Salman Rushdie backs Kamala Harris for US presidential polls

Renowned author Salman Rushdie has backed US Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidential elections saying it is great to see a black and Indian woman running for the White HouseCalling Harris rival former President Donald Trump a hollow man without a single noble quality the Booker Prizewinning author said the alternative cant be allowed to happenRushdie was speaking at a virtual event named South Asian Men for Harris which was attended by scores of leading names from the IndianAmerican communityIts a critical momentI am a boy from Bombay and its 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 eventHe further said that Harris entering the presidential race has transformed American politics in the last weekSomething very extraordinary transformative has happened in American politics In just under a week the conversation has entirely changed with the arrival of Kamala Harris candidacyit has happened in the most joyful way Rushdie addedWeighing his support for the first IndianAmerican Vice President the Indianborn British author further said he is 1000 per cent in for herWe have to make that work because we cant allow the alternative to happenthis 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 itI am right in 1000 per cent in for her Rushdie further saidLast week President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and nominated his deputy Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for the raceHarris signed US Vice President Kamala Harris signed the forms officially declaring her candidature for the US presidential electionsIn the week since the launch of our campaign we have ndashSigned up more than 170000 new volunteersndashHeld more than 2300 events across the countryndashRaised over 200 million 6637 came from firsttime donorsThank you to all who have knocked doors made calls and chipped in pictwittercomsm914nw2qVmdash Kamala Harris KamalaHarris July 29 2024She emphasized that in November her peoplepowered campaign would win and further reiterated that she would work hard to earn every voteEarlier on Sunday Harris campaign announced its latest fundraising total stating it has raised USD 200 million the bulk of which 666 per cent came from firsttime contributors in the 2024 election cycleAdditionally over 170000 volunteers have also signed up to help the Harris campaign with phone banking canvassing and other getoutthevote effortsHarris takeover has reenergized the Democratic campaign that had faltered following Bidens performance in the presidential debate against Trump leaving the party in doubt about Bidens chances of defeating Trump or his ability to continue in the White House if he had wonThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever