Kamala Harris candidature excites Black voters, inspire hope and cause panic she takes centre stage
President Joe Biden’s support of Kamala Harris and the immediate coalescing of other party leaders around her makes her the prohibitive favourite to replace him at the top of the presidential ticket. But in interviews in Atlanta, where voters helped flip Georgia for Democrats four years ago, some Black voters were nervous.
US Secret Service chief admits failure in Trump shooting, insists she’s the best to lead the agency
Republican and Democratic lawmakers called on her to resign, calls that she rebuffed, saying at one point, “I think that I am the best person to lead the Secret Service at this time.”
Biden’s legacy: ‘History will treat Biden kinder than voters had…he defeated a president who placed himself above our democracy’
Joe Biden never figured out how to inspire the world’s most powerful country to believe in itself, let alone in him. He lost the confidence of supporters in the 90-minute debate with Trump, even if pride initially prompted him to override the fears of lawmakers, party elders and donors who were nudging him to drop out. Then Trump survived an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, and, as if on cue, pumped his fist in strength. Biden, while campaigning in Las Vegas, tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday and retreated to his Delaware beach house to recover.
Accused and convicted for molesting women, VP Kamala Harris will be an extra-ordinary rival to Trump
Donald Trump’s campaign has signalled it will tie her as tightly as possible to Biden’s immigration policy, which Republicans say is to blame for a sharp increase in the numbers of people crossing the southern border with Mexico illegally.
