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Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump 2024 United States Presidential Election.

2024 United States Presidential Election

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Overview

The 2024 United States Presidential Election refers to the 60th quadrennial presidential election in the United States, occurring on November 5th, 2024. The election will take place between Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump, after Joe Biden dropped out of his race for reelection in July 2024. Leading up to the election, particularly in mid-2024 onward, the race between Trump and Harris sparked significant discussion and media coverage online, as well as numerous memes referencing the election itself and the candidates.

Background

Heading into the 2024 election, it was expected that Joe Biden and Donald Trump would face each other in a rematch of the 2020 United States Presidential Election. Donald Trump[1] did face a primary challenge from a field of contenders that included Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy. Ultimately, none of the other contenders presented much of a challenge, and Trump won the nomination handily.

For the Democrats, Joe Biden ran virtually unopposed and was the presumptive nominee heading into the summer of 2024.

Developments

2024 CNN Debate

The course of the election dramatically shifted following a debate between Biden and Trump hosted by CNN in June 2024. Heading into the debate, Biden was flagging in the polls and faced questions about his age and cognitive decline going into a second term. The debate performance raised alarm among Democrats and further hurt him in the polls, leading to calls for him to drop out of the race.



Trump Assassination Attempt

The 2024 Donald Trump Rally Shooting or 2024 Donald Trump Assassination Attempt was a shooting that took place on July 13th, 2024 at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally for United States presidential candidate Donald Trump in mid-July 2024. During the incident, a shooter scaled a nearby building and attempted to kill Donald Trump during his speech by firing several shots from an AR-15, with one of the bullets grazing Trump's ear. The shooter, later identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, killed one spectator and critically injured two others before being shot dead by the Secret Service.


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J.D. Vance

On July 15th, 2024, Donald Trump selected Ohio Senator and Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance as his running mate for the 2024 United States Presidential Election.


Rothmus @Rothmus Vance is Trump's VP pick. Could have been better. Could have been much, much worse. VANCE VANCE SAVE AMERICA PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP TEXT OHIO TO 88022 DELAWARE, OHIO 3:18 PM Jul 15, 2024 327.2K Views SAVE

Immediately after he was selected, multiple controversies surrounding J.D. Vance circulated on social media and in news media. These include a false claim that Vance admitted to having sex with a couch in Hillbilly Elegy, a rumor that he once looked up a video of a dolphin humping a woman on Twitter, discourse surrounding previous comments in which he criticized women without children as childless cat ladies and his extreme stances on abortion.

As of August 6th, 2024, J.D. Vance has a historically low approval rating[2] among vice presidential candidates, leading to some speculation that he may be replaced on the ticket before the election.

Biden Drops Out Of The Race

For three weeks after Biden's poor performance at the CNN debate, he faced increased calls from within the Democratic Party for him to drop out of the race. During this time, online attention turned to Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nominee should Biden drop out.

On July 21st, 2024, Joe Biden announced in a letter posted to Twitter / X that he would not seek reelection. He promised he would address the decision further at a later date (shown below), which he eventually did in a brief, televised address to the nation later that week.


JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. July 21, 2024 My Fellow Americans, Over the past three and a half years, we have made great progress as a Nation. Today, America has the strongest economy in the world. We've made historic investments in rebuilding our Nation, in lowering prescription drug costs for seniors, and in expanding affordable health care to a record number of Americans. We've provided critically needed care to a million veterans exposed to toxic substances. Passed the first gun safety law in 30 years. Appointed the first African American woman to the Supreme Court. And passed the most significant climate legislation in the history of the world. America has never been better positioned to lead than we are today. I know none of this could have been done without you, the American people. Together, we overcame a once in a century pandemic and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We've protected and preserved our Democracy. And we've revitalized and strengthened our alliances around the world. It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term. I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision. For now, let me express my deepest gratitude to all those who have worked so hard to see me reelected. I want to thank Vice President Kamala Harris for being an extraordinary partner in all this work. And let me express my heartfelt appreciation to the American people for the faith and trust you have placed in me. I believe today what I always have: that there is nothing America can't do - when we do it together. We just have to remember we are the United States of America.

In a second tweet, he endorsed Kamala Harris for President (shown below).


Joe Biden @JoeBiden My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it's been the best decision I've made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it's time to come together and beat Trump. Let's do this. ALT • 2:13 PM ⚫ Jul 21, 2024 32.4M Views

Kamala Harris quickly racked up endorsements from within the party and became the presumptive nominee ahead of the Democratic National Convention.

Tim Walz

On August 6th, 2024, it was announced that Kamala Harris had selected Tim Walz as her running mate. Walz was selected over other rumored candidates Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.

Prior to his selection, Walz notably kickstarted a "Republicans Are Weird" messaging tactic that rapidly became populariaed among Democrats by using the line in an appearance on MSNBC (shown below).


Coconut-pilled

Coconut-Pilled, sometimes spelled Coconutpilled or Coconut Pilled, is an internet slang term used primarily by progressives and former Kamala Harris critics who expressed semi-ironic support of the vice president replacing Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee for president in the 2024 election, and later, for President. The term is inspired by Harris' infamous "Fell out Of a Coconut Tree" quote, signaling that those who are "coconut-pilled" are embracing Harris' bizarre tics and weirdness.



Kamala Is Brat

Kamala Is Brat refers to a series of memes that paint presumptive presidential candidate Kamala Harris as "brat" in the context of Charlie XCX's 2024 album brat and its related memes like "Brat Summer," with the slang term being used in a positive and praising manner. Started by TikTok edits that applied brat aesthetic (such as the album cover's lime-green color) to videos of Harris, the meme received further development after Charlie XCX wrote "kamala IS brat" on social media in late July 2024.


Charli @charli_xcx kamala IS brat 8:29 PM Jul 21, 2024 48.1M Views •

"Republicans Are Weird"

Republicans Are Weird refers to unofficial messaging adopted by the Democratic Party's 2024 Presidential Election campaign that sought to deride Republican policies in general, and J.D. Vance, in particular, as "weird" as opposed to only "scary" or "dangerous."

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz made an appearance on MSNBC where he described key Republican policies, as well as Trump's seeming fixation on Hannibal Lecter in his campaign speeches, as "weird" in July 2024. This sentiment about Trump was also echoed in a press release from Kamala Harris's presidential campaign that described Donald Trump as "old and weird."

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External References

[1] APNews – Trump wins Iowa Caucus

[2] AL Reporter – Initial Republican support for Vance turns to concern in face of new polling

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