Other top contenders included former national security adviser Susan Rice, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Michigan Gov. BOMBSHELL: Hunter Biden Email Names Kamala Harris, Others as Key Contacts for 'Joint Venture' With China Energy Co. Now We Know Why Trump Decided to Air the Leslie Stahl Interview Before '60 Minutes', NPR: We're Not Reporting on Hunter Biden 'Cause We Don't Wanna, So There. My grandfather was one of the original Independence fighters in India, and some of my fondest memories from childhood were walking along the beach with him after he retired and lived in Besant Nagar, in what was then called Madras. Harris would often wax poetically about the challenges that she faced in her career, how when you break ceilings, sometimes you get cut. Gretchen Whitmer. How does the Trump campaign view it? Harris’ rise as the daughter of immigrants — one from Jamaica, one from India — serves a powerful counternarrative to President Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies. All Rights Reserved. Apparently not close enough to the chest. Kamala Harris named by Joe Biden as his VP pick If elected, the senator would be the nation’s first female, first Black and first Asian American vice president. To understand what today’s announcement means to this community, I turned to the best source I know on Indian Americans and politics: Aziz Haniffa. Gavin Newsom tweeted his support for Harris, saying she is the "perfect choice" for Biden. August 1 is four days away. Kamala is that person," he wrote. Well, take a look at the statement put out by Trump campaign adviser Katrina Pierson, that seems to suggest that *they* believe her record shows she was tough on crime. ", Another former Democratic presidential contender, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., tweeted that Harris "understands what it takes to stand up for working people, fight for health care for all, and take down the most corrupt administration in history.". "I was prepared for them to come after me, but I wasn't prepared for the person coming at me the way she came at me. “As the vice president of the United States, Senator Harris will continue her legacy of trailblazing leadership to move our nation forward.”, 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton tweeted that she was "thrilled to welcome @KamalaHarris to a historic Democratic ticket" and lauded her as an "incredible public servant and leader. Democratic activists criticized her for being too tough as a prosecutor and not doing enough to reform California’s system. She could always command attention. ", Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Harris will help Biden "unite the American people, restore our nation's soul, and rebuild our country.”. But those reforms are not enough for some activists. "I need someone working alongside me who is smart, tough, and ready to lead. Warren tweeted that Harris would be a "great partner" to Biden. Mr Biden will face President Donald Trump in the election on 3 November. Back when Kamala was Attorney General, she worked closely with Beau. But the first one is who you select to be your Vice President. He’s done everything you can do. Former President Barack Obama lauded the pick as Biden's "ideal partner to help him tackle the very real challenges America faces right now and in the years ahead.". What is your view on how the ethnicity factor plays out? Aziz Haniffa: What did your mom instill in you, in terms of culture and heritage? My grandfather and grandmother enjoyed the time they spent with people of all walks of life who were involved in the civil rights movement. If elected, she would be the nation’s first female, first Black and first Asian American vice president. first Black and South Asian American woman, poured over records and conducted interviews, the first Black and South Asian American woman. But the moment it was announced she would be leaving the race, it felt like a cosmic shift in attitude. Regardless of the probability that Harris had to win the ticket, many Black women saw Harris as one of them. “He is solid as a rock. Harris is the first Black woman to run on a major political party’s presidential ticket. As a Black woman who covered her campaign, the joy I see on Twitter and an innumerable number of sources calling my phone to express their views on the news, does not surprise me. Kamala Harris — a woman of Jamaican-American and Indian-American descent — as vice president is nothing short of historic," said Aimee Allison, Founder of She the People. Many women described it to me as a rug being pulled from underneath them. We have to stop seeing issues and people through a plate-glass window as though we were one-dimensional. In San Francisco, where Harris was once district attorney, Mayor London Breed expressed her excitement over calling Harris "her Vice-President. "You make a lot of important decisions as president. My grandparents used to visit us in Berkeley all the time. I'm not saying that. Instead, we have to see that most people exist through a prism and they are a sum of many factors — everyone is that way, and that is just the reality of it. It's headlined, "Kamala Devi Harris: The 'female Obama' discusses her campaign for California attorney general.". In his announcement, Biden called Harris “a worthy opponent and a worthy running mate,” alluding to the pair’s rivalry during the earlier stages of the Democratic primary. Haniffa was executive editor and chief political and diplomatic correspondent of India Abroad that shuttered just a few months ago after 50 years of publishing, under advertising and Covid-19 strains. "I need someone who understands the pain that so many people in our nation are suffering. AH: Would it be true to say then that the roots of your civil rights activism began with those walks on the beach with your grandfather, as much as in your parents’ involvement in the civil rights movement in the US during their student days at the University of California? When issues of race would come up, people on social media called out to say they wished Harris was still around to give her take. Clyburn on Harris VP pick: I am ecstatic. VDH: Will Changes to American Life Become Permanent? Harris, the only Black woman in the U.S. Senate, was elected in 2016 after serving as California’s attorney general and, before that, San Francisco district attorney. And as president, he'll build an America that lives up to our ideals.I'm honored to join him as our party's nominee for Vice President, and do what it takes to make him our Commander-in-Chief. The decision comes more than a year after Harris, who was also a 2020 Democratic candidate, clashed with Biden over racial issues during the first primary debate. ", The Trump campaign pounced on that moment immediately after Biden's announcement in a freshly cut ad — which Trump himself tweeted moments after the announcement — that alleged Harris attacked "Biden for racist policies" and that slammed the pair as "Slow Joe and Phony Kamala.".

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