‘White Dudes for Harris’ was an embarrassment

Vice President Kamala Harris ’s presidential campaign held a “White Dudes for Harris” fundraising call on Monday, continuing the Democratic Party ’s strategy of segregating voters into groups based on demographics.

White men are one of former President Donald Trump’s strongest voting blocs, so the call was focused on explaining ways that Republican policies supposedly harm them.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, who could become Harris's running mate, said men are “more free” when they live in a country where abortion is legal, saying the quiet part out loud. That is, he admitted abortion is merely viewed as a form of birth control by Democrats, a far cry from the days of “safe, legal, and rare.”

Other running mate contenders who spoke on the call include Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), who said a second Trump term “would go after IVF and contraception,” and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), who said Democrats should never “shy away from our progressive values” because “one person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness.”

Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, said Project 2025, which Trump has condemned, is “more terrifying than anything Edgar Allan Poe or Stephen King ever wrote.” He said Republicans want to “remake what we know as democracy into an autocracy.”

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt criticized those who support Trump because he is a “businessman,” arguing that Trump is not a “self-made man,” “successful,” or “honest.” Instead, he is a “con man” whose signature program as president was “cutting taxes for rich people.”

Actor Josh Gad said, “I stood over my kids’ bed and I wept” after the 2016 election, and “I felt like I let them down” because “we had the chance to have a female president for the first time.” He said he felt dread, fear, and shame after Trump entered the White House.

Gad also expressed his excitement about the caliber of the celebrities endorsing Harris instead of Trump, saying, “They have Kid Rock, Kevin Sorbo, and a dolphin aficionado. And we have the Hulk, Samwise Gamgee, Luke Skywalker, and Mayor Pete just on this Zoom. That’s pretty damn cool!”

Some of the other names on the three-hour call included director J.J. Abrams, Broadway star Rory O’Malley, actor Jeff Bridges, singer Lance Bass, anti-gun activist David Hogg, and comedian Paul Scheer.

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Both Republicans and Democrats have gotten into the habit of using celebrities as key campaign messengers, and it is annoying. No one really cares who Hulk Hogan or Mark Ruffalo is voting for. Moreover, the call showed the hypocrisy of the media because if a "White Dudes for Trump" fundraiser had been held, it would certainly dominate the news cycle for weeks and be held up as proof of racism on the Right.

Nevertheless, the fundraiser generated over $4 million for the Harris campaign and attracted almost 200,000 people.