Now that she's the official nominee, is anyone else excited about Kamala Harris's chances?

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Just to get it out of the way - I am completely against Trump being elected President. I'm pretty excited to see Kamala being officially nominated, and looking forward to her fighting a strong campaign - albeit slightly nervously. Anyone else?

It’s a moot point now anyway as he can’t unilaterally decide to leave NATO. He will need a 2/3 majority in the senate to enact that.

Given how awful she has been as veep, no!
Have you not paid attention during the last 4 years?

Evidence please

Specific examples?

Well, she was appointed by Biden to tackle the border crisis. She never went to the
boarder and then when asked if she had been to the boarder she said “no, I haven’t been to Europe either. I don’t understand the point you’re making” Just bizarre behavior from a senior politician

But the President could certainly decide whether or not to come to the aide of a European "ally", and Trump said he never would.

Again, if you're an American and think isolatitionism is the way forward I guess that's your prerogative, it just doesn't make any real sense for Europeans to want anything other than a Harris win.

Is she a convicted fraudster?
Is she a repeat sexual assailant?
Has she ever tried to subvert democracy by asking officials to "find" votes for her?
Has she ever tried to subvert democracy by launching a violent mob on the White House when a vote hasn't gone her way?

No? That makes her better than Trump.

Well NATO is by it’s inception

• an attack on one is an attack on all.

@Molly70 It pains me to say it when considering Trump, but there is a long, sporadic history of US presidents occasionally terminating treaties. It hasn’t caused much controversy.

It takes a 2/3 vote in the Senate to enact a treaty

I have. Have you not been paying attention to Trump over the past 8 years?

Then I am very glad you aren’t. There are enough people making choices in this way which makes zero sense

In the last couple of weeks while trying to deal with the transition of power and make policy plans he should have entirely turned around the far right in the UK? Sure. People don’t just suddenly decide not to be racist thugs because there is a new government.

on the other hand a Trump presidency would bring them all out and legitimise them in the USA which may seep across and is not good

Wow. This is absolute misogynistic disgusting crap and you should be ashamed of yourself. You do know that what Trump and Vance say isn’t gospel truth right? No wonder they are even in the race when people will believe anything they and their mouthpieces say.

Stress of a group of rioters trying to overthrow the government where you feel the weight of the world and democracy on your shoulders, without the president saying a word to help protect you. Not really entirely unrelated possibly

I don't know much about her but from the snippets I've seen she doesn't seem a good orator and wouldn't get me excited .
M incredulous a country the size of the USA can't find stronger candidates.

Just seen some great news regarding the Jan 6 riots.

Because of the Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling, Judge Chutkin is now required to consider the Jan 6 evidence to determine what were presidential acts and what weren't. Which means she should announce early next week evidentiary hearings in the next weeks/months (before election) in which Jack Smith and the DoJ can publicly present all of their evidence on what Donald Trump's role was in the Capitol riots. Most of it has been unseen until now. There's apparently some real bombshells in the evidence from Trump's own inner circle.

So essentially it's a public mini trial to determine what charges will be brought against Trump.

This is great news for the American people who can really evaluate their Republican candidate and what he is really capable of doing when he doesn't want to relinquish power.

😂Dont be so deliberately fucking obtuse (or just plain fucking stupid?)! It's fucking implicit, given that it's a binary fucking choice between two fucking candidates, it's a perfectly valid fucking point to make. If you would prefer Trump, at least fucking own it! 🙄

Pretty shocking that posters are saying Kamala was promoted to District Attorney and Attorney General because of who she slept with. No one is that good in bed! It’s such a myth that success women are promoted because of who they sleep with. It’s pretty offensive.

I think the poster who has accused Kamala of sleeping her way into senior roles should post the source for this, or apologise.

Also- she was elected to the role of Attorney General and elected as District Attorney. Unless she slept with all the voters it was literally impossible for her to use sex to become elected. PP really needs to apologise for spreading misogynistic misinformation.

School children are the ones that use childless words like “Orange Baboon “ in these threats. Also, lies are coming from everywhere. I also want evidence of where did Trump advise people to inject themselves with bleach? How is he supporting a think tank that proposed project 25 and many other things that people listen and exaggerates and change.

The fact that people hate Trump does not mean Biden, Kamala and the duplicitous bunch that is the Democrats are much better. Have people been paying attention but it also seem cultish now. Denying facts and foaming is not the way to win elections.

If I were an American I would vote for Harris as president rather than Trump, but wouldn't be excited.

She and Biden have presided over the carnage in Gaza with barely a critical word - so no excitement from me. I can't stand Trump with his small brain and stupid rhetoric but deep down I don't really care who wins.

Unfortunately, KH stands no chance against DT.

Trump seems to bounce back from everything: bankruptcy, rape and sexual harassment allegations, bad press, conviction, and still gets nominated. What does that tell you!!

He is popular in Republican states, has prolife and gun lobbies, and he is a rich, white man. He will win be taking the electoral college.

Hope I'm wrong but doubtful.

I feel the Dems' chances are considerably improved but it's not a shoo-in. From what I'm seeing, Trump and GOP are running scared BUT in know I'm in a bit of a lefty echo chamber online. IRL there are plenty of people who will still vote for him for some ungodly reason.

Some people will always vote Republican, in the same way that some people will always vote Conservative, because there are certain policies that are Republican that appeal - small government, low taxes, etc. And there are things that a decent chunk of US voters liked about Trump's first government, even if they didn't like him personally - things like protectionism, isolationism, strong borders, tough talk with allies, etc, those go down very well with a lot of voters who think that America and Americans should come first. So there are the hardcore Republican supporters, the people who love Trump and all he stands for, and those who will hold their noses and vote for the candidate they consider the least worst option - like we do here.

3custardcreams Thank you for your points made.I have been 4 pages into this thread ,and only now have found out more about KH!