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Kamala Harris – The 47th President of the U.S.?
By Pat Stevenson
Will Kamla Harris be the 47th President of the U.S.? 100 million dollars were raised within 48 hours in support of her campaign. Her campaign reported more than 50,000 new volunteers within 48 hours. More than 40,000 Black Women called in on a zoom support the day Biden announced supporting her to replace him this past Sunday. Over 20,000 Black Men called in support on a zoom within 48 hours. She has already had more than 2,000 delegates pledge to name her the nominee. More than 90% of the representatives have called in their support.
Overall, there is obvious excitement in the Democratic party about Harris’s now-top-of-the-ticket status. If this is what has happened in the past 48 hours, I cannot wait to see what will happen within the next 100 days. All signs seem to lead to a big win in November.
Who is Kamala Devi Harris? She is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current United States vice president since 2021, under President Joe Biden. She is the first female vice president, the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, and the first African-American and first Asian-American vice president. A member of the Democratic Party, she was previously a U.S. senator from California from 2017 to 2021 and the attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017. Harris is currently the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2024 presidential election.
Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She began her law career in the office of the district attorney (DA) of Alameda County before being recruited to the San Francisco DA’s Office and later the city attorney of San Francisco’s office. In 2003, she was elected DA of San Francisco. She was elected attorney general of California in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Harris served as the junior U.S. senator from California from 2017 to 2021; she defeated Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate election to become the second African-American woman and the first South Asian American to serve in the U.S. Senate.
As a senator, Harris advocated for strict gun control laws, the DREAM Act, and federal legalization of cannabis, as well as healthcare and taxation reform. She gained a national profile for her pointed questioning of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings, including Trump’s second Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.
Harris sought the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination but withdrew from the race before the primaries. Biden selected her as his running mate, and their ticket went on to defeat the then-incumbent President and vice president, Donald Trump and Mike Pence, in the 2020 election. Harris and Biden were inaugurated on January 20, 2021. After Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election, Harris launched her presidential campaign with Biden’s endorsement. On July 22, Harris secured enough non-binding delegates to become the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2024 presidential election.
