Democratic Party’s Indian-origin vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris will deliver a speech on Thursday to counter President Donald Trump’s remarks at the Republican National Convention after formally accepting the party’s presidential re-nomination.
Harris will speak “on President Trump’s failures to contain Covid-19 and protect working families from the economic fallout” and the “Biden-Harris plan to contain Covid-19 and build a different path forward in America,” The Hill quoted a press release from the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign as saying.
While Trump is planning to give his speech from the South Lawn of the White House lawn, Harris’s remarks from Washington DC will serve as the Democratic Party’s main counter to his appearance, the report said.
Biden and Harris both railed against Trump’s leadership at last week’s Democratic National Convention.
“Donald Trump’s failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods,” Harris, 55, the first Indian-American and first Black woman to be chosen as a vice-presidential candidate for a major political party in the US, said last week.
The Biden campaign is ramping up Harris’ activities following what was a largely well-received address last week, scheduling her for three virtual fundraisers, online discussions and publishing an op-ed discussing women’s right to vote, the daily said.
Democrats are hopeful that Harris will be able to successfully make the case against a second term for Trump while also appealing to Black women and other voters of colour.