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“White Dudes for Harris” Raise $4M, Vow More Support After X Suspends Their Account

After raising nearly $4 million and having over 190,000 attendees on their call, the group found out their accounts on X were suspended by Elon Musk.

Ebony McMorris
July 30, 2024

Supports hold up signs in support of Vice President Kamala Harris at an event, July 23, 2024, in West Allis, Wis. Voters, especially those who lean left, are expressing a renewed interest in the campaign and eager to see Harris take on the Democratic Party mantle in place of President Joe Biden. Harris’ campaign is trying to capitalize on a jolt of fundraising, volunteer interest and media attention after Democrats spent three weeks following Biden’s debate debacle wondering whether the octogenarian president would stand down or continue his campaign despite dwindling support. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf, File)

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“If they think this is going to make us more quiet, they are wrong. We are not going to, we are not going to stop. We’re not going to stop organizing. There’s going to be more to come tomorrow.”

That was one of the organizers of “White Dudes for Harris,” a group that put together a call fundraising and organizing support for Vice President Kamala Harris to be the next president. He’s upset because after raising nearly $4 million and having over 190,000 attendees on their call, they found out their accounts on X, formerly Twitter, were suspended by Elon Musk.

“I have seen some of the most racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-Semitic comments just all over Twitter, and Elon Musk has done nothing. So we get suspended?”

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk addresses the European Jewish Association’s conference in Krakow, Poland, Jan. 22, 2024. A manipulated video that mimics the voice of Vice President Kamala Harris to impersonate her is raising concerns about the power of artificial intelligence to mislead just three months away from November’s elections. The video gained attention after Musk shared it on his social media platform X on Friday, July 26, without noting it was originally released as parody. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

But if they think that’s going to shut them down, he had this to say: “And if they think this is going to make us more quiet, they are wrong.”

The organization has another call planned for tonight and more in the future.

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White House Correspondent Ebony McMorris is a native Washingtonian and University of South Carolina alumna. Her passion is mentoring young adults by teaching community empowerment and media education. She is an NAB member and board member of the Thurgood Marshall Center and was presented the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for contributing more than 4,000 hours of community service under the Obama Administration.