The democratic candidate Joe Biden has presented, Wednesday, 12 August 2020, its colistière Kamala Harris, presenting it as the "right person" to help " rebuild the country ", after the historic decision to place senator black in the running to become the first woman vice-president of the United States, if they beat Donald Trump and Mike Pence in November. "I had the choice, but I have no doubt that I chose the right person" for this election, "vital to this country," said Joe Biden on the occasion of their first appearance together in Wilmington, his home State of Delaware.
senator clinton has said that America was " a glaring lack of a leader ". "And yet we have a president who is more concerned of him than to those who elected him," said the first colistière black of the history of the United States, which would become the first woman vice-president of the country in case of victory against Donald Trump on 3 November. "We're in the middle of examination of conscience in the face of racism and injustice widespread," added the senator from California, 55 years old.
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This new tandem hand with an advantage : Joe Biden, 77 years of age, ahead of Donald Trump, 74-year-old, a comfortable margin in the average of national surveys (+ 6.9 percentage points, according to the average of the site RealClearPolitics), but also in several key States, which are the elections by switching from one party to the other in the United States.
The most evil, the most horrible, the most contemptuous of the u.s. Senate
The attacks from Donald Trump aimed Kamala Harris had not delayed on Tuesday : "The most wicked, the most horrible, the most contemptuous of the u.s. Senate ". And the team Trump continued to attack Wednesday " Kamala sham ", despite a silence significant of the tempestuous billionaire, yet little stingy with the tweets.
" This choice shows that Biden and the democratic party have been stormed by the radical left ", said the vice-chairman Mike Pence, who will play against Kamala Harris during a debate in the fall, before the election on 3 November. "In consideration of their promises of higher taxes, open borders, health-care system to the socialist and abortion on demand, it is not surprising that he has chosen senator Harris, it is lax on crime and refuses to put America first ", he writes.
twice Elected prosecutor in San Francisco (2004-2011) and twice attorney general of California (2011-2017), Kamala Harris is, on the contrary, criticized by some progressives for having positions that are too harsh at this time. She was the first woman, but also the first black person to lead the judicial services of the State's most populated country. In January 2017, she was sworn in to the Senate at Washington, registering as the first woman to have originated in South Asia and only the second senator black in american history.
