'Gen Z feels the Kamalove': Youth-led groups see surge of energy around Harris campaign
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With Biden out of the race, many youth-led progressive organizations are now hoping Harris can overcome his faltering support among Gen Z and harness a new explosion of energy among young voters.

Youth-led progressive organizations have warned for months that Biden had a problem with young voters, pleading with the president to work more closely with them to refocus on the issues most important to younger generations or risk losing their votes. With Biden out of the race, many of these young leaders are now hoping Harris can overcome his faltering support among Gen Z and harness a new explosion of energy among young voters.

  • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    4 months ago

    But like, the graffiti was pro-Hamas. I’m down with fighting the good fight to not cede pro-liberation slogans like “from the river to the sea” as antisemitic, but I think actively trying to bring Hamas itself into the protests is bad. And she’s been, maybe not supportive, but understanding, previously.

    “[Pro-Palestine protesters] are showing exactly what the human emotion should be, as a response to Gaza. There are things some of the protesters are saying that I absolutely reject, so I don’t mean to wholesale endorse their points,” she said, potentially referring to widely circulated but debunked narratives of widespread antisemitism within the protests. “But we have to navigate it. I understand the emotion behind it.”

    The interview comes after reporting from March, when MSNBC, citing four former and current U.S. officials, revealed that the White House specifically watered down comments criticizing Israel from a speech Harris delivered on the need for a ceasefire. Officials said that she was initially supposed to call out Israel for blocking humanitarian aid into the region and demand that more aid be let into Gaza, but these portions were removed.

    https://truthout.org/articles/harris-says-she-understands-gaza-protesters-as-biden-question-lingers/

    It’s not like she’s going to don a keffiyah and join the protests, but that’s a fair sight better than Biden has been and at least a potential starting point for dialogue.