Vice President Kamala Harris has received enough votes from Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison announced Friday.
Eko Hot Blog gathered that, Harris, who said she will formally accept the nomination next week after the virtual roll call is complete on Monday, will become the first Black woman and first Asian American to lead a major-party ticket.
In his reaction, President Joe Biden congratulated Harris in a post on social media on Friday.
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He said that he “couldn’t be prouder” of her after she earned enough votes to win the Democratic Party nomination.
“One of the best decisions I’ve made was picking @KamalaHarris as my vice president. Now that she will be our party’s nominee, I couldn’t be prouder. Let’s win this,” the post reads.
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