Kamala Harris says it would be great to have vice president title but ‘Momala’ would be dearer
The 55-year-old Indian-American Senator weaved her personal story into a broader narrative of why she and Biden should win the race for the White House and form the country’s next administration over President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
Harris opened up about her own family during her maiden speech as the presumptive 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee in Wilmington, Delavare, along with Biden.
“Family is everything to me too. And I cannot wait for America to get to know my husband Doug and our amazing kids, Cole and Ella,” she said Wednesday, referring to her stepchildren.
“Whether I’m cheering in the bleachers at a swim meet, or setting up a college room dorm, or helping my goddaughter prepare for her school debate, or building Legos with my godson, or hugging my two baby nieces, or cooking dinner, Sunday dinner, my family means everything to me,” ..
As the child of immigrants, Biden said, Harris knows personally how immigrant families enrich the country, as well as the challenges of what it means to grow up Black and Indian-American in the United States of America.
“Her story is America’s story, different from mine in many particulars, but also not so different in the essentials.
“She has worked hard. She’s never backed down from a challenge, and she has earned each and every of the accolades and achievements that she has gained, many of them often in the face of obstacles that others put in her way, but never quit,” the former US vice president said.
