Into the V.P. Pick: Kamala Harris

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Trymaine Lee, MS NOW

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🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Senator Kamala Harris makes history as the country’s first Black vice presidential nominee.

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0:00.0	I've been saying I'm sorry. Oh, I think I am just being told we have a pick.
0:12.4	Joe Biden finally has a running mate, Senator Kamala Harris.
0:16.0	It was a low key reveal befitting the times a tweet from Biden celebrating his one time
0:21.9	political opponent as a fearless fighter for the little guy.
0:26.2	And if they win, she will become not just the first black woman vice president, but also
0:31.2	the first woman vice president of any race.
0:34.1	And also due to the legacy of her mother, the first Asian American vice president.
0:39.1	It would be history, the rice made.
0:43.3	Biden promised to pick a woman back in March.
0:45.7	And over the past few months, calls for him to choose a black woman, grew louder and louder.
0:51.0	Harris is a moderate choice by former vice president Biden.
0:54.8	Before being elected to the Senate in 2017, Harris was district attorney in San Francisco
0:59.5	and attorney general of California.
1:01.9	Last year, Senator Harris was part of the most diverse group ever to run for president.
1:07.0	Despite being an early front runner, she lost momentum and dropped out before the Iowa
1:11.5	caucuses.
1:13.5	Although I am no longer running for president, I will do everything in my power to defeat
1:18.6	Donald Trump and fight for the future of our country and the best of who we are.
1:25.6	And I know you will too.
1:28.0	But not before creating one of the most viral moments of the democratic primary debates.
1:33.0	And I'm going to now direct this advice, President Biden.
1:36.2	I do not believe you are a racist.
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