"WHITE DUDES FOR KAMALA; AMONG THE SUPPORTERS WERE SEVERAL CELEBRITIES WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR WHITENESS WHILE STILL SUPPORTING HARRIS, INCLUDING ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR JEFF BRIDGES.
"I'M WHITE. I'M A DUDE, AND I'M FOR HARRIS," HE SAID. "IT'S NOT SO MUCH A FIGHT. IT'S A SURRENDER TO OUR HIGHER THOUGHTS. HOW WE WANT THIS FUTURE TO TURN OUT. SO I'M KIND OF SURRENDERING TO IT… BUT THAT'S JUST MY APPROACH. "AS THE DUDE MIGHT SAY: ‘THAT’S JUST MY OPINION MAN,'" BRIDGES ADDED, REFERRING TO HIS PORTRAYAL AS SLACKER JEFF LEBOWSKI, THE LEAD CHARACTER IN "THE BIG LEBOWSKI."
NORTH CAROLINA GOV. ROY COOPER, WHO WITHDREW FROM CONSIDERATION AS A POTENTIAL RUNNING MATE WITH HARRIS, ALSO CHIMED IN.
"REAL MEN RESPECT WOMEN, THEIR DECISIONS, [AND] THEIR CAREERS," HE SAID. OTHER GUESTS INCLUDED ACTOR BRADLEY WHITFORD, WHO SAID HE WAS HAPPY TO SEE A "VARIETY OF WHITENESS" THAT WAS LIKE A "RAINBOW OF BEIGE," JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT, MARK HAMILL, AS WELL AS LABOR LEADERS AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE REP. ADAM SCHIFF, D-CALIF. ONE OF THE "WHITE DUDES "