Kamala Harris, the contender for the US presidential election, praised the current president Joe Biden, saying – “Americans always fight for the people”.

Washington: After the announcement of Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the US presidential election race, Vice President Kamala Harris has intensified efforts to gather support in her favor to become the official candidate of the Democratic Party. President Biden has decided to withdraw from the race after concerns arose within the Democratic Party over his potential inability to defeat Republican nominee Donald Trump.

In a statement, Harris called Biden’s decision to step down a selfless and patriotic act and said she intends to win and become her (Democratic) party’s official nominee. Harris was named as a presumptive candidate after Biden formally announced he was dropping out of the presidential race, indicating she is getting more than 1,000 staffers and a strategy team that formed in late June. Collected donations of 96 million dollars. In view of Harris’s future candidacy, the donations received by her have increased rapidly. Campaign spokeswoman Lauren Hitt said Monday that Harris had raised $49.6 million in donations in the first 15 hours after endorsing Biden. Harris made her first public appearance at the White House on Monday morning since Biden withdrew from the race. On this occasion, while addressing the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship team, he praised Biden’s unique legacy. Harris said she was “deeply grateful for his service to our nation.”