Black Lives Matter SLAMS Democrat 'Oligarchs' For 'Installing Kamala Harris,' Calls For Primary

On Tuesday, the Black Lives Matter organization condemned the Democratic Party for seemingly installing Vice President Kamala Harris in an undemocratic process that saw the 59-year-old Democrat become the party's presumptive nominee just a day after President Joe Biden announced his exit from the race. The organization, which was widely praised by Democrats in 2020 during mass protests following the death of George Floyd, outlined the sequences of events that led to Harris getting enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee.

Following President Biden's letter announcing his exit from the race, Harris, emboldened by a follow-up post from the president endorsing his former running mate, began to make calls to high-profile Democrats that led to even more endorsements from every potential challenger including Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and many others. The vice president also gained the support of party power brokers, including President Barack Obama, President Bill Clinton, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies (D-NY), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

Thanks to the various endorsements she received on Sunday and Monday, Harris secured the nomination by Monday night, just 24 hours after the president announced his withdrawal. Black Lives Matter argues that that quick turnaround showed Harris's undemocratic selection rather than allowing Democratic voters to have a say in her selection.

"A 24-hour process of talking to party bosses is not democratic, nor is it a process Democrats should be proud of," the organization posted to X. "We do not live in a dictatorship. Delegates are not oligarchs. Installing Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee and an unknown vice president without any public voting process would make the modern Democratic Party a party of hypocrites. We call on the [Democratic National Committee] to create a process that allows for public participation in the nomination process, not just a nomination by party delegates."

BLM's statement comes after Vice President Harris said she was "proud" to have secured broad support from enough delegates, at least 1,976, to win the Democratic nomination. "When I announced my campaign for President, I said I intended to go out and earn this nomination," Harris said in a statement. "Tonight, I am proud to have secured the broad support needed to become our party's nominee, and as a daughter of California, I am proud that my home state's delegation helped put our campaign over the top." Harris is expected to be nominated via a virtual roll call of Democrat delegates in early August to ensure she can get ballot access in Ohio.

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