Joe Biden has appointed his deputy on Twitter. It's the black Senator Kamala Harris. Afro-Americans had previously requested this in an open letter.
- US presidential candidate Joe Biden has appointed his deputy.
- It's the African American Senator Kamala Harris .
- US President Donald Trump promptly shoots himself at Harris at a press conference.
Update from August 12, 6.47 a.m .: US President Donald Trump * has attacked the vice-presidential candidate of his election challenger Joe Biden, Kamala Harris , with disparaging remarks. Trump said in the White House on Tuesday that he was “surprised” by Biden's election, after all, the black senator had done “very, very badly” in the Democratic primary race . The president also accused Harris of being “very mean” and “disrespectful” to Biden in the Democratic primary campaign .
Regarding the substantive positions of Harris, Trump said that he wanted to increase taxes and cut spending on the military . She is also against the so-called fracking for the production of oil and gas as well as for a "nationalized" health system. The president, who is behind Biden in polls, is trying to portray the Democrats as a "radical left" party ahead of the November 3rd * election . Biden announced on Tuesday that it would run against Trump with Harris by his side, making the 55-year-old senator the first woman and first black woman in US history to serve as vice president (see original message) .
Joe Biden nominates Kamala Harris as his deputy for the presidential election.
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US election: Biden gives in to pressure - Kamala Harris becomes runner-up candidate
Update from August 11, 10:33 p.m.: Now it's official. Joe Biden has announced his deputy in the battle for the chair in the White House. It will be the 55-year-old African American Senator Kamala Harris . The 77-year-old announced this a few minutes ago on the short message service Twitter. She was a fearless fighter for the little man, wrote Biden in his post. If the Democrats win the November election, Harris would be the first female vice president in the US .
I have the great honor to announce that I've picked @KamalaHarris - a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country's finest public servants - as my running mate.
- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 11, 2020Joe Biden nominates Kamala Harris as his deputy for the presidential election.
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US election 2020: Open letter from several African Americans puts pressure on Joe Biden
(First report from August 11th) Washington - US presidential candidate Joe Biden could actually go into the election campaign against the incumbent head of government of the USA, Donald Trump , relaxed . Many polls see the Democrats well ahead of their competitors. But an important and large group of voters is now making an open letter to him that may be crucial for the election.
2020 US election: African Americans are calling for a black vice president
After the murder of the African American George Floyd * and countless “ Black Lives Matter *” protests around the world, the concerns of black US citizens have come to the fore again, at the latest. And in order to know that their interests are now also represented politically, many African Americans , like Sean "Diddy" Combs or Ben Crump - the lawyer for George Floyd's * family - demand in an open letter from Biden that a black woman be nominated as the vice-presidential candidate. " If you don't choose a black woman in 2020, you will lose the choice. We don't want to choose between the lesser of two evils and we don't want to vote between the devil we know and the devil we don't know because we're fed up with it. to vote for the devil - period, “says the letter.
More than 100 Black men urge Biden to pick Black woman as vice president, writing that "failing to select a Black woman in 2020 means you will lose the election" https://t.co/LbvjaApHiG pic.twitter.com/lx1RKols9s
- CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 11, 2020The ball is now in the 77-year-old's half. But he announced at the beginning of March that if he won the election *, then a woman would be made Vice-President . It would be the first in US history. So far there are three favorites on the post. US Senator Kamala Harris and Barack Obama's national security advisor Susan Rice are very popular. But there is also a white applicant for Biden's deputy in Senator Elizabeth Warren .
2020 US election: the candidate will be named at the Democratic Party conference
Next week the Democratic Party Conference will be held in Milwaukee , Wisconsin. On the last day of the four-day event, Biden will deliver his nomination speech. Many celebrity Democrats are expected next to him. In addition to former President Bill Clinton , Michelle and Barack Obama will also speak. It is also expected that he will appoint his deputy there at the latest. With the first female vice-president, he will have a "historic partner" in his efforts to lead the country out of the crisis, according to a statement from the Democratic Party. Whoever is nominated, her speech is already scheduled for Wednesday (August 19th). (tel) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
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