All the 50 Democratic Party Presidents they approved Kamala Harris as new presidential candidate of the party against the Republican candidate and former president, Donald Trump. Reuters reports. The presidents held a conference call after Joe Biden announced he was stepping aside as the party’s nominee.
Meanwhile, a Democrats’ Donation Boom: Since Kamala Harris launched her campaign, 46.7 million dollars have been raised among small donors
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“Following President Biden’s announcement, our members immediately rallied behind a candidate who has a long track record of winning tough elections and is a proven leader on the issues that matter to Americans: reproductive freedom, preventing gun violence, protecting the climate, justice reform, and rebuilding the economy,” Ken Martin, chairman of the Association of State Democratic Committees, said in a statement.
The US vice president Kamala Harris has so far won the support of more than 500 Democratic delegates, out of a total of 4,700. that will be at the Party Convention scheduled for August in Chicago, for her nomination as a presidential candidate in November. CNN reports, according to which this number is expected to grow in the coming months.
Tonight is Vance’s first solo appearance
Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance, the vice presidential nominee, will make his first solo campaign appearance on Tuesday, AP reports. Vance will hold a rally in his hometown of Middletown in the afternoon, followed by a second rally in Radford, Virginia, later that evening. Vance had been expected to face Vice President Kamala Harris in a debate, but with Biden’s departure and the Democratic ticket unstable, the senator is following Trump’s lead and focusing on a joint Biden-Harris attack. “President Trump and I are ready to save America, whoever tops the Democratic ticket,” Vance said in a post on X yesterday.