Kamala Harris speaks to Barack and Michelle Obama as they endorse her candidacy for the White House
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The field of potential vice presidential running mates to join presumptive nominee Kamala Harris on the 2024 Democratic Party ticket got narrower on Monday.
First, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer ruled herself out.
In an appearance on Morning Joe, Whitmer said she “had made a commitment to serve out her term as governor” and can be “an excellent ally to a President Harris” in that role and as co-chair of the campaign.
Then came reports that North Carolina governor Roy Cooper has also reportedly taken himself out of consideration.
That leaves three serious contenders in the eyes of the Harris campaign: Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, according to Bloomberg.
The Harris presidential campaign has raked in more than $200m in donations in the week since Joe Biden exited the race and the vice president stepped up to replace him on the ticket.
Meanwhile, Democrats are focusing attacks on Trump’s running mate JD Vance, as emails shared with The New York Times by a former friend of Vance show him criticizing Trump for “racism” and as a “morally reprehensible human being”, underlining the political pivot he made in recent years.
Key PointsShow latest update 1722299404Harris gaining on Trump among Hispanic voters, new poll shows
Gustaf Kilander looks at the numbers.
Oliver O’Connell30 July 2024 01:30
1722299119North Carolina governor Roy Cooper takes himself out of the running for Kamala Harris’ VP
A widely popular governor of a swing state, some saw him as having the potential to flip a state Democrats have not won in 16 years. A staple in North Carolina politics, Cooper had served as attorney general for sixteen years before he beat an incumbent Republican governor in 2016 despite the fact that Donald Trump carried the Tar Heel state.
Eric Garcia has the story.
Josh Marcus30 July 2024 01:25
1722295804In support of Kamala Harris, Joan Baez changes lyrics to ‘America the Beautiful’
The folk musician and activist, 83, shared a video of herself singing “America the Beautiful” on Sunday (28 July), as she played an acoustic guitar.
Roisin O’Connor has the story.
Oliver O’Connell30 July 2024 00:30
1722295742North Carolina governor Roy Cooper reportedly out of Kamala Harris veepstakes
North Carolina governor Roy Cooper has reportedly taken himself out of consideration to serve as presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’s running mate in the 2024 election.
Cooper, 67, reportedly made the call based on concerns about his age and that North Carolina’s lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, would take over for him if he left for national office, according to anonymous sources who spoke with CNN.
Josh Marcus30 July 2024 00:29
1722294004Joe Biden says Kamala Harris will continue to be an ‘inspiring leader’
Oliver O’Connell30 July 2024 00:00
1722292204Veepstakes: Who’s in the running?
Here’s Eric Garcia with The Independent’s latest ranking of Kamala Harris’s potential running mates.
Oliver O’Connell29 July 2024 23:30
1722291304Watch: Shapiro says as Trump hugs US flag ‘he’s ripping away our freedoms’
Oliver O’Connell29 July 2024 23:15
1722290704Biden says court reform needed to protect civil rights
President Joe Biden on Monday said his proposal to reform the nation’s highest court is in keeping with the tradition of expanding and protecting civil rights and a justified response to the current Supreme Court’s effort to roll back a whole host of rights enjoyed by Americans and plans laid out in Donald Trump’s “Project 2025.”
Speaking at the Lyndon Johnson presidential library at an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act that ended legal segregation in America, Biden said Republicans are “planning another onslaught” of attacks against civil rights to follow up on the end of the federal right to abortion and a restrictions on enforcement of the Voting Rights Act signed into law by Johnson nearly six decades ago.
He also slammed the high court for its’ recent decision granting presidents broad immunity for official acts in response to Trump’s effort to avoid criminal charges stemming from his efforts to unlawfully remain in office after losing the 2020 election.
Oliver O’Connell29 July 2024 23:05
1722289504Watch: GOP senator gets schooled about name-calling in contentious Fox News interview
Oliver O’Connell29 July 2024 22:45
1722288604American flags should be born in the USA now, too, Congress says
Soon, Old Glory will have to be born in the land of the free and not merely flying over it.
Congress has passed a proposal to require the federal government to purchase only American flags that have been completely manufactured in the U.S. The U.S. imports millions of American flags from overseas, mostly from China, and the sponsors of the proposal said it’s time for American flags to originate in the country they represent.
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