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Democrat Presidential Nominee Joe Biden Picks Kamala Harris As His Running Mate

Reacting to the announcement, Kamala Harris tweeted that she is honoured to join him as Vice President and will “do what it takes to make him our Commander-in-Chief.”

 

Washington| Democratic Party’s 2020 Presidential Election candidate Joe Biden has picked Indian American Kamala Harris as his running mate. With this, Kamala Harris who is a California Senator has become the first Indian-American Black woman to have been chosen to run for the post of Vice-President in the history of America.

Announcing his decision on Twitter, Joe Biden tweeted, “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris— a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate.”

He further said, “Back when Kamala was Attorney General, she worked closely with Beau (Joe Biden’s eldest son). I watched as they took on the big banks, lifted up working people, and protected women and kids from abuse. I was proud then, and I’m proud now to have her as my partner in this campaign.”

Reacting to the announcement, Harris tweeted that she is honoured to join him as Vice President and will “do what it takes to make him our Commander-in-Chief.” She tweeted, “@JoeBiden can unify the American people because he’s spent his life fighting for us. And as president, he’ll build an America that lives up to our ideals. I’m honoured to join him as our party’s nominee for Vice President and do what it takes to make him our Commander-in-Chief.”

Also Read: Who is Kamala Harris? A Democrat who may become US’ first Indo-American president

Kamala Devi Harris was born on October 20, 1964, in Oakland, California. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a breast-cancer scientist who had emigrated from Tamil Nadu, India in 1960 to pursue a doctorate in endocrinology at UC Berkeley. Her father, Donald Harris, is a Stanford University emeritus professor of economics, who emigrated from British Jamaica in 1961 for graduate study in economics at UC Berkeley.

Kamala Harris ran for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2020 election, briefly becoming a frontrunner before ending her campaign on December 3, 2019, citing a lack of funds to continue.

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