP Harris knows Trump's type |
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| Predator, fraudster, cheater |
"Ultimately, in this election, we each face a question, what kind of country do we want to live in? Do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion, and rule of law? Or a country of chaos, fear, and hate? We each have the power to answer that question. The power is with the people."
Thank you, Kamala.
And, uh-oh, Donald.
Relive the entire speech here.
Vice-President Kamala Harris just blew the doors off this whole election in Milwaukee today with this INCREDIBLE speech.
THIS is our next President:
As I posted yesterday, now that Biden's gone, the GOP would have to start demonizing the Democrats' new pick, Vice-President Kamala Harris.
It didn't take long.
Instead of attacking her competence and her record, however, they went right for the racist and sexist jugular.
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| WI Rep. Glenn Grothman proudly shares his racist attitudes |
Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett (um, also GOP), joined right in, calling Harris a DEI Vice-President (Note: "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" is designed to provide opportunity for qualified individuals from underserved populations, but has become a right-wing slur accusing people of getting handed a job solely because of their race or their gender), having only gotten the job because of her race.
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| TN Rep. Tim Burchett: "What about white females?" |
Amazingly, Burchett dug his racist hole even deeper: "What about--what about white females?" he asked.
It also turns out that GOP VP nominee J.D. Vance has been on the misogyny train all along. In a 2021 video, Vance called Harris one of the "childless cat ladies, who are miserable at their own lives." (Note: Harris is not childless (with two stepchildren) and, anecdotally, does not seem the least bit miserable with her life).
Some GOP have said Harris (to use a longstanding slur against Black Americans) is not articulate or doesn't speak well (which they never said about their mumbling, bumbling Trump).
And the GOP's despicable flag-bearer Donald Trump, in a continuation of his misogynistic behavior he perfected during his 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton, posted that Harris was "dumb as a rock." Of course, he also purposely mispronounces her name to denigrate her.
And, right on cue, the birther lies and accusations--as is GOP standard procedure--have, once again, reared their ugly, racist heads (to devalue accomplishments of people of color). Supposedly, Harris is ineligible for President because her parents were born outside of the US--which is of no consequence where they were born (Trump even perpetuated this racist lie in 2019: "I heard today that she doesn't meet the requirements").
So, only a day or so in, and the GOP's racist/misogynist banner is fully hoisted and flying for all the world to see.
It's time to send Trump and his GOP packing.
Vote Harris.
