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Harris, endorsed by Biden, could become first woman, second Black person to be president

apnews.com Harris, endorsed by Biden, could become first woman, second Black person to be president

She’s already broken barriers, and now Kamala Harris could soon become the first Black woman to head a major party's presidential ticket after President Joe Biden’s ended his reelection bid.

She’s already broken barriers, and now Kamala Harris could shatter several more after President Joe Biden abruptly ended his reelection bid and endorsed her.

Biden announced Sunday that he was stepping aside after a disastrous debate performance catalyzed fears that the 81-year-old was too frail for a second term.

Harris is the first woman, Black person or person of South Asian descent to serve as vice president. If she becomes the Democratic nominee and defeats Republican candidate Donald Trump in November, she would be the first woman to serve as president.

Biden said Sunday that choosing Harris as his running mate was “the best decision I’ve made” and endorsed her as his successor.

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Nothing would irk Trump more than getting beat by a black woman.
- I don't care if it pisses him off. I just want him to lose.
  
  I mean, it's not the most important thing... But would it cause me joy? Yes.
- Man. What a sweet thought. He’d probably have an aneurism.
  
  Its probably already on the way. Its just a hilarious reality plot already thickening
  
  Man now I want to vote Harris badly now! Obama wife would be a great VP really rub in watch Maga heads explode.
- Progressives should vote for her just to spite Hillary. Lol
- He could drop out of the race now, so he can avoid that possibility.
TBH statements like this are hurting her odds more than helping. Everybody on board already knows those things about her, nothing about her policies.
- American people are notoriously uninterested in policy when it comes to presidents in the general election. they elected W (with a minority) because they felt they could have a beer with him. they elected Obama for change, him being smart, a good orator, relatively young and black was a huge contrast to everything W was. they elected TFG (with a minority) because they thought he was an outsider. they elected Biden because he wasn't TFG.
  
  but yes they should promote Harris' policies more because they aren't bad.
  
  At least some of use do care. While I’m voting against Trump regardless, I’d rather vote for someone. If I do talk politics, I’d rather try to sell the benefits of a candidate, rather than what a disaster another candidate would be
  
  TFG = That Fucking Git?
- I think its less about changing the odds, and more about giving a needed morale boost to two minority groups long oppressed by politics in general.
  
  You should probably be worried about our odds at this point in the game. We can celebrate her traits when she's in.
  
  People of colour and what's the second? Women aren't a minority if you meant that.
Honestly more amped up more than ever that there’s a nominee under 60. God bless Biden for everything. That old turd Trump should realize he’s too old and drop out too.
- She'll be 60 by the time of the election though.
  
  edit: it's not a bad thing, she's still a lot younger than both Biden and Trump so it's a huge step in the right direction, I'm just pointing out that she won't be under specifically 60.
  
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Let’s maybe not focus solely on this, instead maybe on policy? Real problems Americans are facing every day is going to win more votes. Making the entire campaign about gender issues isn’t alone going to win shit.
- Honestly, she has been shadowing an all-around decent president for the last 3ish years and like Obama, has the legal chops to back it up. Im not a fan of her stances from her DA days, but I dont think there is anyone else more qualified to do the job.
  
  Agreed, I believe she has a lot to offer.
- You can bet Republicans are gonna make her race and gender an issue though
  
  Well that's their loser strategy.
  
  And it's REALLY gonna help the black and woman vote they've been trying so hard to get. Just check out Bowman/Vance these days, dude's holding in his desire to talk about abortion so hard he looks like he could shit himself any moment.
  
  They already have, filling talks in all spaces with mysogyny and racism as soon as biden bowed out.
- If elections were based on policy the GOP would have ceased to exist four days into Reagan's presidency.
- I'm happy for another chance at a Gen X president , not ready for a Millennial VP
  
  Isn't she technically a very young boomer?
- Not alone, but it will tick another box in voters' minds
- Nope, gotta play demographic bingo.
Will she earn votes? Gonna have to do some work.
- Someone asked me what I thought about Biden dropping out. I said, it doesn't matter. I am over policy, specifically NOT horrible policies like Project 2025.
  
  So... like... what policies do you support?
I would love to have her lead the country!
I've seen her on TV before. But I didn't know she was black before today.
- Her dad is Jamaican and her mom is Indian. Her dad might be half black, I'm not sure. I keep seeing republican memes saying she's not black or 25% black. Just endless memes trying to attack her on anything they can. Like, that's not even important, we have a real competent candidate and that's more than I can say about Dump.
  
  It is weird to call her black, she's as much Indian as she is African. It's like the racist "1 drop" thing, where if you have any black ancestors you are defacto black, except in this case supposedly woke people are using it as a selling point
Does she support Netanyahu as unconditionally as Biden? I’ll vote for her anyway, but it would be nice if she actually took a stand against genocide. I’m probably asking too much, though.
- She’s a cop. ACAB. Didn’t like her when I voted for Biden the first time, don’t like her now.
  
  But she isn’t Trump, and that’s enough for now.
- As it turns out, no:
  
  https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/26/kamala-harris-joe-biden-israel-00148955
That is the real question, is US of A ready for a woman presidency.

It is has been only 100 years women were given rights to vote. And couple of years more than 50 years to universal suffrage.

That's nothing compared to nearly 300 years of its existence.

/s for those who couldn’t get it
I'm already practicing my "Madame President"
This is the best summary I could come up with:

WASHINGTON (AP) — She’s already broken barriers, and now Kamala Harris could shatter several more after President Joe Biden abruptly ended his reelection bid and endorsed her.

A recent poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 6 in 10 Democrats believe Harris would do a good job in the top slot.

She spoke often about attending demonstrations in a stroller and growing up around adults “who spent full time marching and shouting about this thing called justice.” In first grade, she was bused to school as part of the second class to integrate Berkeley public education.

After graduating, Harris returned to the San Francisco Bay Area for law school and chose a career as a prosecutor, a move that surprised her activist family.

Months into her tenure, Harris declined to seek the death penalty for the killer of a young police officer slain in the line of duty, fraying her relationship with city cops.

In one memorable moment, she pressed now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on whether he knew any laws that gave government the power to regulate a man’s body.

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Right now these firsts are secondary compared to the real states of this election.
Why only black? She is half Indian. I don't recall an Indian president?

Oh right nobody cares about other minorities, only kicking out Mexicans and propping up African Americans. Everyone else be damned.

Also why is the presidency limited to natural born citizens? Most of the world except the US, most of South America and a smattering of other countries require this. Shouldn't everyone who has worked to gain citizenship be afforded the right to run for office? Doesn't sound very free to me.
- I would argue it's a security issue. I think it would be quite feasible for some foreign power to scoop up some 20 year old with nothing to lose and put them to the task of infiltrating America. In fact, stuff like that has already happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegals_Program
  
  Nowadays it's much easier to influence the public by just bombarding them with bs social media posts. Watch the documentary "The Great Hack".
  
  So ~85 percent of the world is insecure because a naturalized citizen can run for office?
Would she also be the first Asian person to become president?
Its amazing how obsessed you guys are about race.
- This guy is a Trump supporter very thinly veiled as a leftist. Just thought folks on here might want to know. Scroll down just a bit and you'll see the comment where they think that only Democrats are racist and the right treats everyone the same.
  
  Leftists are absolute losers, I am not a leftist, and I am not a trump supporter, but I would vote for him over Kamala. Try again.
- A lot of us feel really bad about how we treat non-white races...
  
  Granted, a lot of us feel really good about it too...
  
  Either way, it weighs on us.
  
  Why dont you just treat everyone the same?
And first Indian or non-white President as well. Don't know why people have trouble saying that.
- And first Indian or non-white President as well.
  
  Bro...seriously?
  
  Obama was equal parts white and black
  
  Bro...did you not know?
  
  He doesn't know everybody. Let's let him figure this out on his own and see if his brain explodes.
- Why does Obama’s white mother determine how you refer to him instead of his black father, I wonder
  
  I wonder if you don't understand the phrase "non-white". Do you get that concept, or are you a glass half full kind of racist?
- if she gets to the white house, I think it will be proudly said many, many more times.
- This what i heard on the BBC.
  
  edit: they said, "Indian-American"
  
  Right? Not hearing this in the US.
- And first Indian or non-white President as well. Don't know why people have trouble saying that.
  
  If she was Indian she wouldn’t be eligible to be president; they did say “South Asian decent” though.
  
  And are you saying Obama was white? I must be missing something here.
  
  It's obviously meant as indian-american.
  
  There are TWO people in here not knowing something that should be known. What in the actual fuck.
  
  Also, how old are you? I'd like to know so I can place my mental shame on whatever generation doesn't know who is eligible to be president in the US. It makes me awfully sad.
Ironically she'll completely lose the black vote after enslaving them by imprisoning them over crimes like their children skipping school
- By that logic Trump should gain them because he is a convicted felon.
Less electable then Hillary. How have we not learned this lesson!?
I fear a Harris win. Not because I don't want her to win. But because if the likes of Trump was the conservative response to Obama... I can't fathom the horrible person they will come up with in response to Kamala.
- Maybe if we hit their cult afraid button hard enough they'll Jonestown themselves? Mix up ninety thousand tons of It Was Actually Flavor-Aid?
- Let's shine a light on that. Force "moderate" conservatives to come out and admit that they're just racists and nothing more. They're cowards first and foremost.
  
  This is a tribal affiliation game, let's put what their tribe really stands for on blast so they lose social status. Their only friends should be other Nazis. There's a lot of people on the fence who just want to be popular.
- A younger trump?
- Most likely It'll be Dump again
Nah, she's never been a contender. Unless the DNC rallies behind her and the rest of us agree, she will be a small blip on the radar as she was before being put into the VP spot
- Lol or not, so we forget 2016? Her whole campaign run?
  
  For those who wish to re learn: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris_2020_presidential_campaign
  
  Yeah that, or Donald fuckin trump?
  
  Yes? It was that forgettable
- Hopefully there is potency in someone who can speak full and coherant sentences! :-D You may be right but at the very least it'll be nice to hear lucid speech again and we'll soon see if it's actually effective in the current climate! Wow the bar has been set low!?
  
  Well this is just a silly take. Have you not watched the state of the unions during bidens presidency? He was a decent politician. That includes speeches.
No matter how much I despise Trump, this lady has zero chance.
- Because?
  
  Because dems' only chance to win is to get non voters off their asses, which she won't do. If people who regularly vote are holding their noses and voting for her to beat Trump, non voters won't turn up at all.
  
  Between the MAGA nuts and now throw in countless other sexist, misogynistic racist scum = Trump.
- You realize that people like you are just helping the Republicans win by pushing Democrats not to vote because "it's a lost cause anyway"? Then again, it's probably what you're wishing for.
  
  No. I hate that fake tanning bed imitator.
- Please don't ruin my Sunday afternoon euphoria.

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