US Vice President Kamala Harris is a heartbeat away from making history. If she triumphs over former President Donald Trump in the on-going election she will become the first female President of the United States of America. She will also become the second black President and the first with a combination of Indian and Jamaican roots
FAMILY BACKGROUND
Kamala Harris, the next likely US president was born in 1964. Her mother is Shyamala Gopalan, an Indian, a qualified research medic in endocrinology arrived the US in 1958, and her father Donald J Harris, an Afro – Jamaican, University professor specialist in Developmental Economics arrived the US in 1961.
Kamala Harris is married (2014) to a lawyer like her, Doug Emhoff of a Jewish family. Kamala Harris is a stepmother to Emhoff’s two children from his previous marriage.
As at August 2024, Harris and her husband had an estimated Net worth of $8 million.
Harris is a Baptist.
POLITICAL LIFE
Harris is an American politician, an attorney (lawyer), the 49th and current Vice President of the US since 2021and serving under president Joe Biden.
Kamala is the Democratic Party presidential candidate for the 2024 US election which voting is on 5/11/2024.
GARLANDS FOR KAMALA HARRIS
– She is the first female Vice President of the US.
– The highest ranking female official in US history.
– The firs African American vice president.
– The first South Asian American US senator.
– One time Attorney General California.
– One time District Attorney of San Francisco
– She is the second black woman US senator.
– As Vice President she is the first female Senate President of the US.
LIFE AS ATTORNEY AND SENATOR
Harris is an advocate of equal rights and justice for everyone especially the underprivileged and immigrants, at the same time dispenses hard punishment to criminal elements and offenders of the law.
She fights for the reproductive rights of women.
While in the US Senate she served on the following committees :
• Budget
Homeland security
• Federal spending oversight
• Regulatory affairs
• Intelligence
• Judiciary
• Constitution
• Federal rights and courts
• Privacy, Technology and Law
• Asian Pacific caucus
• Congressional black caucus
• Women issues caucus
2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE
On July 21, 2024 with less than 4 months to the US presidential election, President Joe Biden suspended his reelection campaign and endorsed Kamala Harris for President.
She was quickly endorsed by US top politicians including Jimmy Carter, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack and Michelle Obama, the Congressional black caucus, and many others including Republicans.
In the first 24 hours of her candidacy Harris campaign raised $ 81 million donations, the highest single – day total of any presidential candidate in American history.
PUBLICATIONS
Kamala Harris holds 3 degrees – Political Science, Economics, and Law.
Harris is the author of 3 books :
(1) Smart on crime : A career prosecutor’s plan to make US safer (2009)
(2) The trusts we hold : An American journey (2019)
(3) Superheroes are everywhere (2019)
The contest for the exalted position US president is between the Republican Party candidate Donald Trump and the Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris.
Best of luck to both of them, though my pick is obvious. However, your choice is as good as mine.
Peace 🙏
5/11/2024
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