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© Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Biden selects Kamala Harris as running mate; Trump says he's 'a little surprised'
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and WILL WEISSERT WILMINGTON, Del©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
165 Comments
plasticmonkey
Good choice. Made my day.
Biden and Harris will mop the floor with Trump and Jesus Man.
oldman_13
Great choice!
Adios Trump!
The Avenger
Good Choice. Biden/Harris ticket. Awesome. I want her to campaign and debate like a prosecutor, not a politician. Her composure during committee hearings, is how she should comport herself on the campaign trail and during the debate to swamp Pence with facts. If she does, it's going to be interesting.
Mirai Hayashi
I was hoping for a more progressive running mate like Warren, but Kamala is a viscous former prosecutor! She will shred both Trump and Pence in a single serving!
PTownsend
Anyone but Trump.
Desert Tortoise
A little surprised. I really thought Mr. Biden would pick Susan Rice based on the years they worked together during his time as Vice President and her duties on the National Security Council and supposed rapport they enjoyed. Ms. Harris is very much seen as a Miss Law and Order among many Democrats, and not in a good way. The rap on her is her seeming support of cops accused of gross abuse including unnecessary killings though I am willing to bet more than beers some on the right will attempt to paint Ms. Harris as the gang candidate or similar. I have already seem some discussions where someone wrote "Kamala Harris, gang bang, hip hop". Sigh. Maybe Mr. Biden views her law enforcement background as a strength on a national level. Hard to say unless he puts it in his memoirs.
David Varnes
Good choice. Someone's who's more than ready to step in as VP from Day 1, and who could step up to Prez on a moment's notice if need be. A centrist despite what the Republican party will try and portray her as, she effectively defangs the 'law and order' tripe that Trump's trying to peddle.
Sh1mon M4sada
@Desert Tortoise
I agree with you re' track record on policing police. Her track record in CA was dismal. She's probably a good running mate, but I fear the Trump camp is going to rip her to shred for her time as AG of CA (where a lot of police basically got away with murder).
u_s__reamer
There is more than one Joe and Pamela in the matryoshki of the Democratic ticket: the silver smiley scarecrow and the DNC's Manchurian Candidate chooses the affable, "butter wouldn't melt in her mouth" feline feminist concealing her ambitious inner prosecutorial Hilary Clinton. The DNC have done it again with their safely conservative dream ticket, yet a red rag to the Russian Trump train of right-wing racists and male chauvinists!
Ridin' Biden doesn't have the legs and won't last the course so Harris will be America's first woman president and, like the first "black" president, Obama, perhaps a good thing, but it ain't necessarily so.
SuperLib
I've liked her since she turned William Barr into a stuttering idiot in front of the entire world.
Blacklabel
Sen. Kamala Harris, who was announced as presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s running mate on Tuesday, once said that she believed women who accused Biden of inappropriate touching.
“I believe them, and I respect them being able to tell their story and having the courage to do it,” the California senator told reporters in April 2019
now we see why the pick was delayed. Can joe coexist with her for even 90 days until election?
Politik Kills
Part of the reason he chose her was chemistry. And yes, she viciously attacked him during the debates last year on his segregation record, and it was that passion that prob got her over the line. Like all the other choices, indeed, all other politicians, there are skeletons in her closet. But now there’s a team. Go get ‘em!! Depose the tinpot dictator. Can’t wait to see him dragged screaming from the WH “rigged!!!”
Silvafan
I actually preferred Susan Rice, but she may have too much baggage with Benghazi even though it was not their fault. I bet Pence is shaking in his boots because trump might replace him with a woman just to win.
Note:
Both donald trump and Ivanka trump donated to Kamala Harris's campaign in California between 2011-2013.
Oh, my...................
Blacklabel
No it’s just me. Saying she isn’t African American. Is this untrue?
called joe a racist and inappropriate tougher of women. Imprisoned actual African Americans. Even believed the Jussie Smollet hoax.
Hubert Gulletchip
Tulsi Gabbard absolutely destroyed Harris on her voting record in criminal justice and exposed her as a hypocrite. Dead in the water.
Objective
As long as Biden doesn't debate she will be the next president within months. Risky pick since he vetted his VP based on gender and color. Other qualified candidates were not allowed to get a sniff.
Going to be another close one in November.
ulysses
Well done Biden !!!
His choice showed its affect immediately with trump blubbering nonsense.
He is scared!!!!!
sf2k
Rice will still be in the administration so not really a surprise. Biden will continue to surround himself with competent professionals not yes men/women or actual criminals. Harris is a good example. She can be frank with him and he with her. That's a good dynamic in a crisis. You don't need to be best friends and that wil keep them on their toes. Those conversations are going to be where action is made. Harris can make a trusted lieutenant and fighter. People will want to get on her good side.
But it's August, and 2020 and the psychotic Cheeto in office have 5 more months to go to keep destroying
Hubert Gulletchip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4fjA0K2EeE
This part from the Democratic debates is all you need to know about Kamala Harris.
PTownsend
There are many ways to understand what an individual's ethnicity might be. One is how they personally identify themselves.
Another is how based on their physical appearance, for example skin color. they are perceived by others.
Right wingers said the same thing about President Obama. I expect the far right, US and 'foreign', to continue their same race-based attacks. In their ongoing attempts to further divide the country.
America has roughly 100,000,000 people of color, roughly 40,000,000 who identify as 'Black'.
Unfortunately Trump and Trump Republicans are doing whatever they can to limit the involvement of non-white people in any leadership role. Aided by white nationalists. And they're being helped by another mostly white country.
Breakout
I guess we know who the trump family supports!
Records show that Trump donated to Kamala Harris' campaigns twice while he was a private citizen
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-donated-to-kamala-harris-twice-as-private-citizen-2020-8
Mr Kipling
It really doesn’t matter because even on Election Day more than half of US voters cannot name the running mate.
Hubert Gulletchip
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/437107-harris-i-believe-biden-accusers
Kamala also believes Biden's sexual assault accusers...but is perfectly fine being his running mate?
Breakout
The Don supporters seem bitter because they subconsciously see the "writing on the wall". There will not be surprise win like last time. The failures of the current president is well documented for all to see.
Kamala Devi Harris (/ ˈkɑːmələ / KAH-mə-lə; born October 20, 1964) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from California since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Harris is the second African American woman and the first South Asian American to serve in the United States Senate.
sunfunbun
Vice President Kamala Harris!!
2024 President Kamala Harris!!
Yep, it's happening. Tough, smart and caring. She's her own person, and won't be doing a Pence(the worst presidential lackey, ever for the worst president, ever).
theFu
Hopefully, Biden can last 2 yrs and 1 day after his win. That would be best for the DNC.
Happy he didn't go far left with the cranks in their party. Kamala isn't perfect, but within his promise for a a female running-mate, she's the best choice. She's been in public service since 1990, though she has a few wacko ideas, nothing as wacko as Pence.
stormcrow
Solid choice. Intelligent, tough, feisty and a minority. Yeah, she's the whole package. She's such a solid choice that she'd probably make a better president than Biden, so there's nothing to worry about if she's needed immediately.
Hubert Gulletchip
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/437107-harris-i-believe-biden-accusers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4fjA0K2EeE
ulysses
The trump Klan’s combined IQ cannot match that of Kamala.
An intelligent, thinking , plain speaking woman, something trump hates.
Even though VP debates don’t matter too much, but will be fun to see her tear pence to shreds.
u_s__reamer
There is more than one Joe and Pamela in the matryoshki of the Democratic ticket
Oops, KAMALA!
I hope that was a lack of sleep and before my morning coffee rather than a senior moment.
After four of the longest years of my life listening to the incoherent babble from the Donald, it will be a refreshing change to hear Kamala speak from the bully pulpit in complete sentences and in a tongue I can recognize as English. We should all be thankful for small mercies.
Wolfpack
Biden dug deep into his binders full of black women and pull out a former prosecutor who locked up black men at a record pace in California.
Now Harris, who slammed biden for his racist opposition to busing that would have denied her an equal education, is cool with biden’s racism. Interesting.
commanteer
And that's why Gabbard (and Andrew Yang) are being cold shouldered or smeared by their party. Democrats with actual principles and integrity are considered traitors to today's Dem party. For them, it's all about power - principles get in the way.
sunfunbun
@Hubert, et al. You're scared, as is Trump. Your posts reveal this.
Kamala Harris is the truth. She doesn't freely lie as is ubiquitously done by Trump and isn't the coward Trump is.
She is not going to head for a bunker, she'll face the music, any day, any time. She will certainly prove the old and in the way adage 'be a man' will be changed to 'be a woman' as a phrase of bravery. Instead of kissing Putin's butt, like Donald so eagerly did, she'll scare him, too. These misogynists are in for a lesson!
sunfunbun
The fear of Trump's cult is palatable with the choice of a strong and intelligent black woman!!! Go Kamala!!!
Hiro
Biden is bad news. He gave his people some strict conditions when it come to choosing his vp. First it has to be a woman and second she has to be black. He didn't care whether if she has the ability or not. His previous choice was off the table because she had more ability than him and was more ambitious.
Is still Trump 2020 for me! Trump will annihilate them both. Especially at the debate Trump is gonna eat Biden for breakfast. Biden can't handle stress and questions that are not predetermined. Biden mind has been deteriorating for the last few years. USA future is over if he win.
sunfunbun
You obviously have no idea who Kamala Harris is. She has great ability and an excellent mind.
u_s__reamer
Biden dug deep into his binders full of black women and pull out a former prosecutor who locked up black men...
Sad, but true, so now Trump's hand may be forced to dig deep into his binders to look for one of the few white women he hasn't maligned or molested, which will mean throwing his white-bread, tailor's dummy VP under the bus to find his "queen" to check Biden.
sunfunbun
A debate between Kamala and Pence would be hilariously one sided win for Harris, but something even better would be her in a debate with Trump. He'd get so angry having a smart black woman showing his ineptitude and revealing his stupidity, the frustration would lead to him pouting and leaving the stage.
Actually, he is such a coward, he would never agree to debate her face to face. haha. I can't even imagine that scenario, but it'd be a great Colbert skit.
Silvafan
Voices from the bubble!
Hubert Gulletchip
If you think I support Trump then you need to learn about people who have a nuanced view of the world. Just because I call Kamala Harris out for being a hypocrite, doesn't mean I'm a Trump supporter.
Yrral
Harris should get the majority Black and Indian vote
bass4funk
Not really, but expect more blacks to come out against her especially given her record as a former prosecutor at putting away a lot of black men.
No one will, her color has nothing to do with anything, her record does and it’s not a goo one, but liberals will make it a race issue simply by saying any conservative that hates her is doing so because she’s black. Just wait. The race card is too important for liberals to give up.
sunfunbun
This is going to fun watching the Biden/Harris landslide win, as Trump's twitter feed is going to get even more ridiculous as the election nears and his anger rises, knowing he is losing with a black woman on the opposing ticket. White supporters are freaking out. LOL!!
NOMINATION
Interesting you of all people saying this since every single post is you attacking Trump or anyone Republican.
Hubert Gulletchip
Yeah, that's something people in this comment section especially don't seem to understand. Biden and Harris are the worst of what the opposition had to offer for Trump. But because they "towed the line" and not dare have their own nuanced opinion, Yang and Gabbard were marginalized and pushed out. And even though I disagree with Bernie Sanders, he too was pushed away (again!).
But they can't see the fact that Biden and Harris were carefully selected. It's all a sham.
Hubert Gulletchip
Sorry, because Yang and Gabbard DIDN'T "tow the line".
Breakout
@Hiro
The president ran away from a woman reporter last week when she confront him on lying about signing the "Veterans Choice Law".
Trump walked out of a press conference after a reporter challenged his repeated false claim that he signed Veterans Choice into law
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-ended-press-conference-reporter-challenged-false-veterans-choice-claim-2020-8
He had no answer, so he ran away. If can't handle a reporter, how is going to handle a successful trained lawyer like Kamala Harris?
Wolfpack
I have a problem with people using racial differences to allocate government punishments or benefits. I have a feeling that biden and Harris will continue the black nationalist policies of the Obama regime. Any government policy from either party that specifies race for disparate treatment is racist. On that score, Trump is obviously better than biden/Harris (but I wouldn’t vote for either of them).
Harris has joined the ticket with a man she deemed a racist in a debate. She will do whatever biden tells her to do. So much for principals. The one thing you can say for her though - because she supports biden she can still be black.
sunfunbun
If you had such a nuanced view, you'd realize she's less a hypocrite and more action on her own words, than most. She's the next Vice President of the United States of America!!!!!!
1glenn
She was originally my first pick in the Democratic primary, so I think she is a good choice. I don't care what the Trump has to say about her.
Wolfpack
That doesn’t explain her getting blown out in the Dem primaries by an old privileged white man who has a history of racism and is an accused rapist? How great can her mind and ability be?
Raw Beer
She was chosen by the DNC, not Biden, who probably doesn't even remember who she is.
Anyway, Biden will likely not last til election day so I expect Harris to be running for president.
quercetum
Shows she’s not afraid to serve justice. You can’t prosecute people of your own color?
Hubert Gulletchip
Harris was owned pretty badly by Tulsi Gabbard in the CNN Democratic debate. She has no chance against Trump. Remember, Trump doesn't play fair. He's not a normal "debater". He'll come out with personal attacks, dirty tricks, etc.
That's why Biden/Harris can't win against Trump in a debate, because he doesn't play by the rules.
If they want to beat Trump, they have to play the same dirty game he does, just better than him.
sunfunbun
Pfffft. Utter nonsense. lol. Yang and Gabbard were poor candidates, simple and true. Sanders, like you, had many disagree with his views, the main reason he ended up losing.
Arguing the process of democratic candidacy at this point is moot. You only are gaslighting for Trump support at this point on that matter. Biden/Harris will win!!!
Silvafan
@Wolfpack
Obamacare was for the "Blacks"? Anyway I am glad to hear that you disliked the previous +350 years of American History because the US was founded on doing that exact thing!
Or it could be seen that the "old racist" white man is learning from his mistakes and once again relying on person of color to save him. How you know that he won't do anything with advice from Kamala?
Biden was VP for 8 years to the first Black US President that has been voted by the majority of Americans as the "Best US President of their Lifetime".
fxgai
That's just garden variety left. Even the "right-wing" Japanese government wants to raise taxes, although the motivations might(?) be different.
I'd like government to prioritize spending, meaning that non-priority spending doesn't happen, and the need to hike taxes is reduced as a result. (I call it common sense, neither left nor right.)
bass4funk
This pick will make it easier for Trump to slide into a second term. Wait until Pence grills her on her record in California, wait until Joe has to debate Trump and be on that stage for 90 min. It will take a monumental effort for Biden to keep his focus.
That’s what it really boils down to, this is more about Trump vs Harris, but that might bring out more people voting for Trump simply because Harris doesn’t have the appeal like Michelle Obama or even Bernie.
Silvafan
It is funny how non-Blacks always like to decide for Blacks who they consider to be part of their community or ethnicity.
It also so funny how that their own rebuttal is that she is not even "Black". They are obviously freaking out!
That nonsense didn't work when Pres. Obama was elected twice, not did it work when they tried to diminish accomplishments.
The same will be true if Kamala Harris is elected VP, and if Biden decides to step down at some point which will allow Kamala to become the first "Woman President".
Let's stay on topic, please! Biden chosen a good running mate that will help to solidify his election win! trump has no answer except a failed record.
Any takers?
Mark
"“I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate,” Biden tweeted. In a text message to supporters, Biden said, “Together, with you, we’re going to beat Trump.”"
Excellent Choice Sir. I Salute You.
Silvafan
@Bass
Wait until Kamala grills Pence on his current role as VP and his failed leadership as Governor. Remember, the HIV pandemic Pence caused in his state? I do.
So does most Americans because Pence is repeating himself with COVID-19! Ms. Harris will wipe the floor with both!
I look forward to debates because it will be a blood bath with Kamala Harris winning!
itsonlyrocknroll
Joe Biden in many respects boxed himself in, insisting his proposed running mate, future Vice President be gender specific, more than a whiff of identity politics, tokenism.
Biden, Harris beliefs and ideology politically are chalk and cheese.
One of Harris’ standout moments of her presidential campaign came at the expense of Biden. During a debate, Harris said Biden made “very hurtful” comments about his past work with segregationist senators and slammed his opposition to busing as schools began to integrate in the 1970s.
“There was a little girl in California who was a part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day,” she said. “And that little girl was me.”
Shaken by the attack, Biden called her comments “a mischaracterization of my position.”
Taste of whats to come
Kamala Harris is undoubtedly an ambitious achiever, focused, and will become a political beacon for a radical brand of progressive socialism emerging within the party, commanding the policy agenda to unite behind.
In any case congratulations to Kamala Harris.
mtuffizi
congratulation! good luck to her and biden.
Mark
Why do I have the feelings that trump is gonna Melt Down starting today??
All what Mrs. Harris has to do is just stand next to his Mrs. Melania Trump.
sunfunbun
No, it won't. He's going to lose by a landslide. Truth hurts, don't it.
...and then Kamala tears him apart while Pence suffers brain freeze from having a rebuttal on the spot. Impossible for a rock.
Yah, she does. You just don't realize it, yet. and, Michelle is not running for any office. I like her as much as Kamala, tho', you're right, she's a wonderful woman, too.
Hervé L'Eisa
She's an excellent choice to further alienate moderate democrats and increase the Democrats for TRUMP!
ulysses
Kamala Harris is a master stroke from Biden, he not only gets the Indian American votes too, trump's already depleted voter base is depleting even faster!!!
trump should have gone with Nikki Haley, he could have got at least a few votes that way.
Pence, the unmasked disease fighter must be sweating in his pants.
As Barr knows well, once Kamala goes after you, all you can do is whimper and pray it'll be over.
Hervé L'Eisa
Tulsi would have been a better choice. Remember Gabbard calmly took Harris to task over her prosecutorial past, pointing out that she was responsible for getting thousands of African-Americans locked up on draconian drug sentences(while she herself smoked pot) , even as Democrats clamored for criminal justice reform and racial justice.
Harris the cop won't go over very well.
Toasted Heretic
A dreadful choice.
Her record on continuing mass incarcerations of black Americans is a disgrace.
Have to laugh at the response from the Repubs, though:
The Trump campaign said the choice of running mate was proof that Mr Biden is "an empty shell being filled with the extreme agenda of the radicals on the left".
She's about as radical as the cops beating down protesters.
sunfunbun
Well, this is just gettin' funny. Ya'll so scared, it's embarrassing. There is no 10 run rule for a Trump beating.
SuperLib
Harris and Pence debating will be fun. He's going to look even more like the deer caught in the headlights.
bass4funk
But he’s already been through that, that’s like the Dems trying to impeach Trump again hoping the second time it will stick.
Doubt it. Pence doesn’t have a record of breaking up families or incarcerating thousands of black men.
Me too, Harris another liberal as we have seen over the years has zero opinions on any policy.
sunfunbun
Comment of the day! LOL!! :)
Toasted Heretic
This is utter nonsense. She's a right winger, tough on crime shill who's been appointed to attract right wing votes.
Silvafan
Kamala Harris's record which they think will hurt chances with most Democrats (which it will not) is what many Republican and conservative swing voters actually like. They also know that she will wipe the floor with their preferred cnadidates.
That is the pickled that the trump supporters are facing. They have to vilify Kamala Harris on ideas that they wish trump would do.
So, they have to continue to harp on these dream candidates that have no interest in the WH. It reminds of trump who likes to bring up his election win at every rally because there is not much substance!
bass4funk
For one of the very rare occasions, I agree with you.
Well, I don’t know about that one, behave and you won’t get attacked.
sunfunbun
The Tulsi talk is humorous and obviously gaslighting. Trump supporters hope for a lesser candidate than the formidable Kamala Harris. Sorry, folks, didn't happen and won't. Kamala VP!!!!!
Toasted Heretic
Am going to agree with the Trump apologists on this.
Liberals are playing identity politics here.
Harris is not the change America truly deserves.
Herself and Biden are right wing moderates. If the Dems had any spine, they would have gone with Bernie and maybe AOC as running mate.
November is a wash out. Whoever gets in.
Silvafan
Let's see all the trump supporter excuses:
She is not "Black" enough.
She called Biden a racist.
She prosecuted "Blacks" too.
There are other female, Asian, and/or "Black" candidates (that trump supporters can label as radical or dangerous leftists) than her.
She is going to do whatever Biden tells her to do.
Note:
Both donald trump and Ivanka trump donated to Kamala Harris's campaign in California between 2011-2013.
LOL! trump supporters are freaking out!
Bob Fosse
trump criticises her for this? Oh yeah, those were his ideas first.
Toasted Heretic
He does have a terrible record on LGBT rights, though.
That should apply to the cops who teargassed mom's and veterans and to the snatch squads arresting protesters.
Neither Biden or Harris seem interested in defunding the uniformed goons, so I don't have much hope your country can be saved.
Silvafan
And he was a major factor in the HIV pandemic in his home state!
WilliB
As I mentioned many times here, Scott Adams predicted this choice a long time go. The non-surprise of the day.
In actuality, she is running for president, as she will have to act as the handler of the increasingly demented presidential candidate.
Toasted Heretic
Don't forget, Trump donated to Harris' AG campaign.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-ivanka-trump-donated-kamala-harris-bid-california-attorney-general-1524448
Doesn't reflect well on either of them.
sunfunbun
She is tough on crime, and in that sense, more right than left. However, she is not a right winger. Her record on social justice is good. She is active in civil rights, but doesn't believe people who are criminals should get away with it. That doesn't make her a right winger.
She has been very vocal and a leading voice questioning Trump appointees as well as policy such as the separation of children at the borders, of which she was opposed to. It goes without question, her smart and tough questioning at senate hearings were of impact and great content.
She has fought against sexual harrassment, prosecuted predatory leaders protected students who are debt ridden, and taken a tough stance on consumer privacy issues. She is active in LGBTQ rights and is supported by progressive women and labor, with initiatives on environmental issues, a path to citizenship for undocumented individuals, protection for marriage equality and abortion rights.
She is not a right winger, as you say.
WilliB
Silvafan:
I have not seen any Trump supporter say any of these. Do you have a reference?
WilliB
bass4funk
Oh man, if that debate is on, I will stock up on popcorn. Epic! However, my prediction is that his handlers will find some excuse to prevent the debate.
Silvafan
@WilliB
So you must be selectively skipping certain posters on this article. Why don't you ask @Black? The moderator can only do so much removing of posts to protect their favorite trump posters.
Do I need to post links to the screenshots or my emails from the JT moderators that deleted my post for responding to trump supporters?
Toasted Heretic
Lol.
If only that were true. As a notorious right winger once said - never going to happen.
(Sincerely hope I'm wrong.)
Hervé L'Eisa
"Harris should get the majority Black and Indian vote."
That sounds an awful lot like the racist comment that Biden bumbled recently, insinuating a particular ethnic group votes as a block, whereas another ethnic group is more diverse, nuanced.
Silvafan
@WilliB
OK
LOL!
SuperLib
Trump fans need time to be fed their talking points. Should be firmed up by tomorrow.
PTownsend
Kudos to the mods for deleting so many of @blacklabels race-baiting posts!
bass4funk
“If you don’t vote for me, you ain’t black.”
On Obama, “he’s smart, clean and articulate African-American candidate
That’s just the tip of the iceberg of 45 years of Biden’s racist rants. He eulogized Robert Byrd a former Klansman and honored him, was against busing, but ?Harris excoriated him, it now she forgives him? ROFL!
Toasted Heretic
There's no doubt that some of the Bidentity apologists are almost as bigoted as Trump acolytes.
This is why Biden will not be able to heal America. He's a sticking plaster, at best.
Silvafan
@Hervé L'Eisa
Quote: "I did more for the "Blacks" than any president in history other than Lincoln."
Who does that sound like? Ans: President Don the Con!
ulysses
Fans of trump, like trump, are afraid of women, minorities, just about anyone who doesn't look like them.
So be ready for the vitriol that will flow, first by their master and then down the ranks.
When Kamala is the VP and starts taking the klansmen to task, it will reach a crescendo.
It is going to get ugly, but once the ugliness passes and trump is kicked out, better times will be here!!
Silvafan
@cracaphat
Well, when you couple that with the failures of this presidency, chances look very good for Mrs. Harris.
NOMINATION
Her mother is Indian and father is Jamaican(African/English), Raised by mother as parents divorced at 7. Introduced to Senate as Indian American in 2017. 2019 in the run up to primaries she said she was black first and will die black. Now she is considered an African American VP candidate. I guess I should be able to use any of my descents for convenience too though I was born in AMERICA and grew up in AMERICA. Why can't Americans just be Americans instead of dividing by skin color?
Toasted Heretic
Am pleased to see his hypocrisy and racism called out.
What a shame, because of blind hyperpartisanship, Trump's racism and hypocrisy is not called out by the right.
Both these leaders shouldn't be anywhere near the White House.
Toasted Heretic
A long and brutal history of racism and nativism, sadly.
Bjorn Tomention
Biden is virtue signalling and simply choose this person based on their gender race and color, too obvious and people can see through whats going on, might be able to fool the simpletons though.
kyronstavic
Seriously? If the VP pick had been anyone other than a non-white woman, the crazy faction of the DNC (which seems to comprise most of the party these days) would have gone ballistic. This has got identity politics written all over it. Given that Biden's cognition is failing, this puts the VP pick as a genuine chance at sitting in the Oval Office if Biden wins in November.
I just hope the Americans have enough sense to see through the far-left's attempted coup and prevent Biden-Harris from winning. Trump is far from perfect, but he's the best chance at keeping the socialists - who are even bigger liars than he is - from the gates and seeing an end to America's great experiment with a constitutional republic.
sunfunbun
No, it doesn't. Harris is black with Indian ancestry. Think again.
Sneezy
Trump literally said he wants to be President for life and has toyed with the idea of "delaying" (read: cancelling) the election.
Mark
Smart, Brave, Intellectual, Experienced, and ABOVE all A choice that American women had always been waiting for.
Good Luck
WilliB
silvafan
Your answer consisted of quotes from one single commenter here on the JT page. So that is what you meant by "all the trump supporters"? One poster you dislike?
itsonlyrocknroll
Honestly Toasted, Sen Kamala Harris should not be underestimated. President Trump media attack dogs have wasted little time out of the traps, initiating a smear campaign to discredit Harris.
Public defender: I worked with Kamala Harris. She was the most progressive DA in California.
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/08/10/kamala-harris-progressive-pioneer-san-francisco-da-column/3334668001/
55 Things You Need to Know About Kamala Harris.....
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/11/kamala-harris-vp-background-bio-biden-running-mate-2020-393885
Or should that headline read 55 things Joe Biden should have been aware of......
I suspect privately Sen Kamala Harris view Joe Biden as a liability, and will need to be sidelined.
45. She delayed her endorsement for Biden until March 8, when there were no more women left in the race and his nomination was undeniable. Six days after the California primary, she threw her support behind Biden and said he was a leader who could “unify the people.”
Cynical, opportunistic and ruthless.
Silvafan
@WilliB
LOL!
Serrano
Good choice. Made my day.
Mine too. It's the final nail in the coffin of Joe Biden's election campaign.
She is in fact the worst possible choice. Stacy Abrams would be better.
Biden and Harris will mop the floor with Trump and Jesus Man.
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Goes to prove that the Democrats hold American citizens in contempt, as if the Biden pick wasn’t bad enough.
She basically accused Biden of being a racist during one debate, and she also said that she believes the women who accused him of sexual harassment. Did she lie then or just misspoke? Reminds me of her saying she smoked weed while she was throwing people in jail for smoking weed.
sunfunbun
Certain policies of socialism are necessary, but believing socialism rids the US of free thinking as an improved solution is an idea of sieves.
Sounds like you have given up on America. I think Biden and his cabinet will improve things, like diplomacy and pandemic policy, but I will agree that American politics is flawed, as is, the American people, in general.
Electing Trump proved that.
ETHAN1001
Vote Trump 2020
Serrano
Biden is the Titanic. Harris is the iceberg.
bass4funk
Even on that most critical point she did nothing to stop it and that alone should be a huge disqualification for her.
The only good thing for Biden choosing her is she’s more of a safe bet. For most blacks particularly in California won’t vote for her and to a certain point (very small point) she supports the NGD as well as eradicating private health insurance which doesn’t sit well with millions that have it. So choosing Harris is a gamble for sure, but on the race and gender part, Biden got his bases covered.
Graham DeShazo
An inspired choice! She is going to send Pence running back to “mother”.
Joe and Harris are going to wipe the floor with Trump.
The panic of his cult is palpable.
Jimizo
You can back that up, can’t you? This is a very important claim.
bass4funk
Like every other country historically.
Even her mentor Willie Brown warned the Biden campaign of choosing her that speaks volumes because the man did launch her career when she was 29 and he knows he intimately not only because he had a long affair with her while he was married, but because he molded her to being what she is today.
I’m from California, I knew exactly what she did and how people saw her as a prosecutor.
Ike-in-Tokyo-from-89
Well put. She has the well deserved reputation of being the most corrupt AG in California history.
Moderator
Readers, please try to discuss the pros and cons of Biden selecting Harris as his running mate instead insulting them or Trump. That makes the discussion more meaningful.
Toasted Heretic
Know them all, do you?
Sneezy
To be clear, you believe that Biden/Harris will receive 49% or less of the black vote in California?
Jimizo
Oh. I was expecting poll numbers or something along those lines. Tangible stuff.
It’s just that your claim that most black people won’t vote for her ( I assume that means the Biden/Harris ticket ), would be of enormous consequence to the outcome of this election.
mariasjapan
Bring it on!!! Dream Team for 2020. Can’t wait for BLUE TSUNAMI!!!!
bass4funk
In the short run, Biden did a smart choice picking her over Susan Rice which would have been a disastrous killer for Biden and the Democrats, but Harris is safer, now if she can muster and get the black vote out in huge numbers, I doubt it, but this does open the lane wider for a Trump win.
OssanAmerica
I had hoped that Susan Rice would get picked, but Kamala Harris certainly gets my support. It really is too bad that Trump could not debate Harris. It would be utterly entertaining. Get I'll have to settle for Pence getting pounced. I freely admit that I am biased, I like "intelligent" people. Which is why I felt Trump was unfit well before his 2016 campaign started. I will forever hate the GOP for letting this happen.
Ego Sum Lux Mundi
Biden of course doesn't need help securing the black vote or California, so I guess he figures she gives him two things he badly needs:
Protection against sexual predator charges. Since she said she believed his accusers back when it didn't matter, she's now positioned to declare him "misunderstood" or grant him absolution. If any Democrat women had qualms about him because of that, she can now soothe them.
Some tough-on-crime cred. With most Democrat leaders telling whites to kneel before the BLM sword and pledge fealty, they desperately need to counter that. She gives Biden his "Sister Soulja" moment.It's not much, but they (Dem establishment) didn't have any good choices.
noriahojanen
A de facto Democrat nominee for the 2024 election. Republicans may choose Nikki Haley. Will a female US president (both also from ethnic minority, Indian background) will finally appear?
Ike-in-Tokyo-from-89
Or is that “viscous”, i.e. thick and sticky, and not vicious as I thought?
justasking
Biden will win even without a debate. That's how bad Trump is looking right now.
bass4funk
Probably will be in California at least.
Toasted Heretic
It seems to be a shoe in, which is a shame. Debates are essential in order to highlight just how awful the candidates are.
ulysses
Kamala will rattle trump so bad that his gibberish will become worse over the days..
Concerned Citizen
Agreed.
One big negative in Biden's choice of Kamala Harris is that she supports the abortion of fully formed babies up to the point of birth, the ultimate inhumane denial of human rights. This will not go down well with swing voters who largely do not support this.
Hervé L'Eisa
Not likely actually Biden's choice but rather the DNC's anticipating that Ole Joe would have to be replaced in short order, and then the radical left would be poised to permanently destroy the USA. I'm glad that the choice was made for him because it illustrates how out of touch and anti-America the demoncrats are.
Trump 2020!
And special thanks to CNN's Don Lemon for deriding Kamala for not being black enough. Is she also ~1/1024% American Indian?
Desert Tortoise
I disagree with your assessment of her term as the California AG. My only point that as a life long prosecutor she is viewed by many in the Democratic Party as too law and order, and especially so for this particular point in time. I don't see the Republicans making any headway, especially among their party faithful, for attacking a DA / State AG for being an aggressive prosecutor. She will have the most problems with her own party.
Toasted Heretic
This will still be a false statement, no matter how many times you post this.
Serrano
Biden must have forgotten she basically called him a racist and sexual harasser.
It seems to be a shoe in, which is a shame. Debates are essential in order to highlight just how awful the candidates are.
Yes, but in this case, a Trump-Biden debate would just be abuse of someone with dementia. And make no mistake, Biden has dementia.
I’m really disappointed, and hope Biden can still win.
Why would you hope Biden wins? You want higher taxes, a deep economic depression, a New World Order with China at the helm and defunding of the police? Yeah, yeah, I know Biden doesn't say he's going to defund the police but he's already alluded to "redirecting funds." It's clear he is totally malleable, and have no illusions, the people who control him WILL defund the police.
Toasted Heretic
As does his opponent.
Defunding the militarized police is a good start. I'd go further and call for the structure to be dismantled completely, like in the 6 counties.
I don't like Biden, he's far too conservative for my liking, but it's marginally preferrable to one of the worst "leaders" in American history.
And if it affects American hegemony, all well and good. None of the superpowers should have the clout they do.
China, the US and Russia should also be dismantled into smaller, more accountable states.
bass4funk
No, he won’t and it’s not a shoe-in.
Well, once Biden comes and debates, we shall see, but there’s a reason his family and the Biden camp don’t let him talk over 15 min. Now if Biden didn’t have cognitive problems he would sit down with Chris Wallace. Trump did and it’s fair that Biden does the same, but he won’t and we know why. Enter-Kamala Harris......
Toasted Heretic
Yes, he will and it is a shoe-in. Unless Trump declares himself President for life and has the political opposition locked up...
It will be interesting, come November to see the excuses and accusations coming from the cult of Trump on how to explain President Biden.
Serrano
This will still be a false statement, no matter how many times you post this.
Um... Oh MY!
Harris proposes a law similar to the Voting Rights Act that would require states with a history of undermining Roe to get pre-clearance before imposing any new abortion laws. She pledges to appoint pro-Roe judges and to undo the global gag rule. Harris has a strongly pro-abortion rights voting record, including co-sponsoring the Women's Health Protection Act and voting against a bill that would have limited abortion to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. She supports federal funding for family planning clinics such as Planned Parenthood.
https://www.usnews.com/elections/abortion-2020
As does his opponent.
So you admit Joe has dementia! Don't agree with you though that Trump has dementia.
Texas A&M Aggie
Really makes no difference who Biden chose. The democrats are going to lose in a landslide on Nov. 3rd.
Concerned Citizen
@Toasted Heretic
This will still be a false statement, no matter how many times you post this.
What's false about it? Please prove otherwise.
It's even part of her party's platform and it is a 'con' to her as a running mate as far as swing voters are concerned.
bass4funk
No, it’s true and verifiable.
Kamala Harris voted against the Born Alive Survivors Bill which made it illegal to kill a baby if it survived an abortion.
That will definitely hurt her with a lot of independents.
Toasted Heretic
I have no faith in his abilities, or mental faculties.
Of course you don't. Trump followers can't see the wood for the trees.
Kaerimashita
Still a reasonable chance that Joe will not make it as the final candidate. And Harris did dismally in the Dem primaries. The Prince of Orange may be unlikeable but I think his politics and the fact that he is a known evil will get him and Cents over the line.
Sneezy
It isn't.
None of this contradicts what TH said.
Murder is already illegal, so the bill was pointless.
Toasted Heretic
LOL, one has to admire the blind faith the far right have in their leader.
Will Trump accept defeat, or will President Biden have to remove him by force, I wonder?
itsonlyrocknroll
Battle for the Soul of the Nation
https://joebiden.com/#
Lingering, slow motion, slick social media friendly inanity, the most calculated attempt at spinning away the clear Biden/Harris political/ideological divide.
Is it any wonder the electorate, treated as mindless/doltish cattle entering the polling ,waving their pencils, can not be forgiven, for yearning to be treated with a tad more respect
rgcivilian1
Yes, he will and it is a shoe-in. Unless Trump declares himself President for life and has the political opposition locked up...
It will be interesting, come November to see the excuses and accusations coming from the cult of Trump on how to explain President Biden.
I don't have to wait, its easy and can be answered now "Biden will never be a US President" The US does not want a socialist communist government.
Antiquesaving
For the non Americans like me and for the Americans that forgot or do not understand their election process. Clinton won the popular vote but still lost the election due to the electoral college system
As much I want Trump gone the reality is that the next election will again depend on the swing States and the independent voters in those States.
Can Harris bring in those voters?
Even before Biden made his choice polls in those States showed that many of these independent voters we're already not happy that he limited his choice based on gender.
The Democratic party's thinking is that Harris will bring in or boost the moderate and black vote the only problem is that those voters or not the independent swing state voters, the same people that would not vote for Clinton.
Far too many people are counting on the vote being anti Trump unfortunately I am not convinced.
I truly hope I am wrong and that somehow Americans will regain some sanity and get rid of Trump.
Do not confuse independent voters and swing state independent voters.
Most independent voters or not the decision-makers it is the swing States independent voters is that again will decide the election.
These tend to be lower middle class white voters not the kind but like States such as California New York etc...
Toasted Heretic
It's a good job for "The US" that President Biden is neither, then.
Simon Foston
Texas A&M AggieToday 12:54 pm JST
I'm not writing off Donald Trump but if you think he's going to win by a landslide you're living in a fantasy universe.
John
At this point I’m content with anyone BUT trump...
u_s__reamer
Top of my wish list is for Kamala to stiffen Biden's backbone to go after the criminal duumvirate of "the law 'n' order Lone Ranger", Trump, and his venal side-kick Barr after the January inauguration and flex her prosecutorial muscle to lock 'em up to show the American people that justice still matters, as former prosecutor, Glenn Kirschner, always insists.
Maybe it would be too much to ask that Kamala also show some contrition for the harm she did with her overzealous prosecution of marijuana offenders and put her liberal cred on display by pushing for legalization and amnesty for the tens of thousands of incarcerated drug offenders.
quercetum
A second term Trump will be in bed with China. Trump will milk it for all its worth for him and himself. Trump builds up the China problem and he will want to show he is the one who brings in China into the corral.
The fact is the CCP needs the west as a threat to help consolidate its power over the Chinese, and Trump needs China as an enemy to help win votes. The public is easily sold.
Kamala Harris will be much tougher on China than Trump who’ll be looking for deals in his second term.
bass4funk
That is absolutely false. No President has been hard on China not a single one except Trump, even Chuck Schumer of all people praised Trump on pushing back on China. Biden would never, ever do that and neither would Harris which is why in part Wall St. does like her.
What?
No, she will not, even Sanders would be tougher and that’s a fact as much as it pains me to admit that.
ohara
When the flimsy Dem euphoria over Biden’s pick dissipates it will be realized that choosing Harris was a mistake.
sunfunbun
Nope. It makes the ticket stronger. You're not going to change minds of the white Trump uneducated, no matter who runs with Biden. She will sway women, and those who cast their votes on record and accomplishment, over petty bias. Her relative youth, strength and knowledge is a plus for American when she takes office of the Vice Presidency in January.
She is an outstanding critical thinker with a great legal mind.