Cringe Overload: ‘White Dudes for Harris’

The Big Lebowski star Jeff Bridges, Lord of the Rings star Sean Astin, and Mark Hamill of Star Wars fame were among the many famous faces — along with left-wing lawmakers like Adam Schiff (D-CA) — who joined a virtual “White Dudes of Harris” event Monday night. It was the latest of such events hosted in an all-out effort to raise funds for Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the White House.

“I got to laugh because I accepted the invitation,” Bridges said on the call. “I was brought to the party, not so much as being white, and I certainly am, but because I’m a dude. So, a friend sent me this e-mail today with your hat on there, and I said, ‘Oh, I got to have one of those, I qualify.’ I’m white, I’m a dude, and I’m for Harris.”

“I had no idea that this whole thing that we’re up to was based on, what, Black Women for Harris, right,” Bridges continued. “And, so it kind of morphed into White Men, White Men for Harris.”

Bridges added he was excited that President Joe Biden had “passed the baton so beautifully” to Vice President Kamala Harris, referring to how Biden had announced he was withdrawing from the presidential race:

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