Kamala Harris has now secured the support of a sufficient number of delegates at the Democratic convention — at least 1,967 — to be held in Chicago in August, so she can be considered the party’s nominee in the November 5 presidential election after he withdraws. President Joe Biden out of the race, CNN reports, citing its state-by-state tally.
Similar information was also given by sources in Ms. Harris’s campaign to the Reuters news agency, while the Associated Press, for its part, calculated that the US vice president has secured the support of 2,214 delegates out of a total of approximately 3,900, in other words, more than the required simple majority.
However, the development cannot be described as official yet, since these calculations are based on journalistic information. Delegates who had sided with Mr. Biden are now “free” to choose after the president ended his re-election campaign last Sunday.
US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Monday night (local time; 07:20 Greek time) that she was “proud” to have “secured the broad support necessary to become the nominee” of the Democratic Party for the presidency, replacing president joe biden.
Earlier, US media reported that the majority of delegates at the faction’s conference — some 3,900 in total — have now expressed their intention to support it. “I look forward to being able to officially accept” the anointing soon, Ms. Harris noted in the announcement she made public.
US election: Biden’s message of support
US President Joe Biden, who caused a political earthquake by announcing on Sunday (21/7) that he is ending his re-election campaign, yesterday (22/7) urged his party, the Democrats, to support his vice president , as Kamala Harris currently appears to be the leading contender for the party’s anointing to run in the Nov. 5 presidential election.
“She is the best,” Mr. Biden said — his voice still hoarse due to COVID — during a live conference call shortly before Ms. Harris’ first campaign speech since the announcement.
The 81-year-old Democratic president, who until Sunday’s announcement was strongly resisting the increasingly widespread pressure to resign, added that the decision he made was the “right” one.
US Elections: Harsh attack by Harris on Trump – She called him a predator and a fraud
Democratic US Vice President Kamala Harris promised on Monday that she would put the strengthening of the middle class, the right to abortion and broader reproductive rights, as well as the issue of gun control, at the center of her election campaign.
“We will fight for (women’s) right to make decisions about their own bodies, knowing full well that if given the chance, (Republican presidential candidate Donald) Trump would push for a state-by-state abortion ban,” she said. Ms. Harris in her first campaign appearance.
She also promised to make strengthening the middle class a focus of her potential presidency, along with other party priorities, notably gun control.
He acknowledged that this campaign is like a roller-coaster, or “terror train,” however, he reaffirmed that he means to “defeat” Mr. Trump.
“I know that (…) we are all full of contradictory feelings. I love Joe Biden,” he said, the day after the president, 81, caused a political earthquake by announcing he was abandoning his re-election campaign. But “we will win,” Ms. Harris insisted, using harsh descriptions of the Republican former president and second-term candidate, whom she described as a “predator” and a “crook.”
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