Kamala Harris accepts vice-presidential nomination on historic night
Democratic nominee urges voters to reject Donald Trump and says: ‘We can do better and deserve so much more’
- Obama delivers withering attack on Trump
Kamala Harris, a California senator and daughter of immigrants who has broken racial barriers at every step of her political career, made US history on Wednesday night as she became the first Black woman and first Asian American to formally accept a major party’s vice-presidential nomination.
In the most consequential speech of her career to date, Harris urged voters to reject the divisive and destructive leadership of Donald Trump, calling him a president who “turns our tragedies into political weapons”.
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