Usha Chilukuri Vance, the wife of Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, and the couple's children have become targets of backlash for their Indian ancestry.
Yes and no, IMO. Kamala Harris probably can’t win, in part because the US electorate are fairly racist and sexist. There is a part of the DNCs calculus that is about winning the general election.
The DNC seems reluctant to back Kamala according to Jen Psaki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QUtJNbGgZs&t=365
I have to wonder if this is also racially motivated. Hard to say but, regardless the DNC needs to get their shit together.
We reluctant to back Kamala because she’s a cop, sad truth.
“You dislike Kamala because she’s Black. I dislike Kamala because she’s a cop. We are not the same.”
Yes and no, IMO. Kamala Harris probably can’t win, in part because the US electorate are fairly racist and sexist. There is a part of the DNCs calculus that is about winning the general election.
I think the sexism is the more likely issue.
Yeah, which is why Newsom is the safest choice at this point.