Does Kamala Harris have what it takes to beat Donald Trump if Joe Biden bows out?
Kamala Harris is the best hope to defeat Donald Trump many Democrats now believe. Photo: Getty
With pressure mounting for Joe Biden to stand aside after his troubling debate performance against Donald Trump, vice president Kamala Harris has emerged as a surprisingly strong potential challenger to the ex-president.
Harris – the first woman, the first African-American and the first person of Asian descent to serve in the nation’s second-highest office – has been dogged by dismal approval ratings and a policy portfolio that has seen her take on politically tricky issues, like the root causes of an immigration crisis that’s brought hundreds of thousands to the US in recent years.
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