“White Dudes For Harris” Fundraiser Raises $3.7 Million
Summary from the AllSides News Team
An online campaign fundraiser Monday called "White Dudes For Harris" garnered over 150,000 attendees and raised more than $3.7 million.
The Details: The virtual event featured prominent Hollywood actors like Jeff Bridges and Mark Ruffalo, and several Democratic officials. The event was designed to reflect a previous fundraiser called “White Women: Answer the Call,” which drew in more than 160,000 women.
Key Quote: “I’m white, I’m a dude, and I’m here for Harris,” Bridges said.
How the Media Covered It: Outlets on the left and in the center focused more on what speakers at the fundraiser said. CNBC (Center bias) highlighted Harris's race and noted that Trump and Vance "are both white." Outlets on the right, like the Daily Caller (Right bias), showed bias in word choice, as they termed fundraiser attendees as “Hollywood liberals” and “political elites.” Others on the right followed negative chains of conversations on social media surrounding the fundraiser, highlighting comments that were critical of the group name “White Dudes For Harris.” These posts tended to insist that people would be offended if “White Dudes For Trump” existed.
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On a “White Dudes for Harris” virtual call, it was probably fitting that “The Dude” dropped in.
Actor Jeff Bridges addressed a fundraising event geared toward white men supporting Vice President Kamala Harris and sang her praises on Monday night, before channeling his iconic role as “The Dude” in 1998’s “The Big Lebowski,” declaring, “As the Dude might say, ‘That’s just my opinion, man.’” (The original line was “That’s just, like, your opinion, man.”)
From the Center
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A “White Dudes for Harris” online fundraising and organizing rally raised more than $4 million for the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday night, with speakers who included would-be running mates, Hollywood actors, and labor leaders.
More than 150,000 joined the online stream for the event, which was broadcast on YouTube, blowing past the original target of 10,000 RSVPs set by organizers several days ago.
From the Right
‘White Dudes for Harris’ Fundraiser Raises $3.5 Million, Highlights Democratic Obsession with Race, Gender![AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Right AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Right](https://www.allsides.com/sites/default/files/bias-leaning-right.png)
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The organizers behind an online gathering of “White Dudes for Harris” claim to have raised more than $3.5 million to support Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign during the Monday event that highlights the Democratic penchant for prioritizing affinity groups and obsession with race-and-gender essentialism.
The Zoom call attracted more than 180,000 participants, including leftwing celebrities, such as Mark Hamill, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and *NSYNC singer Lance Bass, according to NBC News.
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