More than 90,000 ‘White Dudes for Harris’ sign up for call with potential VP picks

More than 90,000 ‘White Dudes for Harris’ sign up for call with potential VP picks


Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at West Allis Central High School on July 23, 2024 in West Allis, Wisconsin. 

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More than 90,000 people have signed up for Monday night’s “White Dudes for Harris” Zoom fundraising and organizing rally, which will feature comments from several potential Democratic running mates for Vice President Kamala Harris.

That response is nine times the initial target of 10,000 sign-ups, which was set by organizers several days ago for the event. The call is the male version of a “White Women: Answer the Call” Zoom fundraising meeting that drew more than 160,000 women to support Harris last week.

“Ninety nine days from now we have an opportunity to help Kamala Harris make some history, we also have the opportunity to change some minds, to have some tough but fair conversations, to meet other white dudes where they are and to address some things that, well frankly, just haven’t been addressed,” the organizers of “White Dudes for Harris” said in a statement.

“We are honest, open, and ready to support our first black woman president,”

Among the scheduled speakers for the 8 p.m. ET Zoom event are U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, all of who reportedly are being considered as possible running mates for Harris.

All four also are themselves “white dudes.”

Also slated to speak at the event are Mitch Landrieu, the co-chair of Harris’ campaign, and the actors Mark Hamill, Mark Ruffalo, Misha Collins and Josh Gad.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a press conference following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 25, 2024. 

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Harris became the Democratic party’s de facto nominee last week, after President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the 2024 election contest against former President Donald Trump, and endorsed Harris as the party’s nominee.

Harris, if elected, would be the first woman, and only the second person of color to be elected president of the United States. The vice president’s father is a black man from Jamaica and her mother is from India.

Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, are both white.

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“As White Dudes, we know full well how MAGA cynically preys on resentments,” the White Dudes for Harris organizers said in a social media kit for the event. “This moment of crisis is challenging us, but we won’t let fear define who we are and take us – or our country – down a dark path

“As White men, we recognize all too clearly the culture of toxic entitlement surrounding Donald Trump,” the organizers wrote. “We need to be honest with ourselves and each other about the role we’ve played in our nation’s history – good and bad.”



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