The vice president of United States, Kamala Harris, won the presidential nomination on Friday Democratic Party for the elections that will take place in November in USA, and will define the next government between her and the former Republican president Donald Trump.
“I am honored to be the Democratic nominee for President of USA”, said the current vice president, 59 years old, after obtaining the support of more than half of the 4,000 delegates who, during a vote that would last five days at most – but was decided in just two – had the task of designating the new candidate after the resignation of Joe Biden, after pressure from his own political space to step aside.
The truth is that no other Democrat ran to compete with Harris for the nomination, which paved the way for her to become the first black woman and native of the South. Asia in aspiring to the leadership of the State.
In the next week he will tour seven crucial states of the country in the company of his running matewhich should be announced shortly. The vice president will have less than 100 days to convince American voters to prefer her over Trump.
“It’s not going to be easy, but we’ll get there, and as your future president, I know we’ll rise to the challenge,” she said in a phone interview broadcast during a campaign event.
The Democrat already has an advantage over her rival: her extremely successful financial campaign, which raised some $310 million in July, more than double what Trump raised.
The bulk of those funds, some $200 million, were raised in the days following July 21, when Biden announced he was dropping out of the race.
A debate at the door
The US elections will take place on November 5th. But, before that Donald Trump and Kamala Harris must carry out the presidential debate, that the Republican agreed to do with the chain Fox News next September 4th.
This was confirmed by the presidential candidate himself through Truth Social, where he wrote: “I have arranged with Fox News to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th.” At this time, it is not known if his opponent has accepted the invitation.
Trump had previously rejected the debate with the vice president already scheduled for September 10 and which, in principle, was expected to have Biden as a participating candidate. With the change of plans in the Democratic Party, The Republican former president argued that it would be “inappropriate” to schedule it before the former U.S. attorney general California was formally the Democratic candidate, so she declined the exchange. With the confirmation of the candidacy, she accepted the new political event.
Source: Ambito
