Breaking: Democrat’s Biden Selects Kamala Harris As Running Mate

'Dotun Akintomide
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday selected Senator Kamala Harris of California as his choice for vice president, his campaign told supporters.

Harris, 55, becomes the first Black woman on a major presidential ticket in U.S. history and providing him with a partner well suited to go on the attack against Republican President Donald Trump.

Reacting to the news of her nomination on Twitter, Harris wrote: “And as president, he’ll build an America that lives up to our ideals.”

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“I’m honored to join him as our party’s nominee for Vice President, and do what it takes to make him our Commander-in-chief.”

With social unrest over racial injustice and police brutality against Black Americans rocking the country for months, Biden had been under increasing pressure to select a woman of color as his running mate. She is also the first Asian-American on a major presidential ticket.

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In Harris, a senator from California who made her own run for the White House before ending it and endorsing Biden, he gains a deeply experienced politician already battle-tested by the rigors of the 2020 presidential campaign as they head into the final stretch of the Nov. 3 election.

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