Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Year : 2, Issue : 19
As a marching band played and the crowd chanted “four more years,” US Vice President Kamala Harris looked like she was enjoying being out of Joe Biden’s shadow.
From condemning abortion bans to wooing Black voters, the 59-year-old Harris is taking a starring role in Biden’s campaign to win a second term by again defeating Donald Trump.
But can Harris really be its secret weapon, and defy polls that show US voters still aren’t convinced she’s the right person to be a heartbeat away from the Oval Office?
Harris made US history when she became the first female, Black and South Asian vice president in 2021 — but then spent much of Biden’s first term getting often low-profile tasks from her boss.
Harris has become the face of the White House’s efforts to target what she has called “Trump abortion bans” in more than 21 US states, an issue Democrats see as a vote winner.
“This is a fight for freedom,” Harris said Wednesday to cheers in Jacksonville, Florida, as she slammed the state’s new ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
Source: Agence France-Presse
