Indianapolis, July 25 :
In an effort to reenergize the Democratic presidential campaign in the wake of Donald Trump's return to campaigning on the road, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris rallied around 6,000 Black women on July 24. Following President Joe Biden's (81 years old) decision to withdraw his re-election campaign on July 21 due to overwhelming opposition from fellow Democrats who doubted his qualifications to be re-elected, Harris has assumed the role of Democratic presidential contender for the November 5 election.
The 59-year-old vice president has energized Democrats and shook up a stagnant race by becoming the first Black woman and Asian American to hold the office. If she were to defeat former president Trump, 78, she would also be the first to hold the office of president.
On July 24, in the battleground state of North Carolina, Trump will conduct his first rally since Biden quit his candidacy, and he will not let that surge go unchallenged. According to Trump's campaign, Biden's economic and immigration policies are the reason for his dwindling support, and Harris would be Biden's stand-in on these issues.
At an Indianapolis event put on by the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority—which Harris joined while attending the historically Black college she attended—, Harris gave a speech. She is banking on the sororities' vast network of Black women, which helped propel Biden to victory in 2020, to inspire massive Democratic turnout in the upcoming November election.
My gratitude is inexpressible. Harris went on to say that the country is in dire need of your leadership once again right now.
According to polls conducted this week, the race between Harris and Trump is quite tight.
Harris led Trump by two percentage points, 44% to 42%, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted on July 23. With 49% to 46% support, Trump was ahead of Harris in a CNN poll done by SSRS. The margins of error for both polls were not very large.
After recovering from COVID at his home in Delaware, Joe Biden returned to Washington and will address the nation from the Oval Office on July 24th. He will explain his decision to withdraw after a disastrous June debate with Donald Trump cast doubt on his chances of winning the election and serving another four years in office, should he be elected.
Trump spoke to reporters on a conference call on July 23, an unprecedented move, to reiterate his campaign's stance on the border and to accuse Harris of contributing to a record migrant influx.
Although Biden did not appoint Harris to oversee border security, he did place her in charge of coordinating with Central American nations to reduce the influx of migrants.
Trump made the statement on the phone, stating that the country does not want someone as radical left-wing as her to ruin it. "She favors unrestricted entrance to countries. "Everyone wants what she wants, but her." Removing border controls is not something that Harris has advocated for.
Since Biden abruptly withdrew from the race, the narrative has changed significantly, and Harris has received more attention than him. This comes after Trump had a successful week in which his party rallied behind his presidential campaign following a failed assassination attempt two weekends ago.
Democrats will seek to compete in the swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada, according to a memo made public on July 24 by Harris campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon. This shifts the focus from the Midwest, where Biden seemed to be leaning in the last weeks of his campaign, to these states.
The vice president's profile has grown, but it lags behind that of Trump and Biden, especially among Democratic-leaning voters, according to O'Malley Dillon's analysis of the campaign.
The Democrats will officially propose their new ticket at the convention in Chicago next month following a virtual vote on August 7. Some have speculated that North Carolina's Democratic governor Roy Cooper would be a potential running mate for Harris.
The Harris campaign has been moving at a dizzying rate to rally Democratic lawmakers and delegates from around the nation behind her. Many of her opponents who were considering running against her for the nomination have now joined her and given their full support. With 64% of contributors making their first donation of the 2024 campaign, the Harris campaign said on July 24 that it has garnered $126 million since July 22.
