Biden suggests Kamala Harris could be President: A sign of a possible alternative?
PTC News Desk: Speaking at the annual meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), US President Joe Biden, 81, said that Vice-President Kamala Harris "could be President of the United States". This coincides with growing calls from Democrats for Biden to withdraw from the race in advance of the presidential election scheduled for November 5.
Biden praised Harris, 59, saying, "She's not only a great vice president, she could be President of the United States," suggesting that she is the most qualified contender to succeed him should he decide to resign. But, Biden informed the assembly that he had already prepared arrangements for the first one hundred days of his upcoming second term.
As the first woman of colour to be elected president of the United States, Kamala Harris will create history if she defeats Biden in the presidential contest. Concerns over Biden's suitability for a second term have been raised by the Democratic Party due to his dismal showing in the first presidential debate.
As demands for his resignation mount, Vice-President Kamala Harris has become the front-runner to take his position.
Indian-American Kamala Harris is viewed as the obvious candidate to lead the opposition to Donald Trump. In the vice presidential debate, she is prepared to take on Trump's running partner, JD Vance. Vice President Kamala Harris has been dubbed "the future of the Democratic Party" by the White House.
According to a CNN survey, Trump and Harris are almost evenly matched, with 47 per cent of registered voters choosing Trump and 45 per cent choosing Harris. But according to the New York Post, Biden made no mention of his intention to drop out of the presidential contest.
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Assuring the audience that he had already planned for the first 100 days of his second administration, he signed voting rights legislation "come hell or high water" during his speech to the NAACP annual conference.
In addition, Biden criticised former President Donald Trump during his speech. Trump most recently escaped an attempted murder during a rally in Pennsylvania.
In a rare Oval Office speech following the attack, Biden urged Americans to "lower the temperature" of the campaign, according to the New York Post.
At the convention, Biden declared, "For Black Americans, Donald Trump's presidency was hell." He posed the question, "What the hell's the matter with this man?" in reference to the National Guard's handling of the riots in 2020 following the assassination of George Floyd.
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Trump's emphasis on expanding "black jobs" was derided by Biden, who also charged that he was "lying like hell" about their individual black unemployment rates.
"I love this phrase, 'black jobs,' it tells us a lot about the man and about his character," Biden stated. "I am aware of what a black job is, folks. This person is the US Vice-President. Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States, taught me what a black job is," he continued.
The president also denounced Trump for disseminating the birtherism claim that Barack Obama was not a citizen of the United States and wasn't born in the country. Politicians, according to Biden, would "undo everything the NAACP stands for."
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- With inputs from agencies
