To worry for Kamala Harris - woman, half black, half Asian, married to a Jewish man

As depressing as that assessment is, I think he has a point.

I don't think they will ei
either not because I'm racist but because they have never voted for a female president even when it was a choice between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump,
And it took them long enough to vote in a male black president
Some parts of America cam be very racist and anti women.

@CutthroatDruTheViolent I think the issue is that NF describes Harris as African rather than American (thus proving how inherently racism he is).

Slightly a side issue but you would think Trump would support abortions as he would likely have a lot more women with offspring from his constant shagging around to pay off.

She will 100% be inundated by Racism, and Misogyny. The candidate on the other side is a “pussy grabbing” misogynist.. and look how maybe people support him.

The political system in the U.S is lost .. it is filled with corrupt, self-serving, narcissists. I put it in the same bracket at Russia & China.

This site seems to be inundated with people who abuse “anxiety” to make everything about themselves. It’s shameful.

So you have repeated something you have heard / been told - where is the proof?

He might be disgusting but I fear he's right.

America wouldn't vote a woman in, and a woman of colour? Get out of town. They'd rather have a convicted rapist.

It was awful that he said this. I would have understood if she had declined the appointment publicly but understand why she didn’t. It completely undermines her accomplishments which is so unfair.

Have you actually listened to any of her speeches? Woman is practically incoherent at times. I think she would be a disaster!

Oh well, watching her and Trump debate each other will be entertaining.

@Bucees

I am stating the background issues undecided voters have with her candidacy. Personally I don’t care who she had a personal relationship with. If he promoted her above others because of their relationship that is for him to be accountable not her.

Personally, I find her too left wing for the American system. The country is so divided and we have never needed someone in the center more than now. The division is not good and I don’t think she is the right person to bring people together. I’d vote for her over Trump every single day of the week though but it would be a vote against Trump when I’d prefer to vote for the democrats.

Before Biden picked Harris he announced that he would only consider a "woman of colour" for VP. He basically made it clear that he would be making a diversity hire so that he could show how progressive he was. Even if she were a great potential president (she isn't) he totally undermined her by making that statement. Now they are stuck with this completely unsuitable candidate.

Throughout her career, the vice president has been repeatedly forced to deny that her relationship with former San Francisco Willie Brown - 31 years her senior - was the main defining step in her political career. They are seen in 1995

While their relationship has often been described as an affair, Brown was separated from his wife Blanche Vitero for more than a decade when he and Harris, 59, dated in the mid-1990s.
Their steamy past resurfaced in January 2019, when Brown published an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle with the headline, 'Sure, I dated Kamala Harris. So what?'

Is this like her drinking problem, that I have not found anything on (I havent delved deep though)?

And still, even if she had an affair, thats still better than the racist sexist convicted on 34 counts criminal who is the other option

There was me thinking she's American

This election…either you vote for the democrats or against Trump.

VP Harris has not had a strong term and her background is problematic. Namely, she had an affair with the mayor of San Fran which is apparently why she got the prosecutor job. Her run for nomination included a manifesto which was Marxist in nature.

She isn’t my preferred candidate and it would be a vote against Trump rather than a vote for the democrats. I’d prefer to vote for the democrats. Let’s see what happens in the next week. Mike Bloomberg…please stand up.

Why does she leave much to be desired in the matters that count?

and it says so much about the country when they would rather have a convicted criminal in charge than a woman

she hasn’t been the victim of racism or misogyny so far, so there’s no reason to suppose that will change.

I would put money on the both of these being completely incorrect
She most likely has been the victim of racism or misogyny as she is not white or male
and no reason to suppose that will change I think you are very naive if you dont think she will get more abuse and hate by standing

I would love for her to win!

I've never understood the obsession with having the first of the various different 'identity groups' in political office. If it happens because the politician is the best one trying for the job, that's wonderful, but too often they're pushed on us simply because of their race, sex, or other similar trait that shouldn't come into the question at all.

Harris isn't popular among most Americans I know, but the reasons people object to her have nothing to do with her sex, race, or the fact that her husband is Jewish (something I wasn't even aware of before reading it here, tbh). She leaves much to be desired in the matters that count.

@yully

god I hope you're wrong

@OneTC

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

i think he's right on this

OP, do you have the same concerns for Kemi Badenoch, who is expected to become leader of the opposition here?

I don't think Kamala Harris comes across well. I don't think she can beat Trump. Michelle Obama probably could, though.

Yabu

Do all election campaigns make you anxious ?

Maybe you should look into her public profile before assuming that people will be “mean” because she’s a woman of colour. Criticising policy and decisions is fair play and she’s rightly not going to hide behind her identity. Her work should be judged against her predecessors and opponents and I doubt that she wants to be treated with kids gloves because she is a WOC. She will know first hand what campaigning is like and ai doubt that there’s any new criticisms of her that can be used against her because she’s done it before and has probably seen social media

I think that there’s no chance that she will win and that Trump is right to say that Harris will be easier to defeat than Biden.

Who are you talking to?
The OP, and other posters who can only view a candidate through the lens of Identity