
On Monday night, a live video call featuring prominent people and urging white men to support Kamala Harris raised about$ 4 million. The event had over 190, 000 participants, including significant characters such as ‘ Star Wars ‘ actor Mark Hamill and performer Josh Groban.
The” White Dudes for Harris” event, which spanned more than three hours, emphasized the significance of white men supporting Republican nominee Donald Trump in the upcoming November 5 presidential election. Harris is now serving as vice president.
The occasion was organised by Ross Morales Rocketto, chairman of ‘ Work for Things,’ who cited that over 60 % of US white people voted for Trump in both the 2016 and 2020 votes.
Mitch Landrieu, a Harris plan co-chair, said” If bright guys would simply show up, if we would walk up and be counted, if we would talk about what it truly means to be a great companion, and a man, which is to guard, and to help, and to raise up, and to not push over, all of us are going to be better for it”, Landrieu said during the call.
The video contact is one of a number of Harris-related events that have consistently attracted large audiences and raised significant amounts of money since Joe Biden’s support of him in the night.
Another well-known guests at the event included Jeff Bridges and Jeff Buttigieg, the acting director for vehicles, and Pete Buttigieg, the acting director. Bridges, who played the role of” The Dude” in the movie” The Big Lebowski,” made a connection to the incident. Governors of North Carolina, Roy Cooper, and J. Reynolds, both attended as well. B. Pritzker.
Actor Bradley Whitford, who starred in ‘ Getting Out’ and ‘ The West Wing,’ commented on the variety within the group of white men supporting Harris.
” What a variety of white we have around”, said Whitford. ” We got The Dude. We got Pete ( Buttigieg ). It’s like a rainbow of, uh, grey”.
Listeners during the visit made the case for white men to support other people’s sexual rights, particularly for women. This has been a vital issue in Harris’s and the Democratic Party’s plan.
Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of Linked In, and J. J. Abrams, the filmmaker, made a pledge to match the$ 50, 000 in donations received during the call. The occasion generated over 60, 000 unique efforts, according to Morales Rocketto.
” Slam that volunteer switch”,’ Frozen ‘ professional Josh Gad urged visitors.
Additionally, Harris ‘ earlier videos have attracted a lot of funding and interest. A telephone for Black people followers had over 40, 000 individuals, another for Black people attracted more than 50, 000. Separate calls for South Asian ladies and LGBTQ friends, as well as a call for white people which raised over$ 11 million and had more than 200, 000 individuals, were part of the party’s plan.