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- Glass ceiling. So far in her presidential campaign, Kamala Harris has mostly talked about the issues rather than the possibility that she'll be the U.S.'s first female president. Perhaps she was just waiting for the right messenger. That person showed up Monday when Hillary Clinton delivered a full-throated endorsement of Harris that put her nomination in historical context at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention.
Clinton was of course expected to become the first female U.S. president in 2016 before her shocking loss to Donald Trump. While President Joe Biden also spoke last night to pass the torch to Harris, in a way, Clinton's endorsement did the same. The glass ceiling she so often spoke of during her 2016 campaign is now Harris's to break through. "On the other side of that glass ceiling is Kamala Harris taking the oath of office as our 47th president of the United States,” Clinton told the cheering crowd.
