Nikki Haley Voters PAC Announces Support for Kamala Harris

[redqueen]

Editing to add - I've seen a lot of negativity and fear today. A lot of people looking back at 2016 and seemingly expecting that we are courting disaster with Kamala.

Imo they are wrong. It is not 2016. Women have lost bodily autonomy. We are facing the loss of even birth control - of the ability to escape abusive marriages - or any marriage we decide is not good for us or our families.

Kamala is our strongest candidate imo. She presents the strongest, sharpest contrast to Putin's puppet that we could hope for. Yes, the $ people will come at her hard. That's why she needs us to stand behind her and stay strong and work our GD asses off.
#YesWeKam

Edit 2: friendly suggestion for all the 'this isn't news' 'this is no big deal' folks - learn strategy please. If someone is a Dem voter and is showing excitement / enthusiasm - GROW THAT - don't minimize it.

A coalition of former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley voters pledged their support for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential bid on Sunday, hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was dropping out of the race.
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The political action committee (PAC), previously known as Haley Voters for Biden, which now features Harris' name, seeks to amplify the voices of former Haley voters in support of Harris' White House bid.

Craig Snyder, the group's director, told Newsweek in an email on Sunday afternoon that the organization believes Harris "is best suited to defeat Donald Trump in November."
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https://www.newsweek.com/nikki-haley-voters-pac-announces-support-kamala-harris-1928198

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Way to go!!!

[Irish_Dem]

2. Wow. Fabulous.

Good news.

[calimary]

3. Well, okay!

Thank you Nikki Haley voters! C'mon in! The water's fine!

[edisdead]

6. They were already on board with Biden.

[LeftInTX]

12. Yeah, they were Nikki Voters for Biden and just changed their name.

Probably not alot of funds involved.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Whoa!

This seems like a pretty big deal.

[edisdead]

7. Not really

They were already on board with Biden

[NBachers]

27. Don't allow the poor guy to feel good, and for shit's sake, don't allow him to express that!

[edisdead]

47. How am I not allowing anything?

They were already on board. Feel great about that!

[radius777]

52. Not really, many expressed concerns about his age.

Saw several focus groups and interviews during the R primaries, and many Haley voters said that both Trump and Biden were too old, and they may just stay home if that's the choice.

Now with Kamala on, it removes the age question for us, and gets back some of those voters.

[edisdead]

5. Me it is the same voters we already had

They were formerly Haley voters for Biden

[ProudMNDemocrat]

8. YES WE CAN KAM! LOVE IT!

Has a very nice ring to it.

[Rubyshoo]

9. YES !!!

[Goodheart]

10. The news just keeps getting better.

[LeftInTX]

13. Read the article.

The political action committee (PAC), previously known as Haley Voters for Biden, which now features Harris' name, seeks to amplify the voices of former Haley voters in support of Harris' White House bid.

This simply a name change from Biden to Harris.

[dchill]

19. STILL good news.

[LeftInTX]

22. Yeah, but it's mostly click bait...Not a new source of voters...or funds.

They were already voting for Biden. Maybe the publicity will help them fund raise..

[Tribetime]

11. Oh thats going to leave a mark....hell ya

[Hope22]

14. Met a guy on the dock this summer.

He had been at his kid’s graduation. Not sure if it was Army or Air Force but VP Harris was the speaker. He says..’wow she was really something. I was surprised how sharp she is. No political talk just a great speech. I could vote for her…but I won’t.’ I wonder if a debate could change his mind. Not sure if it was the woman or skin color but even with two strikes against her she was able to get into his head!

[redqueen]

21. All we can do is all we can do.

We have to embody the unity and positive message for the future that the MSM is trying to convince everyone trump is projecting.

You attract more flies with honey...

[COL Mustard]

60. She spoke at the Air Force Academy graduation

On May 30.

[Hope22]

61. Even a non believer thought she was amazing.

Maybe he would be convinced watching a debate! It was a sick feeling to hear him stuck on his fox noise!

[somaticexperiencing]

15. dynamite!

[honest.abe]

16. OMG! That's gotta sting the bullet ear Idiot.

[SunSeeker]

17. Awesome!!

[dchill]

18. They were more serious than Nimrata was.

[BlueWavePsych]

20. Woohoo

[Scrivener7]

23. Good to see you redqueen. And yes, you're right. I was concerned about Kamala because

we live in such a sexist and bigoted country. But the reaction today has set my mind to rest. We're going to win this. She's going to do great.

My sister refers to her as the honeybadger, because she'll rip you apart if she needs to and she won't give a shit. I'm ready for some of that.

[redqueen]

24. Nice to see you too :)

I didn't want Joe to go, but seeing this reaction today has warmed my heart.

Now if they try to oust Kamala - all bets are off. But the loyalty I'm seeing today is extremely encouraging.

[Scrivener7]

25. With all these endorsements and the giant fundraising haul she got today, I don't see how they

can try to oust her.

They'll try to get their boy, whoever it is, into the VP slot.

[ShazzieB]

54. I'm with you...and with Kamala!

I think I must have been expecting Biden to bow out without realizing that I was expecting it. I've been kind of hiding from the news this past week and avoiding most of the threads about it on DU because it was all just too depressing. When the news came out today, my heart dropped at first, but once the initial shock wore off, I started to feel better and better.

One thing that has helped me is watching the special coverage on MSNBC and hearing about how much support there is for her to be nominated in Joe's place. I think my second worst fear (after Biden dropping out) was the possibility of the nomination going to someone other than Kamala, and it's looking more and more likely that she WILL be the nominee. I'm actually getting excited about supporting her.

I love Joe as much as anyone, but he's made his decision and it's time to forge ahead now and give our full support to the woman he has endorsed!

[Otterdaemmerung]

26. While yes, these were already people resigned to vote for Biden,

this means that their support will port over to Harris. And this will also serve as encouragement for any other Republican who can't stomach voting for Trump and is looking for a viable alternative, just like many independents will. Hopefully this is merely the visible tip of a huge iceberg of support for Harris.

[NBachers]

29. I like your post better than the "Don't feel good. This doesn't matter" posts.

[BaronChocula]

43. Like totally

They (the pac) could have gone neutral today and withheld their support. They could have done any number of things including backing a gopper to run as an independent or some crazy crap. They could have done any number of things, but they acted fast in supporting the vice president which shows that they're serious and that is a great relief.

[edisdead]

49. literally nobody said that.

Except you.

You are the only one who said that.

[NBachers]

50. Sweet dreams tonight

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. Nikki Haley (in January): "The first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the one who wins

Link to tweet

[Playingmantis]

30. Good news but

too bad Nikki hasn't a shred of decency..

[relayerbob]

31. Excellent news. Came here to post this also!!

[yardwork]

32. This is great news!

[Upthevibe]

33. redqueen.........

Thank you so much for this post!

I'm very relieved....

[Littlered]

34. Nope,

Not the right candidate to beat that guy, period!

[Skittles]

36. who is the "right" candidate

please do tell

[Quixote1818]

39. Haley???? She's not running with the Dems. nt

[Starry Messenger]

35. That is very excellent news

A major Biden donor just said he wasn’t supporting Harris, so No, support for Biden does not automatically transfer for some. Glad to see this

[redqueen]

37. Which one? nt

[Starry Messenger]

42. I didn't recognize the name, but here's the story

Link to tweet

[redqueen]

45. Seems like he's a lawyer from FL who backs manchin.

Love the replies to that post (that are from Dems)

[Quixote1818]

38. K and R!!!!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

40. This is not 2016; the GOP has not spent decades trashing Kamala Harris like the had with Hillary Clinton.

[liberal N proud]

41. She will get the women vote

She should get the black vote
It’s up to the rest to see the importance of this.

[wordstroken]

44. Awesome!

This is great news.
Thank you, redqueen.

[GoreWon2000]

46. V.P. Harris all the way!

[live love laugh]

48. Nice gift but I'm skeptical ....

[LeftInTX]

56. It's a Biden PAC which renamed itself. Clickbait article.

So, there some Democrats and Never Trumpers who voted for Nikki in the primary, then decided to voted for Biden when it was obvious that Haley would not be the R nominee.
They had a PAC Haley Supporters for Biden. But now that Biden has dropped out, they renamed it to Haley Supporters for Harris.

[live love laugh]

57. Ok thanks for shedding some light on this.

[spanone]

51. GREAT NEWS!!!!!

[oasis]

53. Haley's folks can't stand wishy washy Nikki's

sudden embrace of everything they despise.

[ArnoldLayne]

55. That's Fantastic

[GoodRaisin]

58. Too bad Nikki didn't join them, instead humiliating herself by bowing to

the throne. She was finished politically either way, but in the end she let him take her dignity too.

[Rocknation]

59. Mission Accomplished -- Motherlode Hit.

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It simply didn't make sense that Biden would be pulling out this late in the game -- he HAD to have "weaponized" it into an outcome with which the Dem-pire could strike Trump back. Well, with the help of Trump's attempted assassin, I think I've cracked the case.

Multiply Thomas Matthew Crooks by all the Republicans that his martyrdom has liberated from being expected to reconcile being GOP with being MAGA, and we score our cheatproof margin of victory.


Rocknation

[LetMyPeopleVote]

62. This makes me smile

Link to tweet