Senator Kamala Harris officially launched her campaign for Democratic
presidential nomination at a rally at which she said the world and the
United States were at an “inflection point”, attacked President Donald
Trump’s policies, and invoked repeatedly her Indian-origin mother as her
inspiration.
Harris had announced her White House 2020 run past
week on Martin Luther King Day, but on Sunday Jan 27,2019, she kicked it off
ceremonially in Oakland, California, where she was born and spent her
formative years and where she returned as a lawyer to start her career
in law enforcement as a district attorney.
With a giant US national flag as the backdrop, Harris, 54, began by talking about her parents — Donald Harris, who came to the US from Jamaica, and Shyamala Gopalan Harris, who came from India. And said she and her younger sister were raised to value public service and fight for justice.
Her mother would say, she said,”Don’t sit around and complain about things, do something’.
Basically I think she was saying, ‘You’ve got to get up and stand up and don’t give up the fight’.”
She mentioned her mother a couple of times and the word “fight” more than 20 times, in varying contexts.
Harris launched shortly into her reasons for the seeking the highest political office in the country.
“We are here knowing that we are at an inflection point in the history of our world,” she said. “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.”
With a giant US national flag as the backdrop, Harris, 54, began by talking about her parents — Donald Harris, who came to the US from Jamaica, and Shyamala Gopalan Harris, who came from India. And said she and her younger sister were raised to value public service and fight for justice.
Her mother would say, she said,”Don’t sit around and complain about things, do something’.
Basically I think she was saying, ‘You’ve got to get up and stand up and don’t give up the fight’.”
She mentioned her mother a couple of times and the word “fight” more than 20 times, in varying contexts.
Harris launched shortly into her reasons for the seeking the highest political office in the country.
“We are here knowing that we are at an inflection point in the history of our world,” she said. “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.”
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