‘White dudes for Harris’ to hold call after 160,000 White women join ‘Karens for Kamala’ Zoom
A virtual meeting called “White Dudes for Harris”, plans to call Monday in order to generate excitement for Vice-President Kamala Harris’ election campaign.
On a signup form, organizers stated that “over 10,000 white men” from across the nation are expected to take part in the effort. They will be there to welcome Vice-President Harris into the presidential race and to pledge to help her get elected.
This call came after 164,000 White Women broke the record for the largest Zoom call in history on Thursday. They all joined a meeting together to show their support for Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign.
The remote meeting, titled “White Women Answer the Call”, featured a number of celebrity guests, including U.S. Women’s Soccer player Megan Rapinoe and musicians Pink and Connie Britton. Some of these celebrities spoke to an audience of White women in order to boost support for the presumed Democratic presidential nominee.
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Britton joked that the meeting was called “Karens For Kamala” by Britton who spoke at the virtual event.
The online gathering on Thursday was inspired by an earlier Zoom call that was directed at Black women the previous Sunday. It was organized by the activist group “Win With Black Women”, only hours after Joe Biden announced he would withdraw from his reelection campaign and endorse Harris.
The Guardian reported that the event attracted around 44,000 people and raised over $1.5 million dollars for Harris’ campaign.
More than 50,000 Black Men also called for Harris’ support on Monday.
Shannon Watts is the founder of “Moms Demand Action”, a gun control advocacy group. She organized Thursday’s record breaking meeting. She posted two days before the event on X that it was “time to organize a conference call for white women like the Black men and women have to support Vice-President Kamala Harris.” Who’s in?”
According to Reason.com the event raised more than $1.8 million on Thursday night for the Democratic National Committee. Attendees were encouraged to send out a fundraising message to their family and friends.
The feminist outlet The 19th reported on Friday that nearly $7 million had been raised by then.
Britton told the virtual participants that they had a “f —-” job to do. She added that the future president Harris would “listen,” and “lead the nation with integrity, empathy, and truthfulness.”
She then extolled the moment Biden resigned and Vice President assumed the role of presumed presidential nominee. “It was a seismic event. Cosmic, even. Have you seen the difference since then? Have you seen Kamala shine in her true power, leadership and brilliance? What does it feel like? “It feels like self-love.”
Watts, another speaker on the call, also called out White women’s voting patterns. She said, “The bad thing is that most White women vote Republican, because we believe subconsciously that it is to our benefit to use White supremacy, patriarchy, and our privilege to our advantage.”
She encouraged them to break out of the mold and stand united behind Harris. She said, “White women have 100 days to save the world!”
Glennon Doyle, a liberal author and activist, also addressed the 160,000 virtual participants, telling them to “step out and into the space between fascism and democracy,” and that when they win the election, they will be able to say, “we were the women who finally came together and…we saved goddamn the world.”
The White Dudes for Harris signups promised not to be intimidated by the “MAGA group” ahead of the meeting on Monday.
“Together we won’t sit back and allow the MAGA crowd to bully other white men into voting for an hateful, divisive and divisive ideologie because we know that under MAGA everybody loses. We are all white guys and we know our role in America’s future is positive and strong. It starts with us cutting through MAGA nonsense and reminding those who have coopted American symbols of what America really means. We are thrilled to be fighting alongside you.”
Ross Morales Rocketto wrote on X, that he was “inspired by Black women and men organizing themselves in such a powerful way.” We’re doing this because our community hasn’t organized itself for far too long, and it’s to everyone’s detriment.
Harris’ entry in the race gave Democrats a boost of energy after weeks of uncertainty following Biden’s poor debate performance against former president Trump and a series of calls by liberals to have him drop out.
South Asians, LGBTQ+ and other demographic groups have also expressed support for Harris.
Some supporters are excited about the prospect of a first female president that is Black and South Asian. Others worry that Americans might not be ready to elect a Black woman.
Fox News Digital contacted the Harris and Trump campaigns for comments on the calls.
