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Trump, 78, just called himself a 'fine and brilliant young man'

www.businessinsider.com Trump, 78, just called himself a 'fine and brilliant young man'

The former president said in a Truth Social post that Kamala Harris had "terrible pole numbers against a fine and brilliant young man" like himself.

With Joe Biden out of the race, Donald Trump has become the oldest presidential nominee ever.
Trump's now facing off against Kamala Harris, 59, a woman decades younger.
On Monday, Trump called himself a "fine and brilliant young man" while criticizing Harris.

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She raised more money in a single day than Trump, the convicted felon and traitorous, treasonous, lying coward pedophile rapist.
It was her FIRST day, ever, as Presidential candidate.
- And it was money raised through small donations. Something like a half million donors were donating for their first time.
  Contrast to Trump, who gets an allowance from Elongated Muskrat
  
  Over a million individual donors now, and counting.
  
  That is... well, it sounds remarkable. What are previous figures for candidates?
  
  In 2020, there were only 2 million individual donors, to any candidate or party, for the entire cycle. A million in a weekend is pretty impressive.
  
  Before she's even the nominee.
  
  Yeah, I mean technically. I dunno, it's a little bit tough to say that since there's nobody else in the race (and thus she's the only one with any momentum at all). She got the nod from the current president and the non-binding support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination. It's not like there's a whole lot of doubt that she's going to be the nominee, unless something unexpected goes down over the next few days.
  And to be clear, I don't think that diminishes how impressive her feat is. I just think it's more about the fact that she's managed to reinvigorate the entire political center-left in just a few days, and flip this race from "a 2020 rerun" to "something completely new."
  
  Yeah that's fair. I just wish they had gotten off their arses and initiated a democratic vote on the matter.
  
  For that to happen it would need to have been in March at the latest. Biden did the right thing, but he waited quite a long time to do it. At this point, support needs to coalesce around one candidate.
  Not that I disagree. I absolutely don't. It's just too late for processes like that at this point.
  
  Not really; you've got over three months.
  
  I mean, yes, and in those three months will be the democratic vote to actually nominate the candidate. I don't see any value in having another vote before then.
- she raised the money as presumptive nominee, even more remarkable
- Her first day campaining and apparently she just took the lead over him in the polls.
  https://lemmy.world/post/17882346
- It was not, since she is not the candidate yet
  
  She is a candidate. She's not the nominee yet.
  You're a candidate as soon as you announce. There can be dozens or hundreds of candidates. You just don't get to be on the ticket until you're nominated by your party.
  
  I'm a candidate.
  I've raised about three fifty.
  
  Better not tell Nessie.
  
  Hey Its Me Ur Loch Ness Monster
  
  She's not a candidate?
  
  Not officially yet.
  
  What is she, then, "officially"?
  
  The Vice President?
  
  Candidate, not nominee.
  
  She is indeed, officially:
  "The Biden-Harris campaign on Sunday formally amended filings with the Federal Election Commission to rename its principal committee and declare Kamala Harris a candidate for president."
  If CNN is a problem for you, here's the FEC filing:
  undefined
  
  FEC FORM 1 STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION FILING FEC-1805326 1. Harris for President NOTE:Commmittee Name is different than previously reported PO Box 58174 Philadelphia, PA 19102 Email: fec@joebiden.com 2. Date: 07/21/2024 3. FEC Committee ID #: C00703975 This committee is a Principal Campaign Committee. Candidate: Kamala Harris Party: Democratic Party Office Sought: President State is in District:
  
  She is a candidate.
  100%.
  Undeniable. Irrefutable.

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