The directors of
Kamala Harris, an American ambition
seem to think that their heroine will be the next president of the United States.
They promote it as if the product has always been wrongly underestimated, but retains the greatest chance in the Democratic camp.
However, two years after the start of Joe Biden's mandate, the vice president is struggling to exist next to the occupant of the Oval Office, both because of him, of the (non) status granted to the "Veep" and her fault.
If the objective was to gain credibility with an aging chef, it's been a complete failure so far.
“I was brought up to believe that I was unique”
However, Marjolaine Grappe and David Thomson prepare us for a possible Harris presidency in 2024 by chronicling, in chronological mode, the trajectory of Kamala Devi Harris.
A daughter of a Jamaican and an Indian university professors and civil rights activists.
“I was brought up with the idea that I was unique”
, explains the one who, very young,
“had a solid plan and accomplished it”
, according to a friend.
Elected attorney general of Oakland, then San Francisco, then California, Kamala treads the political trail in seven league boots, refusing to listen to
'those who tell you to wait your turn'
.
Along the way, she forges precious alliances, notably with the governor of the state, Willy Brown, but also makes enemies: the police for her refusal to demand the death penalty against the assassin of one of their colleagues, the black community for not prosecuting police blunders in San Francisco…
blunders and waffle
Harris calculates the cost-benefit ratio of his decisions as accurately as possible.
This succeeded so well that in 2015, she was propelled to the United States Senate, the second black woman in history to sit there.
The party is a bit marred by the concurrent election of Donald Trump, but it promises,
"I will fight for truth, transparency and trust."
Three years later, she is already a candidate for the White House.
A brutal exchange with Joe Biden during a debate pushes the latter to co-opt her on the Democratic “ticket”.
On January 20, 2021, a “glass ceiling” is shattered: first female vice-president, but also African-American and of Asian origin.
The Democrats believe they hold their Obama in the feminine.
Charged by Joe Biden with managing the chaos of immigration at the border, Kamala Harris stands out above all for her blunders and her jargon.
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Will she succeed
(next time)
where Hillary Clinton failed?
ask his biographers.
The Arte film leaves us doubtful.