Backed by massive support from Democrats, Kamala Harris He promised to win the November 2024 elections against Donald Trump, whom he compared to “predators” and “swindlers”in a speech on Monday, July 22, after the “roller coaster” that was Joe Biden’s resignation.
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The US vice president has injected optimism into the campaign team in Delaware (east), where US President Joe Biden is recovering from COVID-19. She entered the ring without beating around the bush.
“Trust me when I say I know the kind of person Donald Trump is.“he told them, recalling his time as a California prosecutor, when he had to deal with “predators who abused women, scammers who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for personal gain.”
“We will fight for reproductive freedom, knowing that if Trump gets the chance, he will sign an abortion ban for every state,” she said in her first campaign speech since President Joe Biden dropped out of re-election.
“We are going to win”: Kamala Harris
“We will take our case to the American people and we will win,” he insisted.
Harris, who is Black and of South Asian descent and the only female vice president in U.S. history, acknowledged a “roller coaster” of emotions following Biden’s resignation and was full of praise.
“Amo a Joe Biden”he said hours after saying at the White House that his legacy is “unmatched in modern history.”
“She is the best,” said the octogenarian presidenthis voice still hoarse from COVID-19, during a live call just before Harris’s speech.
Democrats appear to have put the internal crisis over Biden’s physical and mental fitness for a second term behind them and are looking ahead with just over three months to go until the election.
The Democratic Party has promised a “transparent and orderly process” to replace Biden and will now have to name a new candidate at the convention to be held in Chicago starting on August 19.
But they may not wait until then. Before Biden’s resignation, the nominee was scheduled to be named by electronic voting during the first week of August, and the party has not announced a change of plans.
Kamala Harris is the big favorite, having been endorsed not only by Biden, but by former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillaryformer Secretary of State, and especially by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Also by several governors, some of them considered potential rivals: Gretchen Whitmer (Michigan), Gavin Newsom (California), Wes Moore (Maryland), Andy Beshear (Kentucky) and JB Pritzker (Illinois).
And by a good part of the Democratic congressmen, both moderates and progressives, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Two heavyweights have yet to speak out: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and former President Barack Obama, who said the party would be “navigating uncharted territory over the next few days.”
Record fundraising
His candidacy breathes new life into an election that was to be contested by two elderly politicians who were unpopular with many voters.
Her team claims Kamala Harris raised a record $81 million in 24 hours from small donors alone.
The vice president did not give a date for the nomination nor did she clarify the big question of who she would choose as a running mate if the Democrats name her as their candidate.
If they cannot agree, then an open convention for other candidates could be held in Chicago.
The Democratic nomination has been on the ropes since Biden’s disastrous performance in the June debate against Trump, who emerged stronger and is living days of glory after surviving an assassination attempt and attending a Republican convention that worshipped him.
On the Republican side, The announcement completely upset Trump’s candidacy, forcing him to review his electoral strategy, which was very focused on presenting Biden as an old man who is confused and clumsy..
These arguments could backfire on the Republican if he faces the vice president, almost 20 years his junior.
The nervousness is palpable even though recent polls give Trump a narrow lead over Harris (48% of voting intention versus 46%).
Senator JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, on Monday denounced an “undemocratic” process to remove Biden, secretly hatched by an elite under the influence of Obama and financier George Soros.
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