Harris Clinches Democratic Nomination with Delegate Support – One America News Network
OAN Staff James Meyers
10:49 AM – Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough Democrat delegates to become the party’s nominee for president.
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According to a survey by The Associated Press on Monday evening, it was revealed that she had received the endorsement of more than the 1,976 delegates needed to win the nomination in the first round of voting.
Her campaign says it has received over $100 million between Sunday afternoon, after President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the race, and Monday evening.
It will become official when party delegates hold a roll call vote ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) set to take place in Chicago next month.
There will be more than 3,930 pledged delegates at the Democratic convention.
Meanwhile, no one has publicly stepped forward to challenge Harris since Biden stepped away from the race.
Harris spoke on Sunday at her campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, going after her now opponent, former President Donald Trump. She discussed her time as a prosecutor before she ran for office in California.
“I took on perpetrators of all kinds,” she said, including “predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain.”
“So hear me when I say I know Donald Trump’s type,” she added.
Harris also praised Biden, telling campaign staffers, “In one term, he has already surpassed the legacy of most presidents who served two terms in office.”
Before Harris took the stage, Bidden made his first comments since dropping out via phone call while isolating after getting COVID-19.
He thanked all aides involved and told them to “embrace” Harris because “she’s the best.”
“I know yesterday’s news was surprising and hard for you to hear, but it was the right thing to do,” Mr Biden told them.
In response to Harris being the frontrunner for the Democrat party, Trump’s VP pick J.D. Vance (R-Ohio.), criticized both Biden and Harris.
“History will remember Joe Biden as not just a quitter, which he is, but as one of the worst presidents in the history of the United States of America,” he said.
“But my friends, Kamala Harris is a million times worse and everybody knows it. She signed up for every single one of Joe Biden’s failures, and she lied about his mental capacity to serve as president.”
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