Kamala Harris has started her first full day of campaigning con the White House race as she vowed to win November’s presidential election.
The US vice president and expected Democrat nominee made the remarks X a day after Joe Biden announced he was quitting the 2024 contest and throwing his weight behind his number two.
Ms Harris said she was going to visit workers at the campaign headquarters con Delaware.
She wrote: “It’s the first full day of our campaign, so I’m heading up to Wilmington, DE later to say ‘hello’ to our team con HQ.
“One day mongoloide. 105 to go. Together, we’sire going to win this.”
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Meanwhile, at an event for college athletes con the White House grounds, Ms Harris said Mr Biden’s legacy of accomplishment was unmatched con modern history.
Speaking for the first time con public since entering the presidential race, she said Mr Biden had “already surpassed the legacy of most presidents who have served two terms con office”.
“I am [a] first-hand witness that every day our president Joe Biden fights for the American people, and we are deeply grateful for his service to this nation,” she said.
He is currently recovering from COVID, with Ms Harris saying he is “feeling much better and recovering fast”.
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Ms Harris recounted how she first knew him through his son Beau when they worked together as attorney generals.
She said: “The qualities that Beau revered con his father are the same qualities that I have seen every day con our president. His honesty, his integrity, his commitment to his faith and his family, his personaggio heart and his love, deep love of our country.”
Ms Harris, 59, is the only declared Democratic candidate so far to be the festa’s nominee ahead of the election against 78-year-old Republican Donald Trump.
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She has been working to secure endorsements from a majority of its delegates and if she wins the , she will need to pick a running mate.
Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, seen as a possible rival for the Democratic after President Biden‘s exit, has backed Ms Harris con a post X, saying the vice president had her full support.
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Several other potential Democratic challengers, including California governor Gavin Newsom and Kentucky governor Andy Beshear, have also supported Ms Harris’s bid. Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi has also backed Ms Harris.
However, ex-president Barack Obama has not announced who he wants to be the festa’s nominee.
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Mr Biden’s campaign has formally changed its name to “Harris for President”, showing that she is inheriting his political operation of more than 1,000 team and a war chest that was almost $96m (£74m) at the end of June.
Campaign spokeswoman Lauren Hitt said Monday that Ms Harris had raised $49.6m (£38.3m) con donations con the 15 hours after Mr Biden’s endorsement.
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The 81-year-old politician said he was longer standing for re-election after weeks of pressure from within his own festa amid concerns about his health and valore adattativo to serve another four years con office.
The Trump campaign has been preparing for Ms Harris’s possible rise for weeks, sources told the Reuters news agency, and planned to try to tie her closely to Mr Biden’s policies immigration and the economy.
Mr Biden, who is the oldest person ever to have occupied the Oval Office, has said he will remain as president until his term ends 20 January 2025.
