White Dudes for Harris

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White Dudes for Harris
Formation2024
FounderRoss Morales Rocketto
PurposeCampaign advocacy group

White Dudes for Harris is a group of voters that supports the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign. [1] [2] Ross Morales Rocketto has been credited as the group's organizer. [3]

In July 2024, a fundraiser with approximately 190,000 participants raised more than $4 million. [4] Attendees included politicians Pete Buttigieg, Roy Cooper, [5] J. B. Pritzker, and Tim Walz, [6] as well as Sean Astin, Lance Bass, Jeff Bridges, Josh Gad, Josh Groban, Mark Hamill, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Scheer, [7] and Bradley Whitford. [8] [9]

The White Dudes for Harris account on Twitter was suspended following the fundraiser in July 2024, causing the group to accuse Twitter CEO Elon Musk of politically targeting them to influence the election. [10] [11] [12]

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  2. ↑ "White Dudes for Kamala Harris: Giant Zoom calls power fundraising". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2024-08-06. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  3. ↑ Harper, Tyler Austin (2024-07-31). "'White Dudes for Harris' Was a Missed Opportunity". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  4. ↑ Winkie, Luke (2024-07-31). "My Rousing Night at "White Dudes for Harris"". Slate. ISSN   1091-2339. Archived from the original on 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  5. ↑ "'White dudes' rally to elect Kamala Harris as the first female president". NBC News. 2024-07-30. Archived from the original on 2024-08-06. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  6. ↑ Sainato, Michael (2024-07-30). "Celebrity-studded 'White Dudes for Harris' call raises $4m for vice-president". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  7. ↑ Morrow, Brendan. "Jeff Bridges, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, more stars join 'White Dudes for Harris' Zoom". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2024-08-04. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  8. ↑ "'Rainbow of beige': 9 stars who were on the 'White Dudes for Harris' call". South China Morning Post. 2024-08-04. Archived from the original on 2024-08-04. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
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  10. ↑ Thadani, Trisha; Oremus, Will; Dou, Eva (2024-07-31). "X suspends 'White Dudes for Harris' account after massive fundraiser". The Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
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