Kamala Harris: who is the first woman to become acting president of the United States?
A year ago, Kamala Harris became the first black woman vice-president of the United States. But this Friday, November 18, she is preparing to take control of the world's leading power, the time of a visit to Joe Biden's hospital.
This is a "routine" colonoscopy. Except that Joe Biden, President of the United States, must still transfer his powers to his Vice-President, who is none other than Kamala Harris. "As was the case when President George W. Bush underwent the same intervention in 2002 and 2007, and in accordance with the procedure provided for by the Constitution, President Biden will transfer his powers to the Vice President for a short period, while he's under anesthesia," the executive explained. The Democratic president, who turns 79 on Saturday, is due to attend Walter Reed Medical Center near Washington D.C. Details of his medical condition will be released later.
Recently seen in Paris for November 11, Kamala Harris should "work from her office", which is located in the west wing of the White House, while awaiting the return of Joe Biden. This will still allow the former Californian senator to write history again. "This election means so much more than Joe Biden or me. It's about the soul of America and our will to fight for it," she said after the victory of the Democratic ticket. Born to a Jamaican economist father and an Indian mother, a specialist in breast cancer, also an activist for civil rights, she had mentioned the latter, who died in 2009, during her speech: "She could not have imagined what moment, but she deeply believed in an America where a moment like this was possible. So I think of her, of the generations of women, black, Asian, white, Latina, Native American, who led the way," the wife added. by Douglas Emhoff.
Kamala Harris, "ready to lead"
After two terms as prosecutor in San Francisco (2004-2011), she became attorney general of California (2011-2017). Then the first senator from South Asia. Aware that his advanced age might not allow him to serve another term, Joe Biden had thought long and hard about the person who could succeed him. "We are facing the worst depression in a century. The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The most powerful call for racial justice in a generation," he wrote during the campaign, before adding: " I need someone to work alongside me who is smart, strong and ready to lead. Kamala is that person."
