Kamala Harris wins the majority of delegates and has already collected 250 million
The Vice-President has the Democratic nomination for the White House in her pocket, with a formal vote promised by 7 August. Promises: 'The country will not turn back'
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Kamala Harris has the Democratic Party nomination in her pocket, on the strength of a majority of delegates who have already declared themselves in her favour after Joe BIden withdrew. And she has taken the lead in the campaign against Donald Trump in the presidential election: in the evening she went to the headquarters that had been Joe Biden's in Delaware and strongly attacked the Republican candidate. Recalling her own beginnings as a prosecutor, dealing with crooks and predators, she said: 'I know what Trump is made of. Pledging to defeat him, he added, 'America will not go backwards'.
Gained a majority of delegates
.Harris has consolidated the support of the party behind him in record time, whose delegates are expected to make his nomination official before the 19 August convention. He has now won, according to Associated Press calculations, the support of more than 2,200 delegates, more than the 1,976 needed. The party leadership, the rules committee to be precise, will meet in the next few hours and has indicated that it will hold a virtual vote of the delegations by 7 August.
All possible challengers support her
.All the potential internal challengers have now endorsed her, from Gavin Newsom of California to Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, and former sceptic and influential former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has also sided with her. She also has an upcoming meeting scheduled with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House whip Hakeem Jeffries, who, however, has already stated that Harris, who would become the first black woman elected President, has enthused the party base.
Donations of 250 million
.Democratic donors, in turn, have resumed writing cheques en masse to her and the party, totalling an estimated 250 million in the space of a day, mind-boggling figures. The progressive stronghold of Hollywood is mobilising again, after the cold shoulder with Biden, and Harris has received the support of, among others, Barbra Streisand. Alongside Harris, networks of female entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley have also lined up.
The choice of vice-president under consideration
Harris' first major decision will now be the choice of his vice presidential candidate and he is proceeding with a bang: he has entrusted the examination of the papabili to Barack Obama's former Justice Secretary, Eric Holder. In contention are mainly moderate governors or senators from uncertain states.
