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KAMALA HARRIS

A GAME

CHANGER?

The US vice president, whose late mother was born in India,

will definitely energize the Democratic Party base and mobilize the Indian-American
donors and community as she replaces Joe Biden on top of the ticket

OUR BUREAU
Washington, DC

n an expected decision, US Pres-
ident Joe Biden announced on
ISunday that he was not seeking
re-election in the “best interest” of
the party and the country. Biden said
he will speak to the nation later this
week in more detail about his deci-
sion. “And while it has been my in-
tention to seek reelection, I believe it
is in the best interest of my party and
the country for me to stand down and
to focus solely on fulfilling my duties
as President for the remainder of my
term. I will speak to the Nation later
this week in more detail about my de-
cision,” Biden stated in a letter post-
ed on X, just four months before the
presidential elections in the US.
Biden expressed gratitude to US
Vice President Kamala Harris for
being an “extraordinary partner” to
him. He even thanked people who
worked for his re-election.
He said, “For now, let me ex-
press my deepest gratitude to all
those who have worked so hard to
see me reelected. I want to thank Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, warned about the threat posed by former US President Donald Trump’s second term
Vice President Kamala Harris for and stressed that it is time to support Kamala Harris (File photo)
being an extraordinary partner in
all this work. And let me express my warned about the threat posed by for- Trump term. He has promised to be Harris as the Democratic nominee to
heartfelt appreciation to the Amer- mer US President Donald Trump’s a dictator on day one, and the recent become the next president will create
ican people for the faith and trust second term and stressed that it is ruling by his servile Supreme Court enthusiasm and inject energy to the
you have placed in me. I believe to- time to support Kamala Harris. will only embolden him to further Democrat poll campaign, just 100
day what I always have: that there “We are honored to join the Pres- shred the Constitution. Now is the days ahead of the election.
is nothing America can’t do - when ident in endorsing Vice President time to support Kamala Harris and Robinder Sachdev, Foreign Ex-
we do it together. We just have to re- Harris and will do whatever we can fight with everything we’ve got to pert and the founder president of
member we are the United States of to support her. We’ve lived through elect her. America’s future depends New Delhi-based The Imagindia
America.” many ups and downs, but nothing has on it,” they said. Institute, stated that Harris’ nom-
In the joint statement, Bill Clin- made us more worried for our coun- US President Joe Biden’s en- ination was inevitable following
ton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, try than the threat posed by a second dorsement of Vice President Kamala Continued on next page... >>

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