(UPDATE) WASHINGTON, D.C. — For years Kamala Harris faced criticism that she was not up to the job of being a heartbeat away from the United States presidency. Now, she finds herself feted by Democrats as their best hope to stop Donald Trump's comeback.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — For years Kamala Harris faced criticism that she was not up to the job of being a heartbeat away from the United States presidency. Now, she finds herself feted by Democrats as their best hope to stop Donald Trump's comeback.Despite blazing a trail as the first woman, Black and South Asian vice president in the nation's history, the 59-year-old Democrat has long struggled with approval ratings as bad or worse than President Joe Biden's.
Her focus on rights and justice saw her build an impressive curriculum vitae, becoming California's first Black attorney general and the first woman of South Asian heritage elected to the US Senate.Harris then went up against Biden in the 2020 primaries. In one stinging attack, she criticized him for allegedly opposing the busing of students to segregated schools.
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