When Kamala Harris strode on stage in Chicago last night, it was clear she meant business. She was clad from top to toe in navy blue with a pussy bow blouse. Where had I seen this look before? Of course! She was presenting herself as the new Iron Lady. A woman capable on day one of assuming the presidency, dealing with Vladimir Putin and burying Donald Trump. An American Margaret Thatcher, no less.
Harris has been full of surprises in the past few weeks, but I hadn’t expected her to be wearing Thatcher’s armour. We had seen the fun Kamala at her rallies, beaming with optimism and unleashing “joy”. She was “brat”, as Charli XCX called her. But now she wanted to show her sterner side. She was Kamala Harris “for the people”, the phrase she had used all her life prosecuting felons in court, but also a compelling warrior and commander-in-chief.
