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Kamala Harris, a trailblazer eyeing America’s last glass ceiling
- Harris, first woman, black and South Asian vice-president in US history, finds herself feted as Democrats’ best hope to stop Trump’s return
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For years Kamala Harris faced criticism that she was not up to the job of being a heartbeat away from the presidency. Now, she finds herself feted by Democrats as their best hope to stop Donald Trump’s comeback.
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Despite blazing a trail as the first woman, black and South Asian vice-president in US history, the 59-year-old Democrat long struggled with approval ratings as bad or worse than US President Joe Biden’s.
The past 12 months, however, have revealed a transformed Harris.
And with Biden’s endorsement of Harris after stunning the world by dropping his own re-election bid on Sunday, she is suddenly on the cusp of history.
Harris will hope she has done the hard work to earn her full party’s backing in the midst of the crisis.
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