The announcement that she had secured the nomination came less than 36 hours after President Biden ended his reelection campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor as the Democratic presidential nominee.
“I am proud to have garnered the support necessary to be our party’s nominee,” the vice president wrote in a social media post shortly after midnight early Tuesday morning.
Harris touted the fact that she has received the support of a majority of the approximately 4,000 delegates at the Democratic National Convention, which begins in Chicago on August 19 next month.
Biden’s shocking news led most Democrats to endorse Harris, including state governors, senators, representatives and party chairs, and state convention delegations met over the past two days to voice their support for the vice president. And an Associated Press survey of Democratic delegations conducted late Monday showed Harris had overstepped the line.
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“As a Californian, I am proud that my home state’s delegation has led our campaign to success,” Harris said in a statement.
Harris’ nomination is likely to be officially announced within the next two weeks, as the Democratic National Committee plans to virtually cast its delegate nomination vote for the presidential candidate.
Harris is committed to winning the Democratic nomination
The Democratic National Committee’s rules committee will meet Wednesday to approve how the roll call will be conducted, but the vote is scheduled to be completed by Aug. 7, 12 days before the start of the convention, according to a draft of the proposed plan in a memo obtained by Fox News Monday night.
“We are living through an unprecedented moment in history and as a party we are taking it with the seriousness it deserves,” Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison said in a conference call with reporters. “We are prepared to conduct a transparent, expedited and orderly process to move forward as a unified Democratic Party with candidates who represent our values.”
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on the South Lawn of the White House during an event with NCAA college athletes, Monday, July 22, 2024. It was her first public appearance since President Biden endorsed her as the Democratic presidential nominee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Harrison also pushed back against criticism from former President Trump’s campaign and other Republicans that Democrats were ignoring the will of the voters by rushing to nominate Harris as the party’s standard-bearer to replace Biden, arguing that Democrats “can and will be swift and fair in executing this nomination.”
The DNC said the vice president and other candidates eligible for roll call will have several days to appeal for delegate support before virtual voting begins, which could happen as early as next week.
But Harris announced hours later that she had secured enough delegates to win the nomination, and her continued support across the party seems to have eliminated the possibility of anyone else mounting a serious challenge for the nomination.
The vice president has made a staggering amount since Biden left
In addition to securing the nomination, Harris has also raised an astonishing amount of money for her campaign.
Harris’ campaign announced Tuesday morning that VP Harris has raised more than $100 million since Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed her as his running mate on Sunday afternoon.
The campaign was notable for raising funds from over 1.1 million donors, 62% of whom were first-time donors to the campaign.
Separate from fundraising, vetting is also underway for Harris’ running mate, a source familiar with the campaign’s thinking confirmed to Fox News.
President Biden descends the steps of Air Force One, Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. (Susan Walsh/The Associated Press)
Meanwhile, Harris will embark on her first campaign trip on Tuesday since Biden dropped his candidacy.
The vice president’s visit, originally scheduled for Friday, will take him to Milwaukee, the largest city and Democratic stronghold in Wisconsin, a key Midwestern battleground state.
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Harris’ visit to Milwaukee came five days after Trump delivered his acceptance speech for the presidential nomination at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, where the four-day Republican National Convention was being held.
Harris made her first campaign appearance on Monday, stopping by Biden’s (now Harris’) campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware to galvanize campaign staff.
Former President Trump speaks on the final day of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Paul Sancia)
In hinting at a response to Trump, Harris took aim at the Republican presidential candidate.
“As you all know, before I was elected vice president, before I was elected senator, I served as attorney general of California. Before that, I was a trial prosecutor. In that role, I took on criminals of all kinds,” Harris said.
“A predator who abuses women, a conman who deceives consumers, a charlatan who breaks the rules for his own personal gain. So listen, we know what type of person Donald Trump is,” she emphasized, pointing to Trump’s multiple lawsuits and criminal cases, many of which are still pending.
Trump has slammed Harris in a number of posts on his Truth Social platform over the past two days.
Among other things, the former president called her “stupid as a stone” and a “completely failed, inconsequential vice president.”
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