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The work ahead may be unprecedented, but we are prepared to undertake a transparent, swift and orderly process to move forward as a united Democratic Party with a nominee who represents our values,
said DNC Chair Jaime Harrison We can and will be both fast and fair as we execute this nomination,
Harrison on a conference call with reporters Folks will be weighing in and they should. I think we're seeing a lot of coalescing behind the vice president,
said Rahna Epting, executive director of the progressive organization MoveOn In the coming days, the party will undertake a transparent and orderly process to move forward,
Harrison said in a statement During the convention, we will have an opportunity to show the country and the world who Democrats are and what we stand for,
Minyon Moore, Democratic convention chair, said in a statement I still support my president,
I don’t want to be rushed into something,
I’m a young, young person,
said the delegate, who requested anonymity because he feared being replaced by his state chair If she becomes the nominee, she will be the single most radical major party candidate to run for election. Even more radical than [former President Barack] Obama and that's saying something."
Hannity also attacked Harris' policies, saying It would be a centerpiece for any presidential campaign for Kamala Harris; it would be based upon identity politics of women and, of course, Black women. And it's already being said: If you jump over a Black woman, you are courting trouble, Democrats."
That's the best he's got, on the first day of her announcement? That means he's got nothing. She's loved, and he just doesn't get it man."
One X user wrote of Hannity She does not speak well. She does not work hard. She does not inspire anyone. And she should not be the standard-bearer for the party,
Will her race and gender be an issue? Absolutely,
said LaTosha Brown, a political strategist and co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund Perhaps no one was more duplicitous than Vice President Kamala Harris."
But he also slammed those who had been working closely with Biden for not acting sooner, saying If she's all that bad, why would Republicans not want her to run?"
Democracy is dead in the Democratic Party."
Reacting to the developments and the president's endorsement of Harris, the TV host said ... He described Kamala's awkward laugh turns off voters." ... Here's just one reason voters seem to detest Kamala Harris. You decide."
He then went on to play clips of her laughing, with the caption ... Introducing the lighthearted clips, he said Yes, there's a process to go through and, yes, she must earn it. But she earned in many ways when Joe Biden selected her to be his vice president,
former Missouri senator Claire McCaskill said on MSNBC Anyone the Democrats nominate — and I'm pretty sure it will be Harris — will have challenges,
said Donald Nieman, a political analyst and professor at Binghamton University in New York state In the hours since the announcement, and with Biden's endorsement, a Kamala Harris presidential candidacy seems most likely,