CHICAGO: After Kamala Harris secured the Democratic presidential nomination in an unprecedented party upheaval, she got some advice from former Presid...
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris stands with former President Barack Obama during an event hosted by U.S. Presdent Joe Biden on the Affordable Care Act, Obama’s top legislative accomplishment, in the East Room at the White House in Washington - REUTERSpix
Democrats have coalesced around Harris as opinion polls swing in the party’s favor, but a month ago some were openly questioning whether she was the right choice to beat Republican candidate Donald Trump when President Joe Biden was forced out of the race after a halting debate performance. Both rose in local politics, she as a prosecutor and he as a community organizer and state senator, before entering the U.S. Senate. Both have represented historical firsts - he as the first Black U.S. president, and she as the first woman and first Black and South Asian person to serve as vice president.
“Although you called for an open process and ... Democrats have ... put in place an open process, it appears that people feel very strongly that you need to be our nominee,“ Obama said in a call with Harris, according to a transcript released by his office.
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