Kamala Harris Becomes First Woman Of Color On A Major Ticket

Erin Burnett OutFront

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4.4 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate for the 2020 presidential election. Harris is now the first woman of color to be put on a major ticket. Biden and Harris are to appear for the first time as the Democratic ticket tomorrow. Harris has been a United States senator since 2017 and was previously California attorney general. Biden says he first met Harris through his son, Beau: "I thought a lot about that as I made this decision." A Biden official said that Biden called Kamala Harris to offer her the vice president job 90 minutes before the announcement. Trump responds to Biden choosing Harris as running mate. Trump dodges questions on past donations to Sen. Harris. Trump calls Harris "nasty" and "disrespectful" after Biden named her for the vice president position. Financial filings show that Trump donated $6,000 to Kamala Harris' campaign for attorney general. Trump said he is "surprised" that Biden picked Harris as running mare because she was "very, very nasty" to him. Trump attacks Sen. Kamala Harris by saying she's "just about the most liberal person in the United States senate." "Joe Biden nailed this decision," said Obama on Biden's Harris pick. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.0	Breaking news, Joe Biden making history, announcing Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate.
1:08.0	Plus a former longtime aide and a sorority sister at Howard University,
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1:22.6	front. And good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. Outfront tonight, breaking news history. Former Vice President Joe Biden picking Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Harris is the first black woman on a major party ticket in the United States of America. Now, by picking Harris, of course, Biden is embracing a former rival. And in a letter to supporters, Biden writes,
1:45.2	I first met Kamala through my son, Bo. They were both attorney generals at the same time.
1:49.7	He had enormous respect for her and her work. I thought a lot about that as I made this decision.
1:55.2	As for Kamala Harris, she tweeted a short time ago, Joe Biden can unify the American people
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