Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?
US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)
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As you might have guessed, they are banking on her being a not actually black to scare whitey and not actually far left to scare jewey.
The lockdown, the attempt at mail in votes, the riots. It's all part of the game to steal the election and really they should make mail in ballots illegal.
If you can't go in yourself to vote with ID in hand, you don't deserve to vote.
The lockdown, the attempt at mail in votes, the riots. It's all part of the game to steal the election and really they should make mail in ballots illegal.
If you can't go in yourself to vote with ID in hand, you don't deserve to vote.
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Ilhan Omar would be absolutely destroyed by Pence in the debates and the media would crucify her, figuratively, in the press for her Islamic rhetoric. She is also uncontrollable which puts her out as she won't play second fiddle to a White Jesus.
Reasons to pick Kamala:
1. Black
2. Woman
3. Democrat
4. Young enough to survive after Biden dies in office
5. Her name is 'ethnic'.
That's it. Any more foresight into this choice you best get a Ouija board or some tarot cards cause no one in this dimension has any other clue why they'd pick her.
That's not uncommon to do as the mic is in the bottom of his iphone 6s (LOL buttons!) so he figures to hold it higher to be heard.
Even though he's on an internet conference call which he can literally talk to the fucking screen as the macbook he is on has one of the best mics/cameras ever. I bet he couldn't figure out how to do a Zoom 3way.
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If this and BLM doesn't push for police reform, nothing will.
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Assuming Kamala isn't a catastrophic liability.
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She's the only well-spoken nigger in the country who's not homosexual.
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Also, being in the national spotlight 24/7 for 3 months straight means all that stuff she's worked hard to bury, like her sham marriage and money hijinx can't be kept under wraps, the papers may not talk about it, (correction: WON'T) on their own volition, but when she's front-and-center on a debate stage, she can't dodge them without looking like the dumbass Somalian she is, barely one rung up the ladder from killing Pence for the hidden vampire gold in his head...
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I was about to give Talcum X credit for taking a principled stance until I read the date and knew immediately what would come next.
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Hmmm.
Old, but telling.
Old, but telling.
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Kamala says that it's "unfair" that there's a disparity when it comes to black people getting approved for mortgages and owning homes. Banks giving out mortgages to people who they know can't keep up with them is ultimately what led to the Great Recession.
Stupid SJW policies like that are the last thing we need.
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The 2008 recession was caused by a combination of short term greed as well as political pressure to loan to poor people. People like Biden and Harris were cheering the "Predatory Lending" because black people were poor and thus banks not lending to poor people was racist. It didn't matter that they couldn't afford the loans they had to give subprime loans or else have Reverand Al outside flinging his verbal feces.
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Kamala Harris in California: Big winner but a polarizing figure
Joe Biden’s choice of Sen. Kamala Harris brings to the Democratic ticket a woman who has won three times statewide in California — but has also been a polarizing figure.
She was San Francisco’s top prosecutor from 2004 to 2011, then attorney general from 2011 until 2017. While holding statewide office, she called herself California’s“top cop,” and her actions were sharply criticized by many activists in communities of color.
Since becoming a senator in 2017, however, she’s been a congressional leader in efforts to revamp the criminal justice system, becoming notably outspoken since George Floyd died in Minneapolis May 25 while in police custody.
The choice was hailed by Democrats.
“Kamala will show young girls in America and around the world that glass ceilings no longer exist — we’ve brought them down around us,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
“Principled. Brilliant. Compassionate. Empathetic. Honest. The perfect choice for @JoeBiden. That’s @KamalaHarris. Let’s go win this,” tweeted Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Aimee Allison, the Oakland-based founder and director of She the People, the national network for women of color, called her selection it a “watershed moment for Black women and women of color.“
“In the past months, Sen. Harris has taken a stand against police brutality in the streets and in the Senate,” Allison said. “Her work to understand the struggles of the women of color leading the movement on the ground is what sets her apart in this critical moment.”
Despite all the Tuesday praise, Harris’ shifting positions over the years have sparked questions and skepticism from many familiar with her in California.
She spent many years as a moderate prosecutor not focused on major structural change. While attorney general, Harris did not take a position on the 2015 California Assembly proposal to make sure incidents involving police using deadly force were independently investigated. Now, though, the bill’s sponsor views her as an important voice aiding his bid to pass the measure.
Other positions:
▪ Harris was against a 2010 state initiative to legalize marijuana, and now strongly supports legislation.
▪ She did not support the 2015 effort to require all law enforcement officials to wear body cameras. She did have agents in her own department do so, but said local governments should decide if their employees should wear them.
▪ She was against a 2004 state initiative to ease California’s minimum mandatory sentencing laws. The criminal justice reform plan she proposed last year would end minimum mandatory sentences.
Biden Tuesday cited Harris’ record as attorney general as one reason she was his choice.
“As California’s Attorney General, she led one of the biggest legal departments in the nation — where she was a powerful advocate for people in taking on the big banks and protecting women and kids from abuse,” Biden said in an email to supporters.
He recalled having first met her when she was friendly with his son Beau, who was Delaware’s attorney general.
“He had enormous respect for her and her work. I thought a lot about that as I made this decision. There is no one’s opinion I valued more than Beau’s and I’m proud to have Kamala standing with me on this campaign,” Biden said. His son died in 2015.
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Harris has explained her role in the different controversies.
She said in 2004 that while she was not comfortable with the three strike laws, the need to prove intent would make it harder for her to prosecute domestic violence cases. The ballot measure, which was defeated, would have reclassified eight felonies that counted as a “strike,” including burglary of an unoccupied home and certain arsons that did not cause significant injury.
As attorney general in 2011, she also was not eager to join a bid to soften the law.
“When I was district attorney for San Francisco, I had a three strikes policy that in general did not seek a 25-year-to-life sentence unless it was of a serious or violent nature,” she told KPCC public radio.
But, she said, “We also have to give weight to the ability of elected DA’s to exercise good judgment in determining who will end up in state prison.”
When Harris ran for president in 2019, though, she was clear on her position. Her criminal justice reform plan said it succinctly: “Eliminate all mandatory minimums by letting judges issue sentences below the mandatory minimum.”
Doing so on the federal level, Harris said, would motivate states to do the same. And she would aid prosecutors by providing federal funds to help them decide which cases would best help “promote public safety and justice.”
One of the most vocal criticisms against Harris involves her view of the death penalty, which she has long opposed.
Shortly after she became San Francisco’s district attorney, Officer Isaac Espinoza was killed. Harris would not seek the death penalty against suspect David Hill, who would be given two consecutive life terms.
“I gave my word to the people of San Francisco that I oppose the death penalty, and I will honor that commitment despite the strong emotions evoked by this case,” she told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Many in the law enforcement community were furious, and worked for her opponent when she ran for attorney general in 2010. But over the years, the relationship was repaired.
And in 2014, after a federal judge ruled California’s death penalty unconstitutional, Harris appealed the decision.
“It is not supported by the law, and it undermines important protections that our courts provide to defendants,” she said at the time. “This flawed ruling requires appellate review.”
Harris’ time as attorney general was also involved in another controversy. A veteran Harris staff member resigned his job in 2018 after The Bee inquired about a $400,000 harassment and retaliation settlement resulting from his time working for Harris at the California Department of Justice.
Larry Wallace, who was director of the Division of Law Enforcement, was accused by his former executive assistant in December 2016 of “gender harassment” and other behavior, including often asking her to crawl under his desk to change the paper in his printer.
The lawsuit was filed on Dec. 30, 2016, when Harris was still attorney general but preparing to be sworn in as California’s newly elected Democratic senator. It was settled in May, 2017, by Xavier Becerra, who was named to succeed her as attorney general.
Sacramento-based Democratic strategist Andrew Acosta noted that Harris’ record was well-known, and that she’s weathered any storms it caused.
“A lot has come out, and people know what they’re getting,” he said.
In this June 16, 2020, photo, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., asks a question during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on police use of force and community relations on on Capitol Hill in Washington. Seven months after ending her presidential bid, Harris is at another crossroads moment in her political career. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP) TOM WILLIAMS AP
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She was San Francisco’s top prosecutor from 2004 to 2011, then attorney general from 2011 until 2017. While holding statewide office, she called herself California’s“top cop,” and her actions were sharply criticized by many activists in communities of color.
Since becoming a senator in 2017, however, she’s been a congressional leader in efforts to revamp the criminal justice system, becoming notably outspoken since George Floyd died in Minneapolis May 25 while in police custody.
The choice was hailed by Democrats.
“Kamala will show young girls in America and around the world that glass ceilings no longer exist — we’ve brought them down around us,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
“Principled. Brilliant. Compassionate. Empathetic. Honest. The perfect choice for @JoeBiden. That’s @KamalaHarris. Let’s go win this,” tweeted Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Aimee Allison, the Oakland-based founder and director of She the People, the national network for women of color, called her selection it a “watershed moment for Black women and women of color.“
“In the past months, Sen. Harris has taken a stand against police brutality in the streets and in the Senate,” Allison said. “Her work to understand the struggles of the women of color leading the movement on the ground is what sets her apart in this critical moment.”
Despite all the Tuesday praise, Harris’ shifting positions over the years have sparked questions and skepticism from many familiar with her in California.
She spent many years as a moderate prosecutor not focused on major structural change. While attorney general, Harris did not take a position on the 2015 California Assembly proposal to make sure incidents involving police using deadly force were independently investigated. Now, though, the bill’s sponsor views her as an important voice aiding his bid to pass the measure.
Other positions:
▪ Harris was against a 2010 state initiative to legalize marijuana, and now strongly supports legislation.
▪ She did not support the 2015 effort to require all law enforcement officials to wear body cameras. She did have agents in her own department do so, but said local governments should decide if their employees should wear them.
▪ She was against a 2004 state initiative to ease California’s minimum mandatory sentencing laws. The criminal justice reform plan she proposed last year would end minimum mandatory sentences.
Biden Tuesday cited Harris’ record as attorney general as one reason she was his choice.
“As California’s Attorney General, she led one of the biggest legal departments in the nation — where she was a powerful advocate for people in taking on the big banks and protecting women and kids from abuse,” Biden said in an email to supporters.
He recalled having first met her when she was friendly with his son Beau, who was Delaware’s attorney general.
“He had enormous respect for her and her work. I thought a lot about that as I made this decision. There is no one’s opinion I valued more than Beau’s and I’m proud to have Kamala standing with me on this campaign,” Biden said. His son died in 2015.
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Harris has explained her role in the different controversies.
She said in 2004 that while she was not comfortable with the three strike laws, the need to prove intent would make it harder for her to prosecute domestic violence cases. The ballot measure, which was defeated, would have reclassified eight felonies that counted as a “strike,” including burglary of an unoccupied home and certain arsons that did not cause significant injury.
As attorney general in 2011, she also was not eager to join a bid to soften the law.
“When I was district attorney for San Francisco, I had a three strikes policy that in general did not seek a 25-year-to-life sentence unless it was of a serious or violent nature,” she told KPCC public radio.
But, she said, “We also have to give weight to the ability of elected DA’s to exercise good judgment in determining who will end up in state prison.”
When Harris ran for president in 2019, though, she was clear on her position. Her criminal justice reform plan said it succinctly: “Eliminate all mandatory minimums by letting judges issue sentences below the mandatory minimum.”
Doing so on the federal level, Harris said, would motivate states to do the same. And she would aid prosecutors by providing federal funds to help them decide which cases would best help “promote public safety and justice.”
One of the most vocal criticisms against Harris involves her view of the death penalty, which she has long opposed.
Shortly after she became San Francisco’s district attorney, Officer Isaac Espinoza was killed. Harris would not seek the death penalty against suspect David Hill, who would be given two consecutive life terms.
“I gave my word to the people of San Francisco that I oppose the death penalty, and I will honor that commitment despite the strong emotions evoked by this case,” she told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Many in the law enforcement community were furious, and worked for her opponent when she ran for attorney general in 2010. But over the years, the relationship was repaired.
And in 2014, after a federal judge ruled California’s death penalty unconstitutional, Harris appealed the decision.
“It is not supported by the law, and it undermines important protections that our courts provide to defendants,” she said at the time. “This flawed ruling requires appellate review.”
Harris’ time as attorney general was also involved in another controversy. A veteran Harris staff member resigned his job in 2018 after The Bee inquired about a $400,000 harassment and retaliation settlement resulting from his time working for Harris at the California Department of Justice.
Larry Wallace, who was director of the Division of Law Enforcement, was accused by his former executive assistant in December 2016 of “gender harassment” and other behavior, including often asking her to crawl under his desk to change the paper in his printer.
The lawsuit was filed on Dec. 30, 2016, when Harris was still attorney general but preparing to be sworn in as California’s newly elected Democratic senator. It was settled in May, 2017, by Xavier Becerra, who was named to succeed her as attorney general.
Sacramento-based Democratic strategist Andrew Acosta noted that Harris’ record was well-known, and that she’s weathered any storms it caused.
“A lot has come out, and people know what they’re getting,” he said.
In this June 16, 2020, photo, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., asks a question during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on police use of force and community relations on on Capitol Hill in Washington. Seven months after ending her presidential bid, Harris is at another crossroads moment in her political career. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP) TOM WILLIAMS AP
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David Lightman is McClatchy’s chief congressional correspondent. He’s been writing, editing and teaching for 49 years, with stops in Hagerstown, Riverside, Calif., Annapolis, Baltimore and since 1981, Washington.
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If she calls him for molesting her after she becomes vice president the big chair is in the bag.
3D chess here people.
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As long as its okay with Obama, its cool with me..
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I think the percentage of the blacks who do vote will mainly vote for Biden, but having Kamala as the VP will severely depress the overall turnout of black voters. I'd say a good chunk of the black vote won't even show up now that Kamala's on the ticket.
I think a few younger black men might vote for Trump, a few younger black college women will vote third-party, and the vast majority of black voters will stay home and not vote at all.
To be honest, I wouldn't blame them either.
That's assuming Biden will even be alive at the end of the first 100 days in office if he gets in.
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Three times in a row.
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It's a banner year for mask-off politics.
Next week's DNC event is going to be such a shitfest. I love this.
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That's how colleges make their money.
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But we already have a perfect oven-ready anecdote to refute that proposal; its called the 2020 Iowa Democratic Caucuses.
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Let's openly suggest that the person who didn't have enough support in the primaries she had to be one of the first to drop out after getting murdered on live television by Tulsi is the real person who will be president and Joe isnt going to last. This is a brilliant idea and has no obvious discernable drawbacks.
Holy shit these people are actual idiots.
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