Kamala Harris: Countries rush to celebrate Biden's running mate

[Judi Lynn]

Source: BBC News


9 hours ago



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The California senator was born in the US to parents of Indian and Jamaican heritage

It is not just American Democrats celebrating the choice of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden's running mate, making her the first black woman and South Asian American to become a vice-presidential candidate.

People in India, Jamaica and Canada are also queuing up to heap praise on her.

The California senator was born in the US to parents of Indian and Jamaican heritage.

She also spent a good portion of her early life in Montreal, Canada.

The senator's mother, Shyamala Gopalan, moved to the US from India to pursue a doctoral degree.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53750619

[SheltieLover]

1. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

So proud of her & Joe for choosing her!

[Cha]

2. the tweets are awesome at the link.. check them out!

[Hiawatha Pete]

3. K&R

[Renew Deal]

4. How many languages does she speak?

[onetexan]

5. her mom is Tamil Indian, but Kamala herself has mentioned she has very limited knowledge

of the Tamil language. Her mom probably spoke the language to Kamala and her sister so they probably understand it more than they can speak it. This is very common with immigrant families.

[sandensea]

7. That ain't nothing! Melanus "speaks" five languages

As in tourist-speak (at best) - but oh well.

[AZ8theist]

8. How do you say....

"ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT GOLD DIGGER" in Slovenian?

[sandensea]

10. 'Dahlink'?

She certainly said that lot to Cheeto - as his escort that first night.

[onetexan]

9. maybe 5 phrases she learned to communicate to her illiterate husband is more like it

[sandensea]

11. That's why his Chumpkins love him

Proper diction, to most of today's Republicans, is downright un-American.

How ironic. They used to be the party of people who didn't speak "like the working classes."

[denem]

13. No doubt she knows how to say 'how much' ?

and 'yes'

[sandensea]

15. And 'longtime'

Baby.

[dalton99a]

14. +1.

[sandensea]

6. 20 countries currently have a woman as vice president - it's time for us to join the group.

Here's hoping we won't have to wait too much longer on having a woman president either...