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Kamala Harris: Trump ‘turns our tragedies into political weapons’

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Kamala Harris: Trump ‘turns our tragedies into political weapons’
(UPDATED) 'Donald Trump's failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods,' says Kamala Harris as she accepts the Democratic nomination for vice president

Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president Wednesday, August 19 (Thursday, August 20, Manila time) with an appeal for national unity after what she said had been US President Donald Trump’s deadly “failure of leadership.”

Accusing Trump of turning “our tragedies into political weapons,” Harris called on Americans to vote for Joe Biden, “a president who will bring all of us together – Black, White, Latino, Asian, Indigenous – to achieve the future we collectively want.”

“Donald Trump’s failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods,” she said. “We’re at an inflection point.”

Harris is making history as the first black woman on a major party’s White House ticket. If Biden defeats Trump on November 3, she would likewise become the first female vice president in US history.

Harris, the California senator whom Biden picked to be his vice president, spoke live from Wilmington, Delaware, Biden’s hometown and campaign headquarters.

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The nomination is the latest in a lifetime of firsts for the 55-year-old daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother who were immigrants to the United States.

Harris was the first black attorney general of California, the first woman to hold the post, and the first woman of South Asian heritage to be elected to the US Senate.

America’s first black president, Barack Obama, also attacked Trump as a failure during his speech on the third night of the all-online Democratic convention.

The Republican Party, meanwhile, is to hold its virtual convention next week and nominate Trump to serve 4 more years. – Rappler.com

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