The current Vice President of the United States is the Democratic Party’s candidate to take over the presidency from Joe Biden.
The Democratic Party of the United States of America has chosen Kamala Harris, the current vice president, as its presidential candidate in the elections to be held on November 5 to take on Republican Donald Trump. Harris has spent her professional career in justice and politics, breaking barriers in many cases.
Harris was born on October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California. Born to a Jamaican economist father and an Indian scientist and doctor mother.grew up surrounded by cultural diversity. After her parents divorced when she was little, her mother was in charge of raising Kamala and her sister Maya, according to Politico media. He graduated with degrees in political science and economics from Howard University and went on to earn a juris doctorate from the University of California. Since 2014, she has been married to lawyer Douglas Emhoff.
In his autobiographical book The trust we cherishrecognizes that the defense of social rights It comes from home. By being daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrantsgrew up in an environment of cultural diversity. Moreover, her mother Shyamala Gopalan was an activist who participated in many social rights movements and raised her daughters that way.
Work as a prosecutor
In the first years she worked as a lawyer and public prosecutor. specialized in various subjects and worked, for example, with cases of sexual abuse of minors. Between 2004 and 2011, she served as San Francisco’s district attorney, where she became known for her advocacy for the rights of the LGTBIQ+ community. In fact, she presided over the first gay marriage.
That was the case in 2010 elected Attorney General of Californiabeing the first woman in that position. During this time, he fought mortgage fraud and obtained compensation for evictions, among other things. He also dealt with health and environmental matters. She was re-elected to this position in 2014 and continued to serve in this position until 2017.
Jump to politics
This was the case between 2017 and 2021 member of the United States Senate. In fact, it became the California’s first Black, South Asian senator. At the time, he supported gun control and changes to health and tax systems.
In 2020 he decided to start his own business journey to the presidency of the country and faced Joe Biden at the start of the election race. However, lack of funding forced him to withdraw his candidacy before reaching the primaries. But Joe Biden chose her as his vice presidential candidate and the couple won the election. On January 20, 2021, she was sworn in as vice president the first woman in office, as well as the first black woman and the first of Asian descent.
According to many experts, Kamala Harris has kept a relatively low profile during the vice presidency, even though she has been committed to women’s reproductive rights and foreign policy. For example, in July he criticized the Israeli attacks on Gaza and asked Netanyahu to end the war. Two months later, he reiterated his support for Israel, promising the country “whatever it needs to defend itself.”
Looking ahead to the 2024 election, Harris staunchly supported Joe Biden when rumors first emerged about his ability to defeat Donald Trump. When Biden threw in the towel and walked away, all eyes were on her. Finally, the Democratic Party officially presented her as a candidate for president.
Source: EITB
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