Election 2024 Latest: DNC chair says Harris secured enough delegate votes to become party nominee
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Published3 Aug 2024, 12:09 AM IST
Election 2024 Latest: DNC chair says Harris secured enough delegate votes to become party nominee
Vice President Kamala Harris had secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to become the party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said Friday.
The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but Harris' campaign marked the moment when she crossed the threshold to have the majority of delegates’ votes.
The announcement came after the campaign said earlier that it raised $310 million last month, an eyepopping sum showing that donors who once seemed spooked about the prospects for November’s election with President Joe Biden are now offering mountains of cash to boost his former No. 2.
The haul by Harris, the Democratic National Committee and affiliated entities far outpaced Republican former President Donald Trump, whose campaign and assorted committees said they took in $138.7 million for July.
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Here's the Latest: Shapiro: Vance is a ‘phony-baloney’
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is jousting verbally with Republican Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance.
The repartee started speaking Friday at a news conference on higher education policy at Cheyney University near Philadelphia when a reporter said Vance had called Shapiro a “really bad impression of Barack Obama.”
“That what he said?” Shapiro asked. “Barack Obama was probably our most gifted orator of my time. So it’s kind of a weird insult, I guess.”
Shapiro then launched into a criticism of Vance, calling him a “phony-baloney” and saying, “It is real hard being honest with the American people when you’re not honest with yourself.”
“He doesn’t know what he believes and that is why it is impossible for him to articulate a coherent message to the American people. Because he doesn’t believe it,” Shapiro said. Pennsylvania governor dodges VP questions again
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, under consideration to become Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate in the November election, batted away question after question about it.
He wouldn’t answer questions about what qualities he’d bring to the ticket, whether he’d accept an offer or whether he’s planning on meeting with Harris over the weekend.
“Ya’ll think I’m going to tell you what I’m doing? Come on,” he said Friday to laughter from attendees at a news conference on higher education policy at Cheyney University, a historically Black university about 15 miles (24 kilometers) outside Philadelphia.
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