Celebrity-studded ‘White Dudes for Harris’ call raises $4m for vice-president

Jeff Bridges, Mark Hamill, Mark Ruffalo and contenders for Harris's VP pick among 190,000 participants in Zoom call

A Zoom call meant to rally white dudes" in support of Kamala Harris's run for the White House raised more than $4m from about 190,000 participants, including several Hollywood stars, in the latest success for her nascent bid for president.

The fundraiser added to a series of positives for the Harris campaign on Tuesday, including the release of a new ad, an endorsement from the Republican mayor of a large city in in Arizona, and an admission from the Republicans' vice-presidential candidate, JD Vance, that Harris posed more of a threat to the Trump campaign than Joe Biden did.