Hillary Clinton says Harris is talented, experienced and can beat Trump
Former US Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says in an op-ed published Tuesday in the New York Times that Vice President Kamala Harris is talented, experienced, and can defeat Donald Trump.
‘Elections are about the future. That’s why I’m excited about Vice President Kamala Harris’s candidacy. She represents a new beginning for American politics. She can offer a vision full of hope and unity. She’s talented, experienced, and ready to be president. And I know she can beat Donald Trump,’ the former first lady wrote in the Times.
In her article titled ‘I know Kamala Harris can beat Donald Trump’, Clinton indicates that although Harris is ‘well prepared for this moment’, ‘like many women in politics’, she is being ‘underestimated’.
‘I know a thing or two about how difficult it can be for strong female candidates to fight against the sexism and double standards of American politics,’ says the Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential election, which she lost to Trump.
The former secretary of state says it still “hurts” her not to have become the first female president of the United States, but she is proud that her two presidential campaigns—she also lost to Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic primaries—”made”it seem normal” for a woman to crown an electoral ballot.
Clinton refers to Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the presidential election as “an act of patriotism.”
‘Biden has done something difficult and rare. Serving as president was his dream. And when he finally got there, he was exceptionally proficient at it. Giving up and accepting that finishing the job meant passing the baton required real moral clarity,’ Clinton writes.
Last Sunday, Biden announced in a letter to the American people that he was withdrawing from the presidential race, following criticism from within his own party for his poor performance in the first electoral debate against Donald Trump (2017–2021) that took place on June 27.
He said he did it for the good of the country and the party, and he announced that he would address the nation this week to explain what had happened.
Biden has chosen his vice president, Kamala Harris, as his successor, who on Monday secured enough delegates to secure the nomination at the upcoming Democratic National Convention, which begins on August 19 in Chicago.
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