Vice President Kamala Harris kept up her strong momentum today (July 24) as she addressed members of the historically Black sorority Zeta Phi Beta in deep red Indiana. In her speech, she urging the sorority to support her groundbreaking bid for the presidency in the upcoming November election.
“We are not playing around,” VP Harris emphasized in her speech. That part!
The Vice President, delivered her speech three days after she officially announced her candidacy for the White House.
VP Harris went on to say:
“In this moment, I believe we face a choice between two different visions for our nation, one focused on the future, the other focused on the past. And with your support, I am fighting for our nation’s future.” That she is!
You may know Indiana has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in nearly 16 years, but VP Harris, who is of Black and South Asian descent, spoke to a friendly audience already enthusiastic about her candidacy.
Her energetic campaign, flowing with record breaking campaign dollars aims to leverage this enthusiasm to broaden its coalition.
As said in previous speeches, VP Harris expressed gratitude to the women in the room for their efforts in electing her as vice president alongside Joe Biden:
”And now, in this moment, our nation needs your leadership once again,” she said.
Get this, VP Harris mentioned that Biden would address the nation later that Wednesday in what is expected to be one of his most important speeches of his career to explain his pivotal decision to step aside, calling him “a leader with a bold vision.” She added, “We are all deeply, deeply grateful for his service to our nation,” before starkly contrasting her administration’s agenda with Trump’s plan to in what many people feel will destroy democracy as we know it.
ICYMI, after VP Harris announced her candidacy, about 90,000 Black women joined a video call Sunday night to show their support for the Howard University alumna and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sister.
90,000 Black women on one call. Wow.
At the event, VP Harris adopted Beyoncé’s song “Freedom” as her walk-on music at events adding to the electricity of her campaign. The Beyhive is bound to show up and show out for sure.
What’s next? Following her Indiana visit, VP Harris is scheduled to travel to Houston on Thursday to speak at the national convention of the American Federation of Teachers, which has endorsed her candidacy. That’s a big deal. Teachers matter and VP Kamala Harris understands who she will need to help her win the White House.
Exciting times.
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