WASHINGTON: Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris has launched her 2020 presidential bid on Sunday with a scathing grievance of President Donald Trump's policies, saying that the US is at an "inflection point" within the history due to the attack on democracy like by no means sooner than.
Harris, 54, who used to be elected to the Senate in 2016, announced her run for government remaining week. She has been voted on best of the record of Democratic leaders meaning to defeat Trump within the November 2020 election.
Harris, the second one African-American lady elected to the US senate, has drawn comparisons to Barack Obama since early in her political occupation.
"We are at an inflection point in the history of our nation. We are here because the American dream and our American democracy are under attack and on the line like never before," she mentioned.
"When we have leaders who bully and attack a free press and undermine our democratic institutions, that's not our America," she mentioned, with out bringing up Trump's identify.
She criticised "the arrogance of power" she saw in wealthy financial institution executives after the foreclosure crisis, and mentioned that Americans needed to be fair about the country's problems with racism, sexism, anti-semitism and transphobia.
She also emphasised team spirit, praising "the amazing spirit of the American people" and pledging her desire to be a president, echoing former president Abraham Lincoln's famous phrases, "Of the people, by the people, and for all people."
Pointing to Trump's xenophobic rhetoric, his policies at the border, and his choice to shut down the federal government in a failed attempt to get investment for his arguable plan to construct a wall alongside the US-Mexico border, she mentioned, "People are trying to convince us that the villain in our American story is each other."
"But that is not our story. That is not who we are."
"We are better than this," she mentioned.
Recollecting the preventing spirit of her Indian mom, Shyamala Gopalan, who migrated to the US from Tamil Nadu for research, Harris instructed a cheering crowd in her hometown of Oakland, California, that this used to be no longer going to be a very easy election pitted towards an incumbent like Trump.
Harris spoke of an America where "we welcome refugees" and denounced President Trump's plan to construct a wall alongside the US-Mexico border as a "medieval vanity project".
"If I have the honour of being your president I will tell you this: I am not perfect. Lord knows, I am not perfect. But I will always speak with decency and moral clarity and treat all people with dignity and respect. I will lead with integrity. And I will tell the truth," she mentioned.
"My mother used to say don't sit around and complain about things. Do something," Harris mentioned in her spectacular speech that lasted for more than 30 mins.
"With the fighting spirit I got from my mother, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the United States. And I will tell you, I'm running for president, because I love my country," Harris instructed the crowd estimated to be round 20,000, a few blocks clear of where she used to be born.
So some distance four ladies Democratic leaders have entered the presidential race. Apart from Harris, the three others are Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii.
All of them need to pass via a grilling presidential primary starting subsequent January, the winner of which might be announced within the Democratic National Convention in July 2020. The nominee would problem incumbent Trump, a Republican, within the presidential election in November that yr.
Quoting the former presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, Harris mentioned challenging an incumbent is not simple.
"Of course, we know this is not going to be easy guys. We know what the doubters will say is that they always say, they'll say it's not your time. They'll say, wait your turn. They'll say, the odds are long. They'll say, it can't be done.... But, America's story has always been written by people who can see what can be unburdened by what has been... that's our story."
"I say to you my friends, these are not ordinary times, and this will not be an ordinary election. But this is our America.... We can reclaim the American dream for every single person in our country. We can restore America's moral leadership on this planet," she added.
Asserting that she working to combat for an America where the economic system works for working, Harris promised schooling and healthcare for all if elected as the 46th US president.
Harris used to be the first African-American and Indian-American lawyer of California, sooner than being elected as the US Senator. Already having many firsts in her identify, Harris will be the first lady president of the rustic if she wins.
Alleging that too many black and brown Americans are being locked up for mass incarceration, she called for drastic restore of legal justice machine. "Let's also speak the truth that too many unarmed black men and women are killed in America."
Critical of Trump's international coverage, Harris mentioned below this management, America's place on this planet had by no means been weaker. "When democratic values are under attack around the globe, when authoritarianism is on the march, when nuclear proliferation is on the rise, when we have foreign powers infecting the White House like Malware, let's speak about truth our present danger," she mentioned.
"And let's face the biggest truth, the biggest truth of all: In the face of powerful forces trying to sow hate and division among us, the truth is that as Americans we have so much more in common than what separates us," she added.
Harris, 54, who used to be elected to the Senate in 2016, announced her run for government remaining week. She has been voted on best of the record of Democratic leaders meaning to defeat Trump within the November 2020 election.
Harris, the second one African-American lady elected to the US senate, has drawn comparisons to Barack Obama since early in her political occupation.
"We are at an inflection point in the history of our nation. We are here because the American dream and our American democracy are under attack and on the line like never before," she mentioned.
"When we have leaders who bully and attack a free press and undermine our democratic institutions, that's not our America," she mentioned, with out bringing up Trump's identify.
She criticised "the arrogance of power" she saw in wealthy financial institution executives after the foreclosure crisis, and mentioned that Americans needed to be fair about the country's problems with racism, sexism, anti-semitism and transphobia.
She also emphasised team spirit, praising "the amazing spirit of the American people" and pledging her desire to be a president, echoing former president Abraham Lincoln's famous phrases, "Of the people, by the people, and for all people."
Pointing to Trump's xenophobic rhetoric, his policies at the border, and his choice to shut down the federal government in a failed attempt to get investment for his arguable plan to construct a wall alongside the US-Mexico border, she mentioned, "People are trying to convince us that the villain in our American story is each other."
"But that is not our story. That is not who we are."
"We are better than this," she mentioned.
Recollecting the preventing spirit of her Indian mom, Shyamala Gopalan, who migrated to the US from Tamil Nadu for research, Harris instructed a cheering crowd in her hometown of Oakland, California, that this used to be no longer going to be a very easy election pitted towards an incumbent like Trump.
Harris spoke of an America where "we welcome refugees" and denounced President Trump's plan to construct a wall alongside the US-Mexico border as a "medieval vanity project".
"If I have the honour of being your president I will tell you this: I am not perfect. Lord knows, I am not perfect. But I will always speak with decency and moral clarity and treat all people with dignity and respect. I will lead with integrity. And I will tell the truth," she mentioned.
"My mother used to say don't sit around and complain about things. Do something," Harris mentioned in her spectacular speech that lasted for more than 30 mins.
"With the fighting spirit I got from my mother, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the United States. And I will tell you, I'm running for president, because I love my country," Harris instructed the crowd estimated to be round 20,000, a few blocks clear of where she used to be born.
So some distance four ladies Democratic leaders have entered the presidential race. Apart from Harris, the three others are Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii.
All of them need to pass via a grilling presidential primary starting subsequent January, the winner of which might be announced within the Democratic National Convention in July 2020. The nominee would problem incumbent Trump, a Republican, within the presidential election in November that yr.
Quoting the former presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, Harris mentioned challenging an incumbent is not simple.
"Of course, we know this is not going to be easy guys. We know what the doubters will say is that they always say, they'll say it's not your time. They'll say, wait your turn. They'll say, the odds are long. They'll say, it can't be done.... But, America's story has always been written by people who can see what can be unburdened by what has been... that's our story."
"I say to you my friends, these are not ordinary times, and this will not be an ordinary election. But this is our America.... We can reclaim the American dream for every single person in our country. We can restore America's moral leadership on this planet," she added.
Asserting that she working to combat for an America where the economic system works for working, Harris promised schooling and healthcare for all if elected as the 46th US president.
Harris used to be the first African-American and Indian-American lawyer of California, sooner than being elected as the US Senator. Already having many firsts in her identify, Harris will be the first lady president of the rustic if she wins.
Alleging that too many black and brown Americans are being locked up for mass incarceration, she called for drastic restore of legal justice machine. "Let's also speak the truth that too many unarmed black men and women are killed in America."
Critical of Trump's international coverage, Harris mentioned below this management, America's place on this planet had by no means been weaker. "When democratic values are under attack around the globe, when authoritarianism is on the march, when nuclear proliferation is on the rise, when we have foreign powers infecting the White House like Malware, let's speak about truth our present danger," she mentioned.
"And let's face the biggest truth, the biggest truth of all: In the face of powerful forces trying to sow hate and division among us, the truth is that as Americans we have so much more in common than what separates us," she added.
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