• With Joe Biden out of the race, Donald Trump has become the oldest presidential nominee ever.
  • Trump’s now facing off against Kamala Harris, 59, a woman decades younger.
  • On Monday, Trump called himself a “fine and brilliant young man” while criticizing Harris.
  • mad_asshatter@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    She raised more money in a single day than Trump, the convicted felon and traitorous, treasonous, lying coward pedophile rapist.

    It was her FIRST day, ever, as Presidential candidate.

    • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 months ago

      And it was money raised through small donations. Something like a half million donors were donating for their first time.

      Contrast to Trump, who gets an allowance from Elongated Muskrat

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          3 months ago

          That is… well, it sounds remarkable. What are previous figures for candidates?

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                Yeah, I mean technically. I dunno, it’s a little bit tough to say that since there’s nobody else in the race (and thus she’s the only one with any momentum at all). She got the nod from the current president and the non-binding support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination. It’s not like there’s a whole lot of doubt that she’s going to be the nominee, unless something unexpected goes down over the next few days.

                And to be clear, I don’t think that diminishes how impressive her feat is. I just think it’s more about the fact that she’s managed to reinvigorate the entire political center-left in just a few days, and flip this race from “a 2020 rerun” to “something completely new.”

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                  3 months ago

                  Yeah that’s fair. I just wish they had gotten off their arses and initiated a democratic vote on the matter.

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                    3 months ago

                    For that to happen it would need to have been in March at the latest. Biden did the right thing, but he waited quite a long time to do it. At this point, support needs to coalesce around one candidate.

                    Not that I disagree. I absolutely don’t. It’s just too late for processes like that at this point.