Kamala Harris
While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last: US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris
Washington/IBNS: US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, who made history by becoming the first woman Black American and first Asian American to win the second-highest office in the country, in her address to the nation has said that even as she will be the first woman to lead the designation but the trend will definitely not end with her.
During her victory address to Americans, the 56-year old Vice President-elect said: "I know times have been challenging. Especially, the last several months. The grief, sorrow, and pain, the worries and the struggles, but we have also witnessed your courage, your resilience and the generosity of your spirit."
She said: "For four years, you marched and organized for equality and justice, for our lives and for our planet and then you voted. And you delivered a clear message. You chose hope and unity, decency, science, and yes, truth. You chose Joe Biden as the next president of the United States of America."
She said in choosing Joe Biden as the president of America, people chose 'hope and unity, decency, science, and truth.'
For four years, you marched and organized for equality and justice, for our lives, and for our planet. And then, you voted.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 8, 2020
You voted for hope, unity, decency, science, and truth when you chose @JoeBiden as the next President of the United States of America.
"You chose Joe Biden as the next President of America. You chose a healer, an uniter," said Harris.
She also assured that her leading the second-highest office in the US will only open opportunities for many women to dream and aspire for the same.
"While I will be the first woman in the office, I will not be the last because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities," said Harris.
While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last—because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 8, 2020
"The real works starts now. The road ahead is not easy but America is ready and so am I and Joe," she promised.
A US senator from California, Harris has served as San Francisco’s first female district attorney and was California’s first woman of colour to be elected attorney general.
Harris' mother and father emigrated from India and Jamaica. She had an aspiration for the President's post as she competed against Biden and others for the 2020 nomination from Democrats.
But she dropped from the race after facing criticism over her views of healthcare and alleged failure to deal with police shootout cases and wrongful conviction cases.
Biden found her appealing to women, coloured and immigrants, particularly after the "Black Lives Matter" protest rocked the American continent. With the results, it seems Harris did what Biden wanted.
Her selection opens a new chapter in US polity of woman representation. She also brings aspirations of non-American in decision making.
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