Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 31st July. Salman Rushdie on Tuesday has backed Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidential elections, stated it is great to see a “black and Indian” woman running for the White House.
He called her rival, former President Donald Trump a “hollow man without a single noble quality”, the Booker Prize-winning author said the alternative can’t be allowed to happen.
Rushdie was speaking at a virtual event named ‘South Asian Men for Harris’, which was attended by the Indian-American community
“It’s a critical moment…I am a boy from Bombay, and it’s great to see an Indian woman running for the White House. My wife is African American, so we like the fact that there is a black and Indian woman running for the White House,” he said at the event.
He said that Harris entering the presidential race has ‘transformed’ American politics in the last week.
“Something very extraordinary, transformative has happened in American politics. In just under a week, the conversation has entirely changed with the arrival of Kamala Harris’ candidacy…it has happened in the most joyful way,” Rushdie added.
Indian-born British author Rushdie said he is “1000 per cent in for her.”
“We have to make that work, because, we can’t allow the alternative to happen…this hollow man without a single noble quality trying to drag this country towards authoritarianism. That cannot happen. Kamala, I believe, is the person, who can prevent it…I am right in 1000 per cent in for her,” Rushdie said.
Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and nominated his deputy, Kamala Harris, as the Democratic nominee for the race.
Harris signed US Vice President Kamala Harris signed the forms, officially declared her candidacy for the US presidential elections,
She emphasized that in November, her people-powered campaign would win and further reiterated that she would work hard to earn every vote.
Harris’ campaign announced its latest fundraising total, stated it has raised USD 200 million, the bulk of which (666 per cent) came from first-time contributors in the 2024 election cycle.
Over 1, 70,000 volunteers have signed up to help the Harris campaign with phone banking, canvassing, and other get-out-the-vote efforts.
Kamala Harris’ takeover has re-energized the Democratic campaign that had fell after Biden’s performance in the presidential debate against Trump, left the party in doubt about Biden’s chances of defeating Trump or his ability to continue in the White House if he had won.
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