Kamala Harris, the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, has jolted an outpouring of support among Indian Americans, the second largest and one of the fastest growing immigrant groups in the U.S.
While Trump may have made inroads with the community by highlighting U.S-India relations, it was always going to be an uphill climb to win a large portion of Indian American votes.
"My parents came from opposite sides of the world," Harris said in her first remarks with Biden on Wednesday. "What brought them together was the civil rights movement." "We ride on the backs of the Black people who came before us and who fought those struggles so I feel like I owe them my heritage. So to have Kamala, this smart, biracial, proud woman, who can represent that all – that's what America is about.""I think this opportunity for everybody to claim her in a different way is wonderful," she said.
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