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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Carter Sherman and Lauren Gambino

Harris is reaching Democrats where Biden isn’t – on abortion and Gaza

A middle-aged Black and South Asian woman wearing a dark gray suit and large gray pearls, with shoulder-length copper hair, is seen speaking into a microphone with a clear blue sky behind her.
Kamala Harris speaks in Selma, Alabama, on 3 March 2024. Photograph: Megan Varner/Reuters

Standing on the arch of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Kamala Harris said she felt compelled to begin her remarks by addressing the deteriorating humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

“People in Gaza are starving. The conditions are inhumane. And our common humanity compels us to act,” the vice-president said, then stated: “Given the immense scale of suffering in Gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire.” Loud, sustained applause followed, before she added, after a pause: “For at least six weeks.”

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