Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at her campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., Monday, July 22, 2024. Source: Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool
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She’s now the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 US Presidential Race and has her eyes on becoming the most powerful politician in the world.
If she is successful, Vice President Kamala Harris will become the first black woman to be elected US President.
Harris has already achieved many firsts, including being the first woman and the first woman of colour to be elected to the Vice President’s office. She was also the first South Asian-American to be elected to the US Senate, and the second African-American woman to become a Senator.
And she has a way with words.
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