Kamala makes history: she is the first woman of color to compete for the White House

CHICAGO, United States.— The Vice President Kamala Harris made history yesterday by accepting the Democratic Party nomination for the White House, becoming the first african american woman and the first person of South Asian origin to achieve this.

“On behalf of all those whose history could only be written in the greatest nation on Earth, I accept your nomination to be President of the United States,” she said. Kamala Harris.

His words were greeted with thunderous applause and shouts of joy from the thousands of people gathered in the stadium. United Center de Chicagowhere the event was held this week Democratic National Conventionwhich reached its climax yesterday with the speech in which Kamala officially became the party’s candidate.

Until now, only one woman had received the Democratic presidential nomination: Hillary Clinton, who in 2016 He chose white to accept the nomination at the party convention in Philadelphia.

Dressed in dark blue, Kamala used her speech, broadcast live on the country’s main television networks, to tell her personal story, criticize Republican candidate Donald Trump and explain their main political proposals.

The vice president became a candidate in an unusual way because, unlike previous nominees, she did not undergo a primary process.

The primaries of the Democratic Party The president won them Joe Bidenwho had no significant rivals, but on July 21 announced that he was ending his campaign for the Presidency after receiving pressure from his party for a disastrous performance in a televised debate against Trump.

Biden then called on the party to unite around Kamala, and quickly a majority of the delegates who had been elected during the primary process gave her their support.

Vote of confidence given to Kamala

Earlier this month, they voted in favor of their candidacy in a virtual vote And last Tuesday, the second day of the convention, They endorsed her as a Democratic candidate.

Yesterday, in his speech, the Democratic candidate lashed out at Trumpwhom he described as an unserious man who would have serious consequences for the country if he returns to the White House.

If he wins the November election, Trump will use the “enormous powers of the presidency” to benefit himself, he said.

Then he remembered how Trump “tried to throw away the vote” of the Americans when lost the 2020 elections and spread conspiracy theories of electoral fraudeven inviting his followers to storm the Capitol on January 6, 2021, when the two Houses of Congress were to certify the victory of Biden.

Among other things, he also said that the United States can regularize more than eleven million undocumented migrants living in the country, while protecting the border with Mexico.

And he considered that the shedding of blood in the Gaza Strip It is devastating and heartbreaking, but he also pledged to defend Israel.— AP/EFE

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