Harris secures enough delegate support to clinch US Democratic Party nomination
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at her campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, on 22 July 2024. Harris on Monday compared her election rival Donald Trump to "predators" and "cheaters," as she attacked the first former US leader to be convicted of a crime.
The formal nomination process for a US presidential candidate occurs when delegates from across the United States gather to officially anoint a nominee chosen by voters during the primaries. "Tonight, I am proud to have secured the broad support needed to become our party's nominee," Harris wrote in a statement after US media reported she had sailed past the number of delegates needed - 1 976 out of nearly 4 000 - in order to decisively secure the Democratic presidential nomination during voting in the coming weeks.
He called in to the campaign meeting to say that dropping out - after mounting party and voter concerns over his health and mental acuity - had been the"right thing to do" and he praised Harris as"the best". Notably among them was powerful former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said she endorsed Harris"with immense pride and limitless optimism."
And in a strikingly symbolic moment, Harris hosted a ceremony for college athletes at the White House, with Biden scheduled to return Tuesday from Delaware where he has been isolating with Covid.Biden's stunning withdrawal has completely upended the 2024 race, transforming a long slog between two unpopular elderly men into one of the most compelling races in modern US history.
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