The Obamas Endorse Harris: 'This Is Going to Be Historic'
The Obamas Endorse Harris: 'This Is Going to Be Historic'
Barack and Michelle Obama endorsed Kamala Harris for president, providing another huge boost to the now-presumptive Democratic nominee.
The former president and first lady threw their weight behind the presumptive Democratic nominee
Barack and Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination for president, sharing the news in a joint phone call.
A video released by the campaign suggests the former president and first lady called Harris on Thursday while the vice president was in Houston, where she addressed the American Federation of Teachers and received a briefing on recovery efforts following Hurricane Beryl.
“We called to say, Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office,” Barack Obama is heard telling Harris in a 55-second video of the call.
“This is going to be historic,” Michelle Obama tells Harris.
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Brace yourself for a massive disinformation campaign against Harris as soon as they recover from the initial shock. Don't buy into any crap you see about her going forward. Eat no for breakfast.
I already saw a photoshopped picture of her hugging Epstein. It was her hugging her husband with Epstein's head
Took 1 google search to debunk. But morons on FB shared it anyway.
We should combat this by Photoshopping her head on Trump's body with already well establish photos of trump/Epstein
I know reddit was full of ask-and-you-shall-receive requests like this, and I'm not expecting it here on Lemmy - but does anyone on Lemmy have the ability to manifest this??
We could tag it with "I'm Kamala Harris and this is a ridiculous message"
I hope there will be an investigation on how much foreign influence there is in this election. So much of the fake news and trash social media posts are Putin’s playbook. The attack on Ukraine isn’t the only war he’s trying to fight
My brother is ostensibly a liberal Democrat but he somehow believes that Ukraine is run by literal Nazis and that Putin (a "good guy") was in the right to invade it. It's literally just Russian propaganda but he accepts it as objective truth - he gets all of his political "information" from TikTok and podcasts. He also believes that all bad acts in the world are committed by the CIA and that Putin was installed by the CIA (which of course paradoxically means he's a bad person), although he admitted he has no sources for that one.
It's amazing how social media really allows the bullshit pipeline to be carefully tailored to each individual's tastes, as opposed to the one-size-fits-all bullshit pipeline that traditional mass media was limited to.
Good luck, when the UK ran an investigation into russian influence on our elections they just never made the results public despite repeated promises too.
Ironic when you think about how many of Epstein's friends were leaders of nations and well known academics.
Pretty weird considering we know a certain presidential candidate who was actually friends with him lol
Don't buy into any crap you see about her going forward. Eat no for breakfast.
This is the exact attitude that led Republicans into being able to believe that Trump is an upright and moral citizen......
No one should write a blank check of virtue for any politician. Valid criticism is important, without it we're just going to be led around by the nose by those who have access to power.
If we don't hold liberal politicians to the same standards we utilize for conservatives, then we will end up with the same type of shit bags they have.
This is the exact attitude that led Republicans into being able to believe that Trump is an upright and moral citizen......
No, not even close to the same thing.
Maybe you're too young to remember, but Trump has a very long history of being a massive, racist, piece of shit. He is literally the archetype of nearly every movie and cartoon villain in the 90s (not even kidding, Some More News did a whole video on it, it's actually insane).
He was notorious for not paying his contractors, and instead telling them to sue him, knowing there was no way they could afford to win a case against him.
He was notorious for blatantly racist housing policies at his properties.
He was notorious for taking out a full page ad in the New York Times basically saying we should still kill the (recently found innocent) Central Park Five regardless of their guilt (guess their skin color).
You can't even make this comparison, it's absurd.
His first time making national news was when the Justice Department went after him in 1973 for violating the Fair Housing Act.
Black applicants for apartments in his buildings had the letter "C" (for "colored") added to their applications and were denied based entirely on their race.
For over 50 years he's demonstrated time and again that he's a racist piece of shit.
Yes, and conservatives choose not to criticize him for being a shit head. My point is that it is the people's job to hold their elected officials to a higher standard, and we do that with valid criticism.
They were talking about aggressive disinformation, not avoiding accountability.
It seems a lot of people here are conflating any criticism with disinformation. If you mention the war in Palestine people automatically roll their eyes.
No. No no no.
I swear nobody remembers the days we all knew he was shit, watch back the future there is literally a parody of what everyone knew Trump was.
Everyone except people watching fox news.....which is like half the country.
Oh good grief, don't put words in my mouth. That's not what I said and you know it. I said don't buy the crap that we're about to be flooded with. I never said you can't criticize her. You can believe and criticize any valid reality-based you want to, but check the facts first.
Don't buy into any crap you see about her going forward. Eat no for breakfast.
just be skeptical of any claims made by the lunatic contingent that hates women and democrats.
That's fair, but people aren't stopping there. Mention any criticism from a leftist perspective and you get the same treatment.
Brace yourself for a massive disinformation campaign
I've been braced since 1980.
They will do their silly ignorant memes, but they’ll also amplify the kind of valid criticism of her that left leaning voters raise themselves. That’s harder to handle, because there is a lot of valid criticism.
It’s still hugely important to vote against Christian fascists, but it doesn’t feel good to do when you don’t like the person you’re voting for. Conservatives will amplify that sentiment to get left leaning people to not vote or to vote 3rd party.