WASHINGTON ‒ On Sunday afternoon, Glynda Carr's cell phone started buzzing and didn't stop There was text after text heralding the growing likelihood that Kamala Harris would be the Democratic nominee for president. Carr, whose organization she co-founded to support Black female candidates, wasn't surprised people would reach out as they heard the news. But when she logged onto a Zoom call that evening to mobilize support for Harris, she was excited to learn there were tens of thousands of other Black women there as energized as she was.
More than 44,000 people, mostly women, joined Sunday’s video call, which lasted well past midnight and netted more than $1.5 million for the Harris campaign, organizers said Some signed up to work in their communities and pledged to ramp up get-out-the-vote efforts in the wake of President Joe Biden’s decision to step down from his re-election bid and endorse Harris. But they’re also bracing for attacks against the vice president who would make history as the first woman of color to become a major party nominee.
“We celebrated (last night)," Carr said Monday, "but today we’re going to protect defend, fight, organize and mobilize." A few social media sites were already brimming by Monday afternoon with criticisms about Harris' policies, her intelligence, her laugh and her accomplishments. Carr and others also believe it was intentional that several speakers at the National Republican Convention earlier this month .
“That had code.