How to Pick Biden’s Replacement? James Zogby & LaTosha Brown Debate Wisdom of an Open Convention

[@mountainhobbit1971]

I hope to live long enough to see the day when the voice of all the Americans below the billionaire class/ruling elite actually matters and makes the difference most of us truly want to see.

[@sedonars1]

💯And has been since 1972. Democrats can't have open conventions because their corporate handlers said so in the early '70s. America is a dying Republic, posing as a Democracy, in an Oligarchic World. ALL of our Oligarchs are Sociopaths; while the worlds Oligarchs are Fascist wannabees.

[@davidowens1424]

We'll get equality at the end of the country. That's about as close as we can expect.

[@rettro6578]

More concern about power than democracy. What a joke.

[@Dan96max225]

“More concerned about power than the process” they’re literally just saying it now

[@SomeOne-tk3su]

I'm fed up to the back teeth with people claiming that people "voted for Biden (or Biden/Harris) in the primary." There WAS no legitimate primary. Anyone who pays enough attention to be able to cite the number of votes, has to know better than to pretend otherwise. So LET GO of the INSULTING LIES. We've all been lied to enough!

[@khem127]

Yes, thank you as if there was also a primary for Hilary Clinton too , before Biden. He can take his lies and go *****himself!! He's such a typical lying racist!!!! disgusting!!!!!

[@DemonDante1000]

Hell yeah. All the more reason to not support the Democratic party. I will never vote for the Democrats again. Not until they want to practice some actual Democracy.

[@71suns]

@@SomeOne-tk3su Each political party sets THEIR OWN RULES for nominating their candidates. Try educating yourself.

[@emiliobello2538]

I want a president that cares about the people

[@inshoreassassin]

It does not matter our Presidents are installed puppets by a system that enslaves us

[@edkalski2312]

Me too. Kamala Harris was the border czar and did absolutely nothing. American citizens have been killed and raped by illegal aliens. That is on Kamala's head. I can never forgive her for this.

[@jackjohnsen8506]

Good thing old uncle Joe left as He was like a blow torch and gasoline with People...

[@jesusloveskaykay6444]

HARRIS 2024

[@jesusloveskaykay6444]

Harris 2024

[@forthesnowflakes7691]

Amy, that rule was made up to stop Bernie Sanders and favor Hillary Clinton. And it's what got us here/DT in the first place.

[@gcoffey223]

Peace and prosperity wasn't what you wanted? You must be really happy now

[@gumbypokey]

'Rules' lol...."It's OUR private party, we make the rules and do what we want" - DNC in court...

[@JudgeJulieLit]

​@@gcoffey223 In 2003 it was Bernie only, in the US Senate, who orated and voted against the US invasion of Iraq, which caused mega death on both sides and a multitrilliondollar drain on the US Treasury, on fake evidence of WMD. As US SOS DINO Hillary was a gratuitous Bellona, in Libya and elsewhere. She batted down native Haitian textile workers' demand for a living wage of 60 cents an hour down to 30 cents. And $9 billion dollars of foreign donations to help Haiti after the earthquake did not go to help native Haitians.

[@gcoffey223]

@JudgeJulieLit so, you admire feckless and evil people?

[@Roma-SRyan]

Please stop the cap. A bunch of berniebots were actually Republicans. Hillary had more votes and more support and u sexists come up with every excuse.

[@lorip4051]

How is this democracy in action? This is ridiculous.

[@auntymammalia9384]

Nothing is perfect. It's good that people have their say and the Press is free to disclose mistakes large and small, of all. That's Democracy. The other side is having an oligarchy make rules for all of us. They tell us their rules and threaten death if those rules are broken. That's what we're facing now.

[@hw-rg7gn]

People who think there's a massive progressive majority in the US...being suppressed by the DNC...are deluded. This is, at best, a centrist country with significant conservative minorities. People do want income inequality addressed, but they don't support Democratic socialism. As it is, it will take significant right-leaning Independents and never-Trump Republicans to beat Trump.

[@Jmamelia]

​@@auntymammalia9384the white supremacy Court made Donald Trump a King 2 weeks ago. Yesterday Joe Biden anointed Kamala Harris Queen. That's not democracy lady, that's a big F U to voters.

[@emhu2594]

It's oligarchy in action. They're not even pretending to hold elections any more

[@khem127]

It's called made up, and work around, til we get what I want, Democracy

[@rackett8655]

Just giving the nomination to a candidate and telling everyone to vote for them is exactly how we got in this mess in the first place

[@phoenixr6811]

Clearly you don’t know how the election process works just by this comment you made. 🙄

[@jammRJ]

Oh you mean Biden ? The guy who won a national election in 2020 against the same guy who is his opponent? Oh and after he won his primary ?

[@Seekthetruth3000]

@@phoenixr6811 How dare you criticize the Democratic Party?

[@spaniardsrk5108]

If the election process was respected, they'd just give the nomination to kamala, as she was on the ticket. However, dc power brokers like obama are pushing for an open covention, where the elite will pick a nomination that best represents their interests. @@phoenixr6811

[@Liofigsguitar]

We are here because we elected Trump in 2016

[@IbnGreenberg]

I disagree with Latosha Brown. We, the people, need to hear what these replacement candidates plan on campaigning for. If we learned anything about the “Uncommitted” vote is we need to leverage our vote to make these tone deaf democrats so that they take head and consider what’s important to their voter base. They’ve grown complacent due to us just de facto voting for them in order to thwart republicans.

[@davidowens1424]

Yes. And unfortunately it might take them losing an election to figure out that the base is paying attention and we have demands.

[@KindaLikeWater]

Agreed. This contributed to Kamala's loss. It wasn't the only factor, but it was a factor. They shut democracy out of the primary process yet again. The DNC must be reformed.

[@SaviorCross]

LaTosha Brown will vote for whomever the DNC tells her to vote for.

[@evelyngodwin6213]

She is what is wrong with the black community.

[@gumbypokey]

Pick Replacement?! What happened to the DNC electoral process?!!...I thought democracy was at stake?!!...Guess some voters are more important than others...

[@hollywoodambience]

we had a primary. where were you?

[@anon556]

🤣🤣 just waking up now?

[@lynch6642]

They are amending the Constitution as we speak... Obama's going to run

[@lynch6642]

​@@hollywoodambiencethe president nominates a new vice president who must then be confirmed by a majority vote of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.Jul 8, 2024

[@SadDogCryingQuietly]

​@@hollywoodambience When? I thought they shut it down to say Biden/Harris.

[@cc8751]

The party of democracy has decided.

[@sedonars1]

But only the insiders were invited. The delegates should all appear by zoom, since their votes are already decided; we could even save THOUSANDS OF TONS OF GHGs in the process. But, they will all arrive like BOTS and dutifully carry out their obeisance to the Central Committee's wishes (Ala CHINA, RUSSIA, HUNGARY, N KOREA, and every other banana republic). GMAFB!

[@1972vulture]

Nobody. Voted. For. Kamala.

[@angelaglenn4able]

Look at her now. With a little over 48 hours, she has raised millions from everyday people donating. She's out campaigning. The people are loving her. She is strong. She is smart. She's well experienced and she cares about the people.

[@1972vulture]

@@angelaglenn4able Simply put, we had elections, nobody voted for her. We don't appoint candidates, the people decide here in America. Compromise ideals at your peril.

[@lauracohen4914]

She was literally on the ticket, so yeah, we did vote for her.

[@1972vulture]

@@lauracohen4914 The party solidified behind BIDEN, so nobody challenged in the primaries. Not even a debate, if you remember. Do you really think nobody would have challenged Kamala in a fair primary? You remember the last time she was in a Democratic debate, right? Same message: compromise ideals at your peril.

[@lauracohen4914]

​@1972vulture if anyone else wants to run, they still have a month before the Democratic National Convention to announce and be voted on.

[@DLFfitness1]

What a big mess that they have created for themselves.

[@teutguy1]

And trump is not a mess for repubs? LOL!!! Maybe not,,,they're too busy grabbing their ankles for daddy trump!

[@FM-ln2sb]

anti-democratic mess.

[@bgbraz]

The DNC will choose who they want to choose. The votes have no influence here. Stop acting like we do.

[@crystalmac76]

That's exactly what's going on. The political elites will decide, not the people. It's communism. Democrats have gone off the deep end.

[@Roma-SRyan]

We already voted for the Biden/Harris ticket meaning we already voted for Harris

[@bgbraz]

@Roma-SRyan In 2020, we voted for that ticket. It's 2024, and the DNC did not allow a primary this cycle, pretty bad idea in retrospect dont ya think? In America there are no lifetime votes for president/vice president. We got screwed.

[@nancymcmonarch]

You're more than free to vote for Donald Trump, which of course has been your plan all along. You dopes aren't fooling anybody.

[@bobd251]

Yes. It's the Democrat way. The Democrat Politburo. The Democrat Supreme Central Committee. The same modus operandi they want to institute for the US federal government. These people are sick. And they call Trump a threat to democracy. They are the evil they claim to be opposed to.

[@cmakelky37]

She just avoided that question about Kamala Harris earning the nomination like it was the plague lol. Fuck the voters having a say apparently

[@StarBase7390]

Kamala was not on the primary ticket only Biden I love the pretzel turning. It’s amazing. Total chaos.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Yet she proceeded in the general presidential election to be elected, along with Biden.

[@sedonars1]

That's right. At the time of the Primary, most people were circulating backroom knowledge of Harris being jettisoned by Biden! How quickly the tyrants revise history!

[@marakara-d3g]

Per George Will: “Perhaps delusions of adequacy disincline her to prepare, or even think, before speaking. Democratic delegates who convene in Chicago should think before possibly handing to her the nuclear launch codes. And they should read their party's Rule 13.J: "Delegates elected to the national convention pledged to a presidential candidate shall in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them" (emphasis added). Shall, not may. It is a duty. And spare us doubly silly sermons about how Biden's delegates consented to him, and are his property to dispose of. The noun "consent" comes with an implicit adjective preceding it: "informed." Voters who supported Biden in primaries were misinformed by him and his party about something germane: his evaporating faculties.” 14.4 Millon voted in Democrat 2024 Presidential primary - all disenfranchised.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@@marakara-d3g All 14.4 million who voted for Biden:Harris in Democratic 2024 US presidential primaries all knew that if Biden became incapacitated, they not just "implicitly" but explicitly voted their assent for Harris to replace him. You had with more societal utility redirect your critiques of "delusions of adequacy" to the GOP presidential nominee, who by his own public speech displayed advanced cognitive decline and his abjectly illegal and reckless postpresidential abscond of US classified top military secrets to his home and near two year reckless, heedless, sloppy insecure storage of them in publicly accessible bathrooms, etcetera at Mar-a-Lago should be the last person in America ever again to have access to US nuclear codes. Too, address the "delusions of adequacy" of MTG, Lauren Boebert and other MAGA subsubeducated backwoods loons.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

And in the 2020 US presidential election, Trump had many abjectly fake, fabricated "electors" fraudulently submit votes, and he was audiorecorded suborning Georgia and other state election officials to "find me 11,780 votes" -- fabricate them out of thin air, to undermine the integrity of the US presidential election. He is totally unfit on every level.

[@augusta8901]

If this were the Republicans, they would have ALL already fallen into line. Because they want to win, not split hairs and bicker and state their OPINIONS on shows to prove how fair it all is.... then end up with Harris anyway. Do all this stuff for next time. No one foresaw this happening with Biden. FOCUS ON BEATING tRUMP, not whining. OMG!!!

[@vienna77]

So, the same crap on repeat...

[@LocalFoe]

Why would you have an open debate and vote about who the Democratic party should endorse...? Let's not televise how a democracy should work. Just do it behind closed doors, and then preach transparency. What a joke

[@anon556]

😂😂😂 sucks when you wake up to reality huh?

[@tony1919]

@@anon556 THIS IS NOT REALITY THIS IS DEMONIC.

[@QuantumIllusionStudio]

Shhh the cults won’t want to see this

[@Zaphod771]

The "Democrat" party has never been democratic. If they were, then they wouldn't have more "super delegates" than any other party.

[@timothyberg7720]

I seem out of the loop. Who would you like to see as a candidate?

[@dougmeade5393]

Open convention!!! Closed seems shady. Give people a choice! Don’t just throw Kamala at us

[@CindyTemple]

They already threw Joe at us why change the agenda now?

[@maureentbergeron2521]

An open convention plays right into Trump's hands. Kamala is the duly elected VP pick. The job of the VP literally is to take over if the president can no longer be president. This is EXACTLY what she was elecred to do! The calls for an "open convention " are anti-democratic when we've already voted for and elected a presidential replacement. Any other presidential candidate would be illegitimate.

[@Wednesdayschild1325]

Stop it please....

[@Wednesdayschild1325]

Just give democracy away to MAGA...the people want Harris and Biden....open for what 😢

[@dougmeade5393]

@@Wednesdayschild1325 stop what?

[@dayojohn7522]

People need to understand that most people don't vote for Vice Presidents, so the idea that she earned the nomination because people voted for Biden/Harris is just flawed.

[@nancymcmonarch]

And watching the Republicans moan and wail about it has made my weekend. 😄 As for OUR party, everyone who voted in the primaries knew very well that if anything happened to President Biden, VP Harris would be stepping in. The voters were relieved and re-energized by yesterday's events. Even this strange Zogby fellow plans to endorse our new candidate Time to unify and move forward.

[@Seeingisntbelieving]

@@nancymcmonarchwe don’t care. I think you are missing the complaint. Remedial Dems: You f’d Democracy by way of a coup. You then try to strong arm Kamala as the nominee. At this moment you all voted a potato into the Oval Office most anything-even you-is better.😊YW!

[@scarbelly123]

Nobody voted for them anyway

[@marakara-d3g]

Per George Will: “Perhaps delusions of adequacy disincline her to prepare, or even think, before speaking. Democratic delegates who convene in Chicago should think before possibly handing to her the nuclear launch codes. And they should read their party's Rule 13.J: "Delegates elected to the national convention pledged to a presidential candidate shall in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them" (emphasis added). Shall, not may. It is a duty. And spare us doubly silly sermons about how Biden's delegates consented to him, and are his property to dispose of. The noun "consent" comes with an implicit adjective preceding it: "informed." Voters who supported Biden in primaries were misinformed by him and his party about something germane: his evaporating faculties.” 14.4 Millon voted in Democrat 2024 Presidential primary - all disenfranchised.

[@nancymcmonarch]

@@marakara-d3g Or, Grampa George needs some prune juice. Hard to discern for sure, because when I click on his columns anymore, he's always begging me for 50¢, five dollars, or 17 dollars a month. (－‸ლ)

[@katesims9317]

It seems like they have no faith in Harris. If she can’t survive a DNC debate how will she hold up as president. Also, “ I don’t care about the process I can about power” Is a horrible message.

[@timothyberg7720]

There is that little occurrence, where she was the most despised VP in history. But, luckily, people forget...

[@hw-rg7gn]

Exactly who is she going to debate? Everyone mentioned as a candidate has chosen to endorse Harris, and save their powder for 2028. Zogby is living in a West Wing fantasy.

[@RadicalCaveman]

@@timothyberg7720 Uh... I suspect Aaron Burr, who killed Alexander Hamilton while veep, probably takes that title.

[@Charles-Darwin]

Right, just a week ago it was the DNC/centrist position "vote for our 🥔and like it or live in fear", this week "just accept the VP as potus just bc, and oh yeah she's black-ish, so not voting for her is unacceptable" - all this is really saying: we don't need a competition or contest, never mind policy, don't think about it and jump into the fire bc we say so. All in, I firmly believe those that dictate the DNC stand to benefit regardless. They 'win' monetarily either way and the news channels pitching all this stand to benefit too: ratings are down and they would love to rant over the fear factor every day under a trump admin. Major based questions: would Kamala be able to run in a primary and truly come out as a nominee? Will they wait to proceed with an anointment until we've heard exactly what a Kamala admin's policies look like or what they will be doing for the 4 yrs?

[@Seele08]

What she meant was that Kamala is the only democratic candidate qualified and experienced to debate and take on Trump. Your apples and oranges comparison doesn’t make sense.

[@ericantonissen2192]

If the Democratic Party showed that it had the courage to have an open process, as chaotic as it might be, they would earn the respect and trust of a larger swath of the electorate (think swing voters in swing states). Forcing a nominee down their throats smacks of the Hillary Clinton/Sanders debacle that embarrassed and undermined the credibility of Democrats for a lot of swing voters. This election is all about the swing voters in swing states and losing focus on this fact is pure folly.

[@lynch6642]

You're exactly correct, if you beat them in a debate like Tulsi and Kennedy did, they will just kick them out of the party and not invite them to the debate...

[@ClownCarCoup]

It doesn’t have to be ‘chaotic’. Also a contested convention would be more effective and generate more enthusiasm than stump speeches.

[@gcoffey223]

​@@lynch6642 Great point

[@timothyberg7720]

So same problem as ever: electoral college

[@analeereynoso5612]

Don’t forget swing voters also already voted during the primary and the winner was a Biden Harris ticket, so I disagree that it would be forced upon them. Democracy was in action during the primary, to include swing voters.

[@conjandysecurity]

The party of democracy.... rich.

[@teutguy1]

Republicans ,,, the party of Project 2025 and Fascism!!!

[@freddoformica7598]

👍🏽An open convention is the right thing to do!👍🏽

[@nancymcmonarch]

😏 And pray tell, what clueless, egotistical, guaranteed loser do you imagine would try to step over our Vice President?

[@MrMichaelBCurtis]

it is a farce, in an open convention the super delegates count more than the delegates do

[@geelove4974]

😂😂😂😂😂 democracy😂😂😂😂😂 these people are delusional

[@kimberlychappell5555]

They are so insane.

[@userz9481]

So is Trump

[@HumanityandIntegrity]

Im curious if he pushed for a open primary. I'm also curious as how she can talk about him winning a primary which didn't take place in some states and others didn't allow some candidates names to appear. Why do they insist on insulting our intelligence?smdh

[@badgsdgaming3451]

More concerned about power than process. She said the quiet part out loud.

[@Songshare]

Power is important. Abuse of power is deadly. That is why we do not want an Autocracy/Despot

[@mikewallace8087]

On last Saturday evening , Joe and Jill were visited by a half dozen Freddy Kruger's telling them how the story was going to end.

[@RoseBell-j8q]

They need to come together for,?their policies are destroying Haiti and many nations .

[@kowpucky]

He wasn't courageous, he was forced out.

[@LizaB486]

So true.

[@mikie1466]

Black balled Bernie Sanders and Rfk and you have the gall to say you want democracy. Let the people decide.

[@HaitianBlackGinger11]

Exactly

[@michaeltorluemke3322]

Really everything you have proposed is exactly what got you into this situation. You wouldn’t have gotten here if you had open primaries and let the Democrat voters make their choice. Now you still don’t want to give the people a choice but want the elite of the party make the decision. Everything you propose is to make it easier for the party not what’s best for the Democrat voters. You want to take away the voters choice and decide for them then hope that you can convince them that you know what’s best for them. You’re not showing the voters the way of democracy but the way of the Party.

[@gumbypokey]

democracy?...no way...

[@Songshare]

Complain, complain … let’s just give up if we don’t get exactly what we wanted 🙄

[@mikeazeka1753]

The public should hear (in an open primary) from VP Harris what her views are going forward. it's her opportunity to show the public her qualifications

[@timothyberg7720]

Interesting...what exactly is her agenda?

[@barebonesgames7889]

Marianne Williamson did the work and put her hat in the ring a year ago when NOBODY ELSE would nor did. She also worked hard on her presentation, and you could see that she learned a lot of lessons from the candidacy prior. Biden stepping down so late and pushing for Kamala doesn't move the needle at all with independents. If Biden was as "brave" as others claim he is now, he should've stepped down with enough time for a primary to happen. 84 + 4 = 88! I know many spry seniors, but none of them are pulling "President Hours." Shame on the Democratic party for banning the Bernie momentum, and shame on them for not intervening last year!

[@heaven7360]

Bernie is the only one who really cares about the poor and seniors. I'm 76 and each day my lifespan gets shorter because I worry about being able to pay for rent/food/bills that ke7ep moving higher. I'm not trusting of Biden or Harris. I feel sad always that Dems can't do or won't do anything for people who need it the most. Even LBJ fought for poor people & he was a jerk. No one since has given a shit. Also, there is no care for seniors and deep ageism in this country. Some people are over 70 and 80 and have the vitality and intelligence way beyond anyone younger. It's a case by case situation. Beware..the next job lost because of age might be yours.

[@legaldocsinc.9142]

As an independent i find the democratic party a Laughing stock

[@donHooligan]

D/R War Party is one team, buddy.

[@truth4004]

Theyre still better then the maga party. The GOP has died.

[@dennismorgan2408]

The Democratic Party is a joke.

[@GROK99]

How do you feel about the Republican whatever.

[@tschorsch]

So you think the cult in the Republican party is better?

[@dinabocanegra6333]

And, we the people have no say?

[@fairygaslight8660]

That is correct! Democracy is for the grown up, billionaire table at Thanksgiving.

[@gwarlow]

Biden’s replacement? Does anyone have an old sock with a hole in it that they were about to throw out? That will do.

[@austingreen1274]

“I am more concerned about power than I am about process.” This lady has no shame. Anti-democratic!

[@LOwens-xf8yo]

What serious Democrat would want to step forward to contrast their views against Harris’, when it could potentially threaten her success? This is the most unified our party has ever been and it’s glorious to see. Harris 2024!

[@rettro6578]

Democratic Party is about power as the guest said, this has nothing to do with democracy.

[@ClaudiaMabry]

VP HARRIS should not be placed in a position to compete for the Presidency Nomination! They wanted Biden to step down, he has, soooo let’s get behind her, give her our full support to beat T. We need to win this 2024 election!

[@thevindictive6145]

The system is broken. No matter what candidate it will be as bad as the last or worse, if that is possible.

[@jammRJ]

So sit it out and don't vote please

[@hollywoodambience]

if its broken then fix it

[@michaelschaefer1904]

​@@hollywoodambienceneed about a billion dollars to do that. Probably more.

[@lynch6642]

You can bet if anybody gets on stage and beats her in at debate they will not be invited to the next one... Tulsi gabbard, Kennedy ? That is pure cheating

[@isnamthere4690]

Then stay home and shut the hell up. The rest of us are excited and ready to run with President Kamala Harris. No racists or misogynist wanted.

[@barbiejohnson3047]

Rise Humanity, rise. Rise up from all of the lies. Rise up to clarity, let go of old ideology. Humanity is one big family! What injures you injures me. It is time that we become free, and trust our own guide from within and begin; to heal Humanity as a whole, joining each other soul to soul. Namaste.

[@jaquima36]

courageous?? They Forced him out!

[@tschorsch]

They could not force him out. He had to agree to it.

[@jaquima36]

@@tschorsch very naive of you but nice thought

[@phiscz]

yeah he should've been forced out months ago lol

[@Danadane314]

She earned it! 😊

[@thecars570]

I don’t like how we are now not voting for the candidate that we want.

[@harrynutzach307]

.... while they simultaneously claim to be "protecting our democracy".

[@heaven7360]

Yeah...Gaza still exists; also I feel totally unsafe about my future..can't pay rent, utility bills, food....so the past 4 yrs has not helped me. So all in all, my sparky feelings about Kamala Harris has faded. She's a part of the past 4 yrs. I have doubts. It's nice everyone is now united..we need it to end the trump threat...but I'm not feeling she's the new savior for the USA.

[@cev12]

We need an open convention, from which FDR and JFK emerged. And we don't need a preordained convention that gives us another neoliberal-- Clinton, Obama. This is the moment for an FDR or JFK, not a Clinton or Obama.

[@heathermanthey9175]

RFK JR would be great!

[@brandibell3240]

If delegates are the only ones voting how is that any different from what it is now?

[@cev12]

@@brandibell3240 Because candidates would need to compete for delegate votes, and in the process hopefully the best candidate emerges as nominee by presenting their agenda, and being voted on accordingly. As it is, it's one person that everyone fell behind, without proving to be the strongest, which is why she's one point behind Trump. (Because how on Earth could any other mentally sound candidate be losing to Trump???)

[@wayneclark3020]

So not much of a debate with these two Kamala is the DNC pick. Nothing to see here folks move along.

[@butchr4850]

Too late for open convention. She is the best bet.

[@paulantonio740]

Anyone who signs on as the Harris VP can kiss their political future goodbye.

[@jaysoncheney]

Look They are running her for the money and will put in a VP that will take her spot if elected. They would kick her to the curb just as fast as they can and install who they want. She says incompetent as Joe

[@fleurosea]

Jacinda Adern came in 7 weeks before the first election she won. But her party didn’t undermine her by offering up options, starting a whole process, and conflict. Opening up a whole lot of choices at this stage is just going to undermine Kamala, the threat is authoritarianism. America’s whole democratic system is the problem, keep Kamala, keep democracy - then get to work on fixing your broken country!!

[@laurensargent9471]

Process online is opposite of transparency and trust building. Terrible idea.

[@fileboy2002]

The folks who believe the vote will be rigged will believe that regardless of how it is conducted. There is no point in trying appease them.

[@kevinwilliams1768]

excellent interview. Very insightful. R.I.P Shelia Jackson Lee. Thanks for your service & tieless work for African Americans.

[@davidb.1218]

She also has to pick a VP at the DNC.... what a mess LOL!!!!

[@lynch6642]

She hasn't been appointed yet, she has to debate other Democrats to become president... Do the Democrats remember debates ? You know like Tulsi gabbard when she handed her her own ass on stage ?

[@MrMichaelBCurtis]

she already has, she met with other democrats to pick one a few days before Joe Quit

[@liberty484]

The Loser party can't even field a decent candidate.

[@victoriadizon9979]

LaTosha has presented logical, strong points as there is just 4 months to go! Focus, strategy and the best tactics are crucial now and in the coming months! Nothing must derail organizing work!

[@charlenegraham1923]

Zogby is poison. He doesn't deserve a hearing. Throw him out.

[@RJN8580]

1960? Umm Jack Kennedy won on the first ballot. There was never multiple ballots on the nomination of 1960.

[@MrMichaelBCurtis]

your point? Remember the democrats have super delegates that enforce their choice no matter who the voters vote for anyway, so a vote is not democratic in their conference.

[@sandal_thong8631]

6:36 Why did he say that? I just looked up the 1960 Democratic National Convention on Wikipedia and you're correct. (I remember reading it was the conventions in 1920 that had 44 ballots for Democratic, 11 for Republican.) What may be relevant is the idea that no one ran in nation-wide primaries (Kennedy competed in 10). Kennedy debated Humphrey on TV in West Virginia, and after being defeated in the primary there, he dropped out. It said the week before the convention Lyndon Johnson and Adlai Stevenson II announced their candidacies. Johnson challenged Kennedy to a debate before the Texas and Massachusetts delegations, Kennedy was considered the winner, and Johnson couldn't get delegate support beyond the South. Kennedy then won a majority on the first ballot which was held the third day of the convention. So if someone were to challenge Kamala Harris, then they could have a debate before the convention and delegates could make their decision similarly.

[@donmorris1540]

the only problem i have with zogby’s arguement is that if we allow too protracted of a tear-down of our own candidates we allow trump to steal the best arguments against the winner’s. as trump did with bernie sanders’ talking point against clinton.

[@sedonars1]

Asking candidates to declare their position on issues IS NOT tearing down. It's shining light on our future and clearing the smoke from the backrooms!

[@timberrr1126]

“Earning it” is not a Democrat Party concept. They are against meritocracy. This guy is against Kamala. He knows Kamala will be rejected. So, he is setting the scene up for her rejection. Kamala is too burdened by what has been.

[@Songshare]

🙄

[@aarongraham238]

Is James Zogby involved with the Zogby polls that show RFK Jr at 22%?

[@hollywoodambience]

enough of the old people

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@@hollywoodambience That comment will one day boomerang on you.

[@nancymcmonarch]

Wouldn't be at all surprised. Who in their right mind wants an open convention, after all the stress and chaos of the last few weeks? RFKJ is unelectable, btw; his sick-making voice alone is disqualifying. Then there's the whole matter of him driving his onetime wife to suicide, and all that's not even taking his wackadoo beliefs into account. Hell, I'd write in his dead father before I'd ever, ever vote for that clueless creep. Fortunately, Kamala's got this.

[@pumkineater7219]

An open convention is important as Harris must be seen to win the nomination!

[@charlottemacdonald4167]

It's all about them. 🤨

[@peterz53]

As a German immigrant, white male, sensitive the history of the country in which I was born, I am also very disappointed about American complicity in the mass murder occurring in Gaza. I would still vote for Biden, and now will vote for Harris, but we cannot be a rubber stamp for the right wing nut cases currently in power in Israel. I don't know the solution to the problems in the middle east, but the solution can never involve mass killing of innocents.

[@charlottemacdonald4167]

Vet then vote for RFK, Jr.

[@joanjarrette8691]

Ill tell the beautiful black people, Harris could care less for you, what has she e er done for you so far? And did she tell you she is not black but Indian.

[@miked8227]

She lost me at courageous and integrity, fold the tent up and end the circus.

[@jocelyngardner5711]

All of them read a script 😢

[@MK-oj8ol]

highly likely you had your mind made up a long time ago

[@benniecleveland7092]

Harris cares more about this country than trump.

[@charlottemacdonald4167]

That might be the actual problem; I don't think she does. She is irrevocably linked to corporate short-term profits; basically theft Anyone that does this loses their credibility.

[@OfficialWorldChampion]

do people really think kamala is any better on I/ P conflict…..

[@HowManySmall]

who the actual fuck cares right now we're at threat of losing our democracy that should be the LEAST of anyone's concern right now

[@nancyiaj]

American international policy isn’t going to change no matter who’s in office. Trump is a giant Israel supporter-so there’s no good choice there. We can however vote against right wing governance.

[@hollywoodambience]

we are voting for democracy for the United States

[@jammRJ]

Not really . But you can get the I/P conflict on your doorstep with Trump . So yeah, talk about priorities 😂

[@OfficialWorldChampion]

@@jammRJ that’s mightily hyperbolic

[@ErthaRizas]

I am concerned that Harris still has that same reckless administration. She will definitely be following in Biden and that administration footsteps. We did not vote for him in the primaries that is not true

[@longshank59]

I've donated to elections in the past. Within 10.minutes received a text saying we will match your donation 500x. I protested for Roe and Gay Liberation in 72. Also against Apartheid in SA in 80s

[@kitcaldwell7343]

And you're proud of that?

[@Songshare]

@@kitcaldwell7343yes! Who are you, a Russian bot?

[@gcoffey223]

Abortion decision powers were correctly given back to the state. Democrats could have mad it a federal law at almost anyrime tge last 40 years, but didn't. I bet you never wondered why the democrats didn't coddify Roe v Wade at least once in the last 40 years

[@MrMichaelBCurtis]

so basically you gave money to fake causes.

[@krispendleton]

Do we have the Y TIME for a convention in 4 weeks? Let's go!

[@Mikearice1]

For most of the country's history, up to the 70's , conventions decided who the candidates were behind closed doors. It's the same people voting "elected democrats" either way, actually. The public isn't voting at the convention, and never has so you can't say it's more or less democratic. The difference with an open primary isn't that everything is all pre-decided, it's that the process is public -- which can actually make it harder for delegates to speak out at times, and which also makes a potentially healthy process of selection more of a liability just because people see it going on and then criticize the lack of unity.

[@MrMichaelBCurtis]

fidel castro, is that you

[@Seeingisntbelieving]

Moved the goalpost, nice. 😂😂😂 We know your kind.

[@MrMichaelBCurtis]

@@Seeingisntbelieving the dims moved the posts, that is why life long democrats like Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson and others are no longer democrats, the party left them

[@MK-oj8ol]

Why so much hand wringing? There is already a process in place. The delegates will come to the convention and place their votes on behalf of their constituents. Typically they place their votes for the ticket that the voters selected. Why would anyone expect anyone other than Harris to be selected since she was on the ticket the voters selected? Such a non issue.

[@gumbypokey]

on behalf of the constituents?!...now that's rich...

[@cassandratq9301]

I NEVER VOTED FOR HARRIS. BIDEN SELECTED HER - it was a package deal. IF YOU JAM A DEI CANDIDATE DOWN MY THROAT THAT NEVER RECEIVED A SINGLE DELEGATE OR CITIZEN VOTE IN HER QUEST FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION I WILL BE SO FURIOUS I MIGHT JUST NOT VOTE AT ALL. And I'm sure I'm not alone.

[@tschorsch]

With that kind of crazy comment, I doubt if you were going to vote Democratic, anyway.

[@Kim-J312]

This is the handiwork of Hollywood, corporate media, maga and the Washington DC lefty democrats bullied Biden out and off the ticket. This is 2016 all over again the democrats split their votes between Clinton and Bernie and trump won in 2016 . Bernie refused to support Clinton and continued to campaign. That did in the democrats and trump won. Kamala had to withdraw in 2020 because she was in last place. So the democrats have her run in place of Biden 😳😳 only way democrats beat trump is pick Mark Kelly as VP he is astronaut, ex-miltary and a centrist democrat. AOC put out a video , stating the same voices that wanted Biden replaced, want Kamala replaced. They want the whole Biden/Harris ticket to be replaced. This makes democrats looks weak and unorganized.

[@edkalski2312]

I don't like Harris either. She was the border czar and did absolutely nothing. American citizens have been killed and raped by illegal aliens. That is on Kamala's head. I can never forgive her for this.

[@burlenmorris3701]

Good stay home that is your right and live with the consequences.

[@kitcaldwell7343]

@@tschorsch No moral person would vote blue.

[@oliviascrueltyfreebeauty1012]

There is no downside to allowing Harris to earn the nomination

[@tamaracampbell5260]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@p47rr]

I don’t understand world salad. I wonder if you lose brain cells from hitting your head on a headboard way to many times?

[@FMmffmFM]

No, 14 million used their time to vote for Biden, not Harris.

[@TrisRamos]

Why take risk in NOT having best candidate via a process?!

[@ITNoetic]

Because every time that has haole previously, the chosen candidate lost in the general election. So we can win with Harris or lose with someone else

[@RoyClendaniel]

There is no bench. Kamala is the nominee.

[@EllenLoehnis]

Only Kamala needs to pick her vice president - anyone can make recommendations - but that is all it is - We will respect her choice

[@katesims9317]

@@EllenLoehnis Why? It’s not like she’s has won the primary and was chosen to lead the Democratic party. Not chosen by the people at least.

[@MrMichaelBCurtis]

"we" lots of us have no respect for the cackling do nothing.

[@donmorris1540]

trae crowder for vp

[@MrMichaelBCurtis]

@@donmorris1540 who is going to run for president, Biden was chased out for not being able to win, Kamala has a worse chance.

[@cherylwin9364]

THANK YOU AMY FOR ALL YOU DO….WELL DONE 😇👍🏾❤️

[@whatsnext2359]

Slavery is wrong no matter who you look at it, but Sheila Jackson failed to mention that it was Tribal Leaders in Africa that were the ones who rounded up their people and sold them off as slaves to countries around the world. These Adrican leaders themselves also had African slaves. Shouldn't African Americans seek reperarations from their original captors in Africa?

[@laurensargent9471]

Linda Sarsour is correct

[@armestofamily4384]

Please see documentary: The Occupation of the American Mind.

[@LeslieRed-b2c]

I'm not even listening to this because she just called him a threat once again!!

[@princessbuttercup8954]

Trump is a threat. A clear and present danger.

[@stephenyang2844]

Congress and Senate should have a provision to allow an alternate view presented following Israeli PM‘s speech.

[@margaretdurney4756]

We had to take Harris. I did not want her as V.P. or President! WE NEED CHANGE! K.H. is NOT a Good CHOICE!

[@inshoreassassin]

She is even worse than the rest imo. She is not Presidential at all neither are our other choices. Banana Republic.

[@HarleyBoyd-oc3dm]

Tulsi Gabard

[@edkalski2312]

I agree. Kamala Harris was the border czar and did absolutely nothing. American citizens have been killed and raped by illegal aliens. That is on Kamala's head. I can never forgive her for this.

[@burlenmorris3701]

Why b is she not a good choice?

[@angryanne]

Jamie Raskin!!!

[@calvin8677]

Biden valiantly stepped down kicking &screaming

[@gcoffey223]

He didn't step down. Jill had to walk him down those stairs. Also, Joe wasn't kicking and screaming, Jill was😂😂😂

[@carl94-h9h]

😆

[@phiscz]

@@gcoffey223 honestly i think hunter might've done the brunt of the screaming. poor guy was really banking on that pardon

[@celestialreasoning4018]

LOVE LaTosha! What a beautiful spirit and gorgeous voice,

[@threewheelingwithgene4254]

I am an independent voter and I voted for the Biden Harris campaign in the primaries and if Joe can run, I am perfectly content with having Kamala as our president. I do not vote for people. I vote for policies and Joe Biden and his administration and that includes Kamala Harris. Have all done a fantastic job over the last 3 years. Am I happy with everything they have done? No, but we still have a democracy. That's what matters

[@michaelwalker5595]

So move on and support the presidents ,whom you have said was quite capable of continuing on, pick of Kamala Harris.

[@metatrongroove2824]

Zogby is that out of touch boss that wants you to return to a physical office.

[@eugeniacara3717]

Beautiful when she sang to honor Representative Jackson Lee. RIP Beautiful Lady

[@ClownCarCoup]

I don’t understand this fear of a contested Primary. It seems like the Black Matters lady doesn’t think her candidate would win. Zogby is right! At least _pretend_ to have an actual democratic process.

[@Songshare]

The hour is late and we are staring down Christo-fascism. Time to go!

[@taliasya2273]

Both guests had good points. Very good to hear.

[@percyshaddock8673]

Yea well I'm NOT A FAN OF NET-N-YAHOO😂 , I 've been against the nazi like attitude against Palestinians, and that goes back '65 - I went to Dachau n/,'65, on my to southern Germany, I read about the Holocaust when in my mid-teens, then to actually go there was really SURREAL😔😔

[@VanessaVaile]

I have no confidence in party hacks and over the hill commercial pollsters like Zogby

[@Nat4551]

She has already earned it. Zogby is out of his mind.

[@rembertseaward351]

Nobody voted for Harris she can’t beat Trump