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   mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 01:13:42 JST mekka okereke :verified:

   Here's what I mean when I say that Black women have to prove themselves over and over, and are held to a higher standard.

   In order to be the Dem president of the USA, you have to be able to do two things

   1) Win big elections
   2) Draw enthusiastic support from Black voters

   Pete Buttigieg won his 1st mayoral election with only 10k votes. Not margin of victory! Total votes! Smaller than many college student body president elections. His 2nd term was 8.5k. And he polled ~2% with Black voters.

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 01:13:41 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     But all the conversation is around "But is Harris qualified? Maybe there's someone more qualified? We can't just hand it to her for DEI reasons!"

     Harris won the San Francisco DA, California Attorney General, and California Senator elections.

     Obama won the Illinois State Senator, and Senator from Illinois elections.

     Swapping candidates at this point is not smart. But pretending that Kamala is not the most qualified replacement, requires suspension of all previously agreed upon criteria.

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     Blaise Pabón - controlpl4n3 repeated this.
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     🇺🇦 haxadecimal (brouhaha@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 01:13:41 JST 🇺🇦 haxadecimal

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     @mekkaokereke
     I agree that switching is not smart, and also VEHEMENTLY AGREE that Harris is eminently qual8fied.
     The wnti-DEI crowd can go **** themselves.