Governor Gavin Newsom (D) acknowledged on a progressive podcast that he has been instructed to describe the nomination process for Vice President Kamala Harris as “a very open process, a very inclusive process.” However, it is important to note that the Democratic Party did not adhere to a truly democratic process. Party leaders effectively appointed Harris, who did not receive any votes in the Democratic primaries, thereby disregarding approximately 14 million votes cast for President Joe Biden. Harris formally accepted her party’s nomination on Thursday.
“We went through a very open process, a very inclusive process. It was bottom-up, I don’t know if you know that. That’s what I’ve been told to say,” Newsom laughed on the Pod Save America podcast:
The Party of Democracy sits around guffawing at how anti-democratic and vote-free and secret was their process for choosing and then imposing the new Democratic presidential nominee on the country.pic.twitter.com/yCJz7E79ua
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 23, 2024
Gavin Newsom knows the Harris nomination was a top-down coup, and they’re all cynical about it.
Is this the “democracy” they want to save? What a sick joke on their own supporters and this country. pic.twitter.com/jsWZnV2prD
— Jordan Henry (@irrationalhenry) August 23, 2024
The party always screaming about DEI and white privilege love using DEI to flaunt their white privilege.
Isn’t screwing over the voters funny? https://t.co/rW9GcNgE5g
— Dumisani Washington (@DumisaniTemsgen) August 23, 2024
Watch the full exchange:
