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Kamala Harris, is she the right one?

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She has as good a chance as anyone at this point. But the country’s heightened racism and sexism right now won’t make it easy.
@bijouxbroussard perhaps the resistance to that might make it more easy? Idk just a thought
@AndrewtheAlu No, alas. We’re at a point where some people are trying to reinvent those things as positive: “nationalism”, “traditional values”. For a time there was kind of an agreement that giving someone a chance based upon their ideas was part of a democratic society. But, led by folks like Trump, giving people of color or women the lead is framed as “an attack on white, Christian men”. It will be difficult to recover from that narrative.
@bijouxbroussard possibly, but remember Trump didn’t win the popular vote, and there were a lot of people who didn’t vote. There must be some case for optimism right?
@AndrewtheAlu I truly hope so, and the midterms were very positive in that regard. The best possible scenario is that the people who were really upset by Trump will put their anger where their ballots are and tell their friends. Friends and family drove people who needed rides to the polls last November.