Washington: On Sunday, Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris launched her 2020 presidential bid with a scathing rebuke of President Donald Trump's policies, alleging that the US democracy was under attack like never before. Remembering the fighting spirit of her Indian mother, Shyamala Gopalan, who migrated to the US from Tamil Nadu for studies, Harris share  a cheering crowd in her hometown of Oakland, California, that this was not going to be an easy election pitted against an incumbent like Trump.

the 54-year-old, Kamala Harris said in her impressive speech that lasted for more than 30 minutes, that "Her mother used to say don't sit around and complain about things. Do something," She further added that "With the fighting spirit She got from her mother, she stand before you today to announce her candidacy for president of the United States. And she said that , she is  running for president, because she love her country. She is  running to be the president, of the people, by the people and for all people,"

Harris, announced her presidential candidacy last Monday on Martin Luther King Jr Day and, within days, has been voted on top of the list of Democratic leaders aspiring to defeat Trump in the November 2020 election. So far four women have entered the race. Apart from Harris, the three others are Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii.

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All of them have to pass through a grilling presidential primary beginning next January, the winner of which would be announced in the Democratic National Convention in July 2020. The nominee would challenge incumbent Trump in the presidential election in November that year. 

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