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'White dudes' raise over $4 million for Kamala Harris, discuss women's rights
The star-studded live video call, which lasted over three hours, focused on how and why white men should help elect Harris in the presidential election against Trump
Actor Mark Hamill speaks during the posthumous unveiling of the star of actor Carrie Fisher on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, on May 4, 2023. — Reuters file
A star-studded live video call urging white men to vote for Kamala Harris raised about $4 million on Monday night for the US Democratic presidential candidate, attracting over 190,000 people including Star Wars actor Mark Hamill and singer Josh Groban.
The "White Dudes for Harris" event, which lasted over three hours, centred on how and why white men should help elect Harris, currently the vice president, in the November 5 presidential election against Republican rival Donald Trump.
Trump won the votes of over 60 per cent of US white men in both the 2016 and 2020 elections, said organiser Ross Morales Rocketto, founder of 'Run for Something'.
"If white guys would just show up, if we would stand up and be counted, if we would talk about what it really means to be a great partner, and a man, which is to protect, and to help, and to lift up, and to not push down, all of us are going to be better for it," Mitch Landrieu, a Harris campaign co-chair, said during the call.
The call is the latest in a series of video calls for Harris that have attracted large audiences and raised millions, sparked by one held by Black women the evening President Joe Biden stepped aside from the race and endorsed her.
Other guests included Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, actor Jeff Bridges, who explained his presence on the call by noting his role as "The Dude" in the classic film The Big Lebowski, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.
"What a variety of whiteness we have here," said actor Bradley Whitford, who starred in the movie 'Get Out' and the hit TV show The West Wing. "We got The Dude. We got Pete (Buttigieg). It's like a rainbow of, uh, beige."
Speakers emphasised that white men benefit from supporting others' rights, and especially reproductive rights for women, a key campaign issue for Harris and Democrats in the election.
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and filmmaker J.J. Abrams each promised to match $50,000 in donations raised during the call, which sparked over 60,000 individual contributions, Morales Rocketto said.
"Smash that donate button," Frozen actor Josh Gad implored attendees.
More than 40,000 people previously joined a call for Black women supporters. One for Black men drew over 50,000 people. Over 200,000 joined a call for white women and raised over $11 million.
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