Kamala Harris wins the nomination, “an honor”

Kamala Harris snags the Democratic nomination and makes history as the first African-American and Indian woman to run for president. “I’m honored, we have a lot of work to do,” the vice president said hot on the heels of securing the delegate votes needed for the coronation.
Virtual voting began Thursday, and more than 2,350 delegates have already cast their ballots for Harris, giving her the majority needed to make her historic bid. “The fact that we can say today, one day after voting opened, that the vice president has crossed the threshold and will officially be our nominee next week is exceptional,” Democratic National Committee Chairman Jamie Harrison said. Voting will officially close on Monday at 6 p.m., when her running mate may also be announced. Harris will meet with the vice presidential finalists over the weekend. She is reportedly set to announce her pick later.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is in pole position for the job, but many Democrats have their doubts about him. A practicing Jew, critics say, he could alienate the vote of progressives and pro-Palestinian groups, making the road to defeating Donald Trump and winning the White House even more difficult. Also on the list of possible candidates are the governors of Minnesota and Kentucky, Tim Walz and Andy Beshear, and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly.
The choice of Harris’s number two does not seem, at least publicly, to worry Donald Trump. “I don’t care who they pick, let them do what they want,” Trump commented on the selection of Harris’s number two. “If she picks Shapiro, who is Jewish, she will lose her small Palestinian base,” he added, criticizing the candidate in pole position and reiterating his popularity in the Middle East. “I will bring peace,” even if I can be tough on Israel,” he added.
The former president’s campaign has lost momentum since Joe Biden stepped down, and is trying to regroup to take on the president’s new younger foe. And above all, more popular, as demonstrated by the fundraising boom: $310 million in July alone thanks to donations under $200, mostly from teachers and nurses. The stratospheric figure – the largest in the history of the elections, according to Harris’s campaign – is double what Trump raised in the same period and this worries Republicans, already worried by the former president’s attacks on his rival. Trump in fact accused her of having “become black” only for convenience when in reality she is Indian. A controversial comment that exposed him to an avalanche of criticism, even within his own party, where they want to attack Harris on content and not on a slippery issue like race. Continuing on the path taken by Trump, there is concern, could alienate African-American voters and women, whom Republicans desperately need to conquer the White House.