Kamala Harris makes a point in Houston: It's not just O'Rourke and Sanders who can draw crowds

[RandySF]

In targeting teachers, Harris became the first candidate to reach out to the largely female group of politically active professionals with a policy proposal directly addressing their concerns.

O’Rourke’s candidacy has dominated the campaign news cycle in recent weeks. Accounts of his remarks, often delivered informally from restaurant countertops, have mixed with reports on events by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) which have often been attended by the same loyal supporters that supported his run in 2016.

Meanwhile, Harris’s campaign has been chugging along and filling venues. As an Asian American and African American woman, Harris is building connections with a range of communities that have kept a greater distance from other candidates.

Harris raised money this week in Texas as well as California, two states that have primaries on Super Tuesday — March 3, 2020 — when several key states will hold elections.

She was to hold another rally Sunday at a historically black school, Morehouse College, in Atlanta. Harris, a graduate of Howard University in the District, has made historically black colleges and universities a focus of her early schedule.

But she tends to draw diverse crowds at a variety of venues, including Friday at an Embassy Suites hotel attached to a Bass Pro Shops outlet in Grapevine, Tex.

“Look at this beautiful rainbow in front of me,” state Rep. Ramón Romero Jr. said as he warmed up that audience. Tarrant County, where Grapevine is located, is also home to Fort Worth, which has backed the Republican presidential nominee for years — but which President Trump carried with a slim 52 percent of the vote in 2016 and O’Rourke carried in 2018....


Unlike many other candidates, Harris is also drawing GOP opposition. On Friday, she was greeted by members of Open Carry Texas, a gun-rights organization whose members carried weapons into the parking lot outside her event. She also drew conservative protests in South Carolina, though neither protest was disruptive.





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[Cha]

1. Good on Kamala.. we need her

voice.

[jaceaf]

2. She's not going to get the social media frenzy the boys attract

It's a shame that as her supporters we don't spam this board. Oh well, maybe it's not a shame.

[Cha]

3. Here's a Nice Tweet to Retweet!

Link to tweet

[blm]

6. She is so genuine with the crowds.

There is nothing fake about that smile.

[betsuni]

4. +1

[JI7]

8. better to focus on other things that actually would help her win

[betsuni]

5. K&R

[Celerity]

7. she is wonderful, would love it if she was our nominee

Harris/Buttigieg would be a massive ticket