Andrew Gillum recalls Kamala Harris' advice to him during 'dark' time in rousing post

[tulipsandroses]

In a rousing post on Instagram, Andrew Gillum praised newly picked Democratic vice-presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, revealing the California senator was there for him during his “darkest periods” when other politician friends had “disappeared.”

“When I was going through one of my darkest periods over the past months, there were some people whose outreaches stood out to me. While many of my political “friends” did exactly what politicians do – disappear,” Gillum wrote in a post on Thursday.

“There were a few people who stood out to me for their compassion and friendship,” said the former candidate for Florida governor. “I shared in my first public comments that one piece of advice that impacted me deeply, was someone telling me to ‘remember to be kind to yourself.’ Well, that advice came from Kamala Harris.”

[link:https://thegrio.com/2020/08/14/andrew-gillum-kamala-harris-instagram/|

[Pisces]

1. Good for Kamala, however, this guy deserves some pushback. People make mistakes but he

Almost won the governorship. Imagine the scandal. Where was opposition research??? Where was the vetting of this guy. He’s sad because people question his intentions and lies?? Sorry but he should be held accountable. This guy can go cry me a river.

[Awsi Dooger]

3. Where was our own vetting of this guy?

Nobody cared. He's more liberal than Alex Sink or Gwen Graham so let's throw him out there.

What could possibly go wrong?

Except now I'm hearing socialist attached to every Florida Democrat, plus Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Maybe you have to live here in South Florida to fully grasp how much has changed since Gillum was nominated. The Miami Herald and New York Times ran lengthy articles immediately after that nomination, emphasizing that DeSantis was targeting the entire Hispanic/Latino electorate with his socialist theme, not merely the Cuban population. And it worked:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/us/florida-ron-desantis-governor.html

Gillum can cry me a river and any larger body of water

[Pisces]

4. I agree. It is crazy nobody knew this and how far he got. He's asking for sympathy now???

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. I'm not surprised

She has genuine compassion for people. As a Beto supporter I'll never forget her kindness to him, his staff and supporters.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/456406-orourke-team-thanks-harris-campaign-for-buying-staff-lunch-we-can-all-come

[BootinUp]

5. good to know. One of the traits i value

most in a politician.