“It is an honor for me to have the support of the President and my intention is to win this nomination,” he wrote in X Kamala Harris59 years old and current vice president of the United States, to the trust placed in her by the president Joe Bidenafter withdraw from the presidential race.
Earlier, the US president announced in a statement his intention to drop out of the race for the Democratic Party nomination for the upcoming elections on November 5.
“My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all of my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” Biden said in a message posted on his personal account on the social network X.
However, before further speculation, The president made clear his support for Harristhe first female vice president of the United States.
“Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be our party’s nominee this year. Democrats: It’s time to unite and defeat Trump. Let’s do it,” Biden said.
The vice president also thanked the president for his approval and expressed her appreciation for Biden’s years of service at the head of the nation.
“On behalf of the American people, I thank Joe Biden for his extraordinary leadership as President of the United States and for his decades of service to our country,” Harris said.
The short message ends with a promise to do everything in his power “to unite the Democratic Party — and unite our nation — to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda.”
Although Kamala has the support of President Biden, her nomination must go through several processes, including overcoming other possible contenders.
While it is true that in her favor, she is also the best known in the American national arena and, in a possible contest, she could continue with the campaign funds that Biden has by being next to him on the ballot, other names also resonate in the lobby democrat.
Among them are the governors of California, Gavin Newsom; from Illinois, J. B. Pritzker; from Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer; from Colorado, Jared Polis; and the one from Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro.
The Democratic National Convention, which begins on August 19, can be reached with two scenarios: One alternative is the already agreed-upon candidate, which would make the meeting a simple procedure. Another is with several possible successors, which would force a vote, which would not end until there is a majority and Biden’s replacement is appointed.
The first African-American (of Asian and Caribbean origin) to be proclaimed senator for California since 2016 and former attorney general of that state, the most populous in the United States, Harris was considered by political experts to be the breath of fresh air that the Democratic candidacy needed in 2020 and which brought in millions of votes to make Biden the president with the most votes in the country’s history in that contest.
Born in Oakland, on October 20, 1964, Harris She studied law and political science at Howard University and the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law. Because of her age, profile and preparation, she was seen as the next presidential candidate, especially when at the beginning of his term Biden was considered a transitional president, who would not seek re-election.
