A live video call featuring prominent celebrities and calling on white men to vote for Kamala Harris raised approximately $4 million on Monday night. The event had over 190,000 participants, including notable figures such as ‘Star Wars’ actor Mark Hamill and singer Josh Groban.
The ‘White Dudes for Harris’ event lasted over three hours and focused on the importance of white men supporting Harris in the upcoming November 5 presidential election against Republican Donald Trump.Harris is currently serving as vice president.
The event was organised by Ross Morales Rocketto, founder of ‘Run for Something,’ who cited that over 60% of US white men voted for Trump in both the 2016 and 2020 elections.
Mitch Landrieu, a Harris campaign co-chair, said “If white guys would just show up, if we would stand up and be counted, if we would talk about what it really means to be a great partner, and a man, which is to protect, and to help, and to lift up, and to not push down, all of us are going to be better for it,” Landrieu said during the call.
The video call is part of a series of similar events hosted for Harris, which have consistently attracted large audiences and have been successful in raising significant funds since the evening President Joe Biden endorsed Harris.
The event featured other high-profile guests like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and actor Jeff Bridges. Bridges noted his connection to the event through his role as ‘The Dude’ in the film ‘The Big Lebowski.’ Other notable attendees included North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.
Actor Bradley Whitford, who starred in ‘Get Out’ and ‘The West Wing,’ commented on the diversity within the group of white men supporting Harris.
“What a variety of whiteness we have here,” said Whitford. “We got The Dude. We got Pete (Buttigieg). It’s like a rainbow of, uh, beige.”
Speakers during the call highlighted the mutual benefits for white men in supporting the rights of others, particularly reproductive rights for women. This has been a key issue in Harris’s and the Democratic Party’s campaign.
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and filmmaker J.J. Abrams each pledged to match $50,000 in donations accrued during the call. The event generated over 60,000 individual contributions, according to Morales Rocketto.
“Smash that donate button,” ‘Frozen’ actor Josh Gad urged attendees.
Previous video calls supporting Harris have also drawn considerable attention and funds. A call for Black women supporters had over 40,000 participants, another for Black men attracted more than 50,000. Separate calls for South Asian women and LGBTQ allies, as well as a call for white women which raised over $11 million and had more than 200,000 participants, were part of the campaign’s strategy.
The ‘White Dudes for Harris’ event lasted over three hours and focused on the importance of white men supporting Harris in the upcoming November 5 presidential election against Republican Donald Trump.Harris is currently serving as vice president.
The event was organised by Ross Morales Rocketto, founder of ‘Run for Something,’ who cited that over 60% of US white men voted for Trump in both the 2016 and 2020 elections.
Mitch Landrieu, a Harris campaign co-chair, said “If white guys would just show up, if we would stand up and be counted, if we would talk about what it really means to be a great partner, and a man, which is to protect, and to help, and to lift up, and to not push down, all of us are going to be better for it,” Landrieu said during the call.
The video call is part of a series of similar events hosted for Harris, which have consistently attracted large audiences and have been successful in raising significant funds since the evening President Joe Biden endorsed Harris.
The event featured other high-profile guests like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and actor Jeff Bridges. Bridges noted his connection to the event through his role as ‘The Dude’ in the film ‘The Big Lebowski.’ Other notable attendees included North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.
Actor Bradley Whitford, who starred in ‘Get Out’ and ‘The West Wing,’ commented on the diversity within the group of white men supporting Harris.
“What a variety of whiteness we have here,” said Whitford. “We got The Dude. We got Pete (Buttigieg). It’s like a rainbow of, uh, beige.”
Speakers during the call highlighted the mutual benefits for white men in supporting the rights of others, particularly reproductive rights for women. This has been a key issue in Harris’s and the Democratic Party’s campaign.
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and filmmaker J.J. Abrams each pledged to match $50,000 in donations accrued during the call. The event generated over 60,000 individual contributions, according to Morales Rocketto.
“Smash that donate button,” ‘Frozen’ actor Josh Gad urged attendees.
Previous video calls supporting Harris have also drawn considerable attention and funds. A call for Black women supporters had over 40,000 participants, another for Black men attracted more than 50,000. Separate calls for South Asian women and LGBTQ allies, as well as a call for white women which raised over $11 million and had more than 200,000 participants, were part of the campaign’s strategy.
Source : Times of India
