Days later, one of Biden’s leading rivals for the Democratic nomination spoke out in support of Flores saying: ‘I believe them, and I respect them being able to tell their story and having the courage to do it.’
That rival was none other than Kamala Harris, a Left-leaning Senator and former lawyer from California whose combative style has seen her variously described as a ‘tough, scrappy fighter who’s always counted out before she wins’ and the political equivalent of ‘the mum that knows exactly what’s going on and you’re all in trouble’.
In an ensuing TV debate, Harris stayed true to this form, coming dangerously close to calling Biden a racist by pointing out that he’d opposed efforts to combat segregation during the 1970s, an allegation he described as ‘a mischaracterisation of my position across the board’.
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If Biden were to win, she becomes not only the first woman but also the first person of both African-American and Indian-American heritage to be given the world’s second most powerful job.
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Given Biden’s age (he turns 78 later this month), her journey from stern critic to close ally of the new Commander-in-Chief could, crucially, have some way yet to run.
For were Biden unable to complete a full term — a development 59 per cent of voters think likely, according to one recent poll — she will automatically be handed the Presidency.
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To Republicans, that represents a truly terrifying prospect. Indeed, while Biden is widely regarded as a centrist, 56-year-old Harris has chosen to side with progressives on a host of hot-button topics, including abortion, gun control and tax reform.
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The Trump campaign has repeatedly denounced her as a ‘Trojan Horse for the radical Left’s extreme agenda’.
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Only last week, she was accused of peddling ‘Communist propaganda’ after Tweeting an animated video that preached the importance of equity — equal outcomes — rather than mere equality before the law.
During interviews, she’s repeatedly stressed her liberal credentials. In August, for example, she told a radio interviewer that she’d smoked weed ‘a long time ago’, while in college.
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In 2011, Harris was elected as Attorney General for the State of California, a role that made her the state’s ‘top cop’ and saw her controversially described by Barack Obama,
Then, at the 2016 election, she won a seat in the U.S. Senate where her lawyerly ability to aggressively cross-examine members of the Trump administration quickly saw her elevated to the status of rising star.
At the start of 2019, she formally announced her candidacy for the presidency. While that didn’t quite work out (running short of cash and support, she quit the race in December), events may just have taken her all the way to the White House.
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