'Kamala just broke Zoom': 136K white women overcome glitchy call to raise over $1M
July 25, 2024
Despite glitches, supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris broke the record for the largest Zoom meeting ever and raised more than $1 million for her presidential campaign in less than an hour Thursday night.
The Zoom fundraising event dubbed "White Women: Answer the Call" asked women nationwide to join the livestream chat and invite their contacts to support Harris, with speakers including the popstar Pink and actress Connie Britton.
At one point, organizer Shannon Watts said more than 136,000 people joined the call. As the number of people in the Zoom call grew, the platform began to crash and glitch, eventually freezing entirely and turning over to a black screen with the message, “We’ll be right back.” It soon reloaded, showing the shocked faces of the women on the virtual call.
“We weren’t kidding when we said we broke Zoom,” remarked attendee Erin Gallagher when the video chat came back online.
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Later in the night, Watts posted to X, “Kamala just broke Zoom again.”
“Tonight's Zoom to support Kamala Harris is now the first EVER IN HISTORY to have over 100,000 participants,” Watts wrote.
Watch a video of the call below or at this link.