Kamala Harris becomes the Democratic candidate for the US presidency

Washington, Aug 2 (EFE).- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday secured the delegate votes needed to mathematically become the Democratic Party’s nominee for the Nov. 5 presidential election.

Harris today surpassed the threshold of 1,976 delegates needed to be confirmed as the party’s nominee, although the virtual vote of delegates will not officially end until next Monday.

“I am proud to confirm that Vice President Harris has secured a supermajority of the convention delegate votes and will be the Democratic nominee after voting closes on Monday,” said Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Jaime Harrison in an internal call.

Kamala Harris appeared immediately afterwards to thank the party for the trust it has placed in her and to assure that she feels “honoured” to have been chosen to replace the president, Democrat Joe Biden, in the presidential race, after he gave up re-election just two and a half weeks ago due to his disastrous role in the debate with Republican Donald Trump.

“I am honored to be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. I will officially accept the nomination next week,” Harris said.

In a lightning-fast process, Biden gave his support to Harris and in successive virtual meetings the delegates who had been elected in the primary process and who had pledged their vote for the president began to declare their support for the vice president.

The DNC gave other candidates until Tuesday, but Harris was ultimately the only contender for the Democratic nomination and was therefore guaranteed her nomination, which will be made official on Monday and will be staged at the Democratic National Convention that begins on the 19th in Chicago (Illinois).

Kamala Harris must now announce her vice presidential nominee, which could come as early as next week.

Harris, 59, is the first black woman with Indian roots to be nominated for the US presidency.

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