Kamala Harris has launched her campaign for the White House, after President Joe Biden stepped aside Sunday under pressure from party leaders.

The vice president has Biden’s endorsement, and is unchallenged as yet for the Democratic nomination, which will be formally decided at the Aug. 19 convention in Chicago.

“I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,” Harris said in a statement. “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party—and unite our nation—to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda. We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will win.”

In her statement, the vice president paid tribute to Biden’s “extraordinary leadership,” saying he had achieved more in one term than many presidents do in two.

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    ooooh never thought about that. people dislike that she’s a prosecutor so i don’t know if she should use this at all but it’s still kinda awesome

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      The “soft on crime” line is completely broken, though. They can’t use it against her because the response is how she built a career around holding felons like Donald Trump accountable, and nothing else. There is zero comeback.

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        good point. funny how the “tough on crime” people are supporting a convicted felon. of course as with all of their issues it’s just code for bigotry.

        they don’t care about crime, they want to oppress black people.

        they don’t care about the sanctity of marriage or family, they want to oppress gay people.

        they don’t care about the welfare of babies, they want to oppress women.

        and as an obvious part of that of course they never cared about women’s safety in public places or women’s sports, they just want to oppress trans people.

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        she built a career around holding felons like Donald Trump accountable

        I hope she gets a chance to say something like that to his face in a debate

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      She already has, talked about she was a prosecutor who took down sex predators and scam colleges, both of which are Trump.