A statement conveying that war must end as it’s harming women and children and causing chaos would have projected Harris as an international leader wanting to end conflicts.
Donald Trump won 295 electoral college votes as against 226 of Vice-President Kamala Harris. He also won the popular vote. He got 74 mn popular votes, while Harris received 70 mn.
We saw a CNN versus Fox News contest: While everyone at CNN, barring the Republican panelists, looked as if they had just lost the election, Fox News was laughing all over.
In her speech at Howard University, Harris committed to fight for women’s rights, people's dignity and opposed gun violence as she acknowledged President-elect Trump's victory.
Harris, in her capacity as president of Senate, will not be the first vice president to declare their rival the winner. Al Gore, Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon also had to do it.
First was Grover Cleveland 130 years ago, from 1885 to 1889 & 1893 to 1897. Harris tried to make history too, aiming to be 2nd sitting VP to win a presidential election in a century.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
VP Kamala Harris, nominated later true, cost the Democrats the election in 2024. She should be denied that luxury in 2028.