July 23, 2024

Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Annette’s News Roundup.

Kamala is always busy.

Kamala has the delegates she needs to secure the Democratic nomination.

1,976 votes were needed to secure the nomination.

By Monday night, 30 hours after she received Joe Biden’s support for her candidacy for President, Harris had the support of at least 2,214 delegates, according to the AP tally, enough to win the nomination on the first ballot. (Source. Associated Press).

“The next step in the party’s formal nomination of Ms. Harris will come on Wednesday, when the rules committee of the Democratic National Convention is scheduled to meet to set a date for a virtual roll-call vote of the state delegations.

On a call with reporters on Monday night, Jaime Harrison, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said the party’s presidential nominee would be selected by Aug. 7 to avoid legal risks from ballot deadlines.

“We will deliver a presidential nominee by Aug. 7 of this year,” Mr. Harrison said.”

The party’s convention is set to begin on Aug. 19 in Chicago. (New York Times).

As part of the seamless transition from President Biden to Vice President Harris, the Vice President yesterday visited what was formerly Biden campaign headquarters in Wilmington, DE, now the Harris campaign headquarters.

“One Team, One Fight.”

The Vice President described her earlier self as a prosecutor who took on “predators” and “fraudsters.” “Hear me when I say, I know Donald Trump’s type,” she said to cheers.

She saw the new Harris for President logo too. Now you do too.👇

Some of my favorite new endorsements for Kamala.

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Black women for Kamala zoom.

From day one, Vice President Harris has been a true partner in leading the most pro-labor administration in history,” said AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler in statement, adding that with Harris in office, “together we’ll continue to build on the powerful legacy of the Biden-Harris administration.”

The United Steelworkers with some 850,000 workers in metals, mining and other industries also endorsed Harris, saying she is “crucial part of the most pro-labor administration of our lifetimes,” United Steelworkers International President David McCall said in a statement.

Harris endorsements also flowed in early this week from the American Federation of Teachers, the United Food and Commercial Workers, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, among others.


“We are all in for Kamala Harris,” Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, with more than 1 million public sector workers, in a written statement Monday afternoon. >“Vice President Harris is exactly the right person to meet the moment.”


Several other large organizations that had previously endorsed Biden, including the North America’s Building Trades Unions, the United Auto Workers, and the Association of Flight Attendants are still weighing their decisions.
UAW sources said “its board will meet in the coming days to decide our next steps,” calling Harris “an ally and a champion for the UAW and the whole working class.”

Some of Harris’ most fervent support in the labor movement, so far, comes from health care unions in California, her home state.


Just hours after Biden officially dropped out of the race Sunday, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the country’s largest private sector union, announced that its executive board had voted to endorse Harris.


April Verrett, president of SEIU, with some 2 million members in health care and other sectors, in an interview with The Washington Post on Monday praised Harris’ record on “being a champion for care work and care givers,” a top priority of the union which represents nurses, doctors, home care and nursing home workers.

Verrett cited Harris’ role as vice president in enacting new safe staffing standards in nursing homes and making home care and child care more affordable.
“We know her really well. We know her work,” said Verrett, who says she has known Harris for years because of their work in California. “It’s no surprise to anyone that we enthusiastically endorsed her for president.”


Sal Rosselli, president emeritus of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), which represents some 19,000 health care workers in California, said his union called the union’s endorsement of Harris “a no-brainer.”
(The Washington Post).

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#Kamala’s first ad to stop Trump.

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Some of my favorite new salutes to Joe.

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##Guess who donated to Kamala’s Attorney General campaign in 2014?

If you are feeling competitive with Trump or you just want to make sure Trump loses, an easy way to contribute to the Harris Victory Fund is through the link below, which I created today. My first “political” fundraising since I went door-to-door for UNICEF.

Thank you in advance for donating to elect Kamala.👇
Harris Victory Fund

Your Daily Reminder.

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Trump is a convicted felon.

On May 30th, he was found guilty on 34 felony counts by the unanimous vote of 12 ordinary citizens.

The Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump was scheduled to be sentenced on July 11. He will now be sentenced sometime around September 18th.

#Kamala at her campaign headquarters in DE yesterday.

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