Kamala Harris has made abortion the centerpiece of her 2024 campaign
Vice President Kamala Harris launched a fervent plea for abortion rights on Tuesday, putting the burning issue at the center of her 2024 campaign.
Kamala Harris at Howard University, April 25, 2023 in Washington DC
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Democrats chanted “Four more years!” on university campuses in the US capital. They were warmly welcomed with slogans. Within hours of Joe Biden announcing his candidacy.
Kamala Harris, who called herself “proud” to represent herself with the octogenarian leader, has spoken at length about restrictions on abortion by “extremist” elected officials across the country — an issue she’s deeply involved with. “We live in a time when many hard-won freedoms are under attack,” he criticized, accusing the Republican opposition of wanting to ban abortion nationwide.
The Biden administration is betting that abortion can rally its base again in the 2024 presidential election — just as it did in the midterm elections last November.
After the Supreme Court ruling gutted constitutional abortion protections, Democrats, especially younger Democrats, turned out in droves. Several states with conservative majorities also voted in favor of this right. According to polls, a majority of Americans want to protect access to voluntary termination of pregnancy.
“at the polls”
Is this a sign that Democrats want to try to turn the inquiry around in the next election? Crossover “Abortion is on the ballot” T-shirts were handed out at the entrance to the amphitheater where Kamala Harris spoke.
Stephanie Nash, president of the Virginia Association for the Facilitation of Abortions, grabbed one, vowing to “keep up the fight.” This black woman, the first woman to be vice president and the first person of color, Kamala Harris, is thrilled to “use her office to make her voice heard.”
And Biden?
“I was so excited to see her!” Adds Naudia Thurman, a 19-year-old African-American student who is “hopeful” the abortion issue will be decisive by 2024. Still, “I think it’s going to be very important for Biden to be there,” judges the psychologist. student, according to whom women are often forced to take the lead on this issue.
Despite being a devout Catholic, Joe Biden has also become a staunch defender of abortion rights in the face of attacks from the American religious right.
In his first outing since announcing his candidacy, the Democratic leader chose to surround himself with American workers. Another priority of the “Biden-Harris” group for 2024 is an attack on the middle class.
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