From ‘That Little Girl’ to Democrats’ Savior: Kamala Harris’ Dizzying Rise to the Top
In less than a month, Kamala Harris has gone from being the most unpopular vice president in modern U.S. history to an adored Democratic presidential nominee who reversed the party’s fortunes, opening leads in some battleground states and putting former President Donald Trump on the defensive.
It is the latest twist in the improbable rise of Ms. Harris.
On Thursday, she will stand as a historic figure on the stage at Chicago’s United Center to formally accept the nomination. She will be the first woman of Black and Indian descent to accept a major party’s presidential nomination.
Ms. Harris has risen from a middle-class upbringing in Oakland, California, with a summer job at McDonald’s to an at times invisible and often mocked vice president under President Biden to suddenly find herself cast as the savior of the Democratic Party. . .
During a 2020 Democratic presidential debate, Ms. Harris tore into Mr. Biden, her future boss, blaming him for holding back generations of Black children because of his opposition to federal school busing while in the Senate. She told the story of a little Black girl who succeeded because she was bused to school and concluded the story by revealing, “That little girl was me.” (Read more from “From ‘That Little Girl’ to Democrats’ Savior: Kamala Harris’ Dizzying Rise to the Top” HERE)
