By The newspaper
02 Aug 2024, 14:01 PM EDT
In less than two days, Vice President Kamala Harris secured the votes of Democratic Party delegates to be the party’s presidential nominee.
The official announcement of his candidacy will be on Monday, when the voting closes, but Jaime Harrison, president of the Democratic National Committee, confirmed the sum of votes needed.
“I will officially accept her nomination next week, once the virtual voting process closes, but I am happy to know that we have enough delegates to secure the nomination,” Harrison said in a virtual press conference.
Kamala Harris appeared immediately afterwards to thank the party for the trust it has placed in her and to assure that she feels “honoured” to have been chosen to replace the president, Democrat Joe Biden, in the presidential race, after he gave up re-election just two and a half weeks ago due to his disastrous role in the debate with Republican Donald Trump.
“I am honored to be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. I will officially accept the nomination next week,” Harris said.
In a lightning-fast process, Biden gave his support to Harris and in successive virtual meetings the delegates who had been elected in the primary process and who had pledged their vote for the president began to declare their support for the vice president.
The DNC gave other candidates until Tuesday, but Harris was ultimately the only contender for the Democratic nomination and was therefore guaranteed her nomination, which will be made official on Monday and will be staged at the Democratic National Convention that begins on the 19th in Chicago (Illinois).
Kamala Harris must now announce her vice presidential nominee, which could come as early as next week.
Harris, 59, is the first black woman with Indian roots to be nominated for the US presidency.
With information from EFE