MicroWaveJul 23, 2024

Harris secures enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic presidential nomination

https://lemmy.world/post/17867430

Harris secures enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic presidential nomination - Lemmy.World

Kamala Harris [https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/politics/kamala-harris-biography/index.html] has the support of enough Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, according to CNN’s delegate estimate. While endorsements from delegates continue to come in, the vice president has now been backed by well more than the 1,976 pledged delegates she’ll need to win the nomination on the first ballot. Harris crossed the threshold amid a wave of endorsements [https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/joe-biden-election-drop-out-07-22-24#h_0cf7c6b3778df6a23e62161131ab776a] from state delegations Monday evening.

Show threadxmunkJul 23, 2024

Fuck off

I love what Harris has been doing with messaging so far but this predetermination of delegates bullshit just harkens back to Clinton.

Leave the determination until the fucking convention.

Show threadTinidrilJul 23, 2024
Exactly! The party running on saving Democracy already stole our ability to democratically select a candidate,vat least they should be willing to present the appearance of an approximation of democracy. Somehow that’s suddenly a radical position.
Show threadpeopleproblems
You guys are really going to complain about this? Seems like there’s probably more effective ways to dissuade voters. Especially considering that incumbents usually always receive nomination unopposed, and no one has opposed her.
Jul 23, 2024 at 1:27pmWeb
Show threadTinidrilJul 23, 2024

What “guys” do you think I represent? Where did I try to dissuade voters. That’s the opposite of what I want. Know what dissuades voters? When politicians choose to rule and manipulate instead of represent.

I swear to God that if there were a manual for how to foster a fascist backlash the Democrats wouldn’t be missing a single step. This undemocratic bullshit is exactly the kind of neoliberal shenanigans that tilled the soil for the growth of MAGA in the first place.

Show threadFalseDiamondJul 23, 2024
I dunno man, complaining about the part of the democratic process where you get to vote your party’s candidate seems pretty basic democracy to me, but I must not understand American “democracy” 🤷