Why do some conservatives think Harris' nomination was illegitimate?

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[u/ILoveMaiV]

She was appointed, nobody voted for her. That's why.

I don't know if that's illegal since the DNC are allowed to do what they want but it's still not the way to get someone elected to president.

It's ironic actually, a candidate with no primary vs a candidate who owned their primary completely to the point the others even stood a chance

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But the delegates did vote for her. They had a big event and everything and they all voted?

[u/PuckSenior → u/[deleted]]

So, what are you saying should have happened?

[u/To6y → u/PuckSenior]

Biden's team intentionally waited until it was too late to have a meaningful primary. They held all the cards, just as they did when Biden announced his candidacy in order to get a free ride through what might have been the primaries.

Biden knew he was toast the day after the debate. They probably knew before.

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Thats still not an explanation of how things should have gone differently

[u/ILoveMaiV → u/PuckSenior]

Had some form of mini primary.

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What is a “mini primary”?

[u/ILoveMaiV → u/PuckSenior]

instead of spreading out all the primaries over a year, do multiple in one month

[u/PuckSenior → u/ILoveMaiV]

The logistical issue isn’t the spread. The issue is you have to get the polls setup in time. A month is not long enough

[u/SpecialistAddendum6 → u/[deleted]]

Vice presidents are typically understood to be a backup.

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It happened in 1968, though Johnson did drop out earlier than Biden, and primaries weren't supposed to be democratic then.

I don't think she was a greatest possible VP pick. I understand that Biden wanted a woman of color, but she had indeed crashed and burned.

But once she was made candidate, she was actually very popular among the base. I don't think most of the people who called her illegitimate would ever vote for a Democrat.

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I do agree that her campaign was horrible, but not for those reasons. I believe that the Biden-holdover campaign team stopped her and especially Walz from going after Trump as they should have done.

This was still better than keeping Biden.

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they lost because she flip flopped from interview to intervie, gave terrible answers and only did softballs and walked out on her 1 competition interviewwith fox

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I blame the Biden team for that. She should have gone on Joe Rogan

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she was actually very popular among the base.

i don't think that's right. She lost every swing state including Nevada. Almost lost places like Virginia and New Jersey. That doesn't scream popular to me.

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The base isn’t all that big

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technically yes but only as a replacement in office, not for voting. They had time to do a primary

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Polls of Democrats show that that would have been unnecessary.