Kamala Harris Secures Support for Presidential Nomination: Campaign Sources

TaiwanPlus News

Campaign sources say U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has gained the support needed from Democratic delegates to secure the party's presidential nomination.

Transcript

00:00Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the Democratic Party for the first time as a presidential

00:07hopeful, stepping in after incumbent President Joe Biden withdrew his bid for re-election

00:13amid pressure from party members disappointed in his debate performance and worried about

00:18his mental acuity and ailing health.

00:20In the days and weeks ahead, I, together with you, will do everything in my power to unite

00:27our Democratic Party, to unite our nation, and to win this election.

00:33Biden, who is still recovering from COVID at home, listened in by phone, vowing to campaign

00:39alongside the former California Attorney General.

00:42I'm watching you, kid.

00:43I'm watching you, kid.

00:44I love you.

00:45I love you, Joe.

00:49Campaign sources say Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, has enough

00:54support from Democratic delegates to win the party's nomination.

00:59In the first 24 hours since Biden dropped out, the vice president has raised 81 million

01:04U.S. dollars for her campaign, the most ever in a single day for either party this cycle.

01:11And with key endorsements from top Democrats, like former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Harris

01:16is pulling further ahead of other potential contenders.

01:21Anybody who might have been a formidable challenger to her has now endorsed her just

01:27over the last few hours this morning.

01:30So it's hard to see if there's anyone who would really contest it.

01:33Meanwhile, in his first solo rally in Ohio, Republican vice presidential nominee J.D.

01:41Vance slammed Harris and other Democrats, saying they, quote, lied about Biden's mental

01:46capacity to serve as president.

01:49Every single person who saw Joe Biden knew that he wasn't capable of doing the job.

01:54And for three years, they said nothing until he became political deadweight.

01:59Vance's comments shed light on the Republican Party's shifting strategy, pinning the responsibility

02:04for what they see as Biden's failed policies equally on Harris's shoulders, on top of targeting

02:10her individual record.

02:12But Harris is pushing forward, contrasting her experience as a prosecutor with Donald

02:18Trump's as a convicted felon.

02:19But with the Republican nominee having a head start in the presidential race, Harris has

02:25her work cut out for her.

02:27She may have her party on side now, but she has less than four months to go to convince

02:32American voters that she's the right person to lead the country.

02:36Devon Cai and Joyce Dinh for Taiwan Plus.

Category

Transcript

Recommended