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N.J. women ‘devastated’ by Kamala Harris defeat. But they’re not surprised.

“Unfortunately, it’s clear America is not ready for a woman to be president, much less a woman of color."

Just 108 days ago, Jeannine LaRue cried happy tears as she and 44,000 other Black women across the country flooded a Zoom call and raised $1.5 million to celebrate the hours-old presidential candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris. On Wednesday morning, the veteran businesswoman and civil rights activist in New Jersey said she had cried tears of grief and frustration after her loss to Donald Trump.

Harris carried 92% of Black women voters in America but only 45% of white women, according to an exit poll by the national firm Edison Research ..