Kamala Harris said her mother had a big role in her life.
Washington:
Taking center stage in U.S. politics for the first time after becoming the presumptive candidate for the Democratic Party’s vice-presidency, Indian-born Senator Kamala Harris recalled her mother Shyamala Gopalan, saying that she It was she who had taught him not to sit down and complain about things. during the time of the problem but do something to improve it.
The presumptive Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday named Harris, 55, his vice-presidential candidate, making history by selecting the first black woman to compete on the presidential ticket of a great party.
Making his first appearance with Biden in Wilmington, Delaware, Harris said his mother had a big role in his life.
“My mother, Shyamala, raised my sister Maya and I to believe that it was up to us, and every generation of Americans, to keep walking. She was telling us, don’t just sit around complaining about things, do something, ”Harris during her appearance in Wilmington, Delaware.
Harris, whose father is from Jamaica and whose mother is Indian, is currently the United States Senator from California.
“You know my mom and dad they came from both sides of the world to come to America, one from India and one from Jamaica, looking for a world class education,” she declared.
Harris’s mother, Shyamala, was a breast cancer specialist who emigrated from Tamil Nadu in 1960 to pursue a doctorate in endocrinology at the University of California at Berkeley. Father Donald J. Harris, who emigrated from British Jamaica in 1961, is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Stanford University.
“What brought them together was the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and that’s how they met as students on the streets of Oakland, marching and crying for this thing called justice. , in a struggle that continues today, “said Harris.
“And I was one of them. My parents would take me to demonstrations, strapped in tightly to my stroller. And my mother, Shyamala, raised my sister Maya and I to believe that it was up to us, and every generation of Americans, to keep walking, ”she says.
Inspired by how often her mother told her to do something, Harris said she had done something.
“So I did something. I have dedicated my life to making real the words carved in the United States Supreme Court, Equal justice under law. And 30 years ago I went before a judge for the first time, took a deep breath and said the phrase that would really guide my career and the rest of my career, Kamala Harris for the people, ”he said. she declared.
“People, that’s what I stood for as a district attorney, fighting on behalf of victims who needed help. People, that’s what I fought for as a Attorney General of California, when I took charge of transnational criminal organizations that traffic in weapons, drugs and people, ”Harris said.
Taking a jibe at President Donald Trump, Harris said she has worked to hold her officials accountable to the American people.
“And these are the people I fought for as a United States Senator, where I worked every day to hold Trump officials accountable to the American people. And the people are who Joe and I will fight for every day in the White House. ,” she says.
In his inaugural address, Harris also spoke about his family.
“I can’t wait for America to meet my husband, Doug, and our beautiful kids, Cole and Ella,” she said.
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