WILMINGTON, USA – US Vice President Kamala Harris, building Democratic backing for her sudden presidential run, rallied supporters on Monday, July 22, with a debut campaign speech vowing to go after Republican nominee Donald Trump like the courtroom prosecutor she once was. “I took on perpetrators of all kinds. Predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain,” Harris told campaign workers 28 hours after President Joe Biden, 81, abandoned the 2024 White House race and endorsed her.
“So hear me when I say I know Donald Trump’s type. In this campaign, I will proudly, I will proudly put my record against his,” said Harris, who was attorney general of California and a US senator before serving as Biden’s vice president. Trump is due to be sentenced in September after having been found guilty of falsifying business records to hide hush money payments to a porn star.
He also faces criminal charges related to his efforts to overturn Biden’s 2020 victory. He falsely claims he lost because of election fraud. Biden, who pulled out of the race on Sunday amid questions about his age and health, called into Harris’ campaign event.
Recovering from COVID-19 at his home in Delaware, he sounded hoarse but appreciative of his vice president. He said he thought he had made the right decision by dropping out. Biden, the oldest person ever to occupy the Oval Office, said on Sunday he would remain in the presidency u.
