WASHINGTON _ Kamala Harris' first big speech as a vice presidential candidate will be remembered not only as historic but for its strong potential to motivate women and people of color to vote Democratic, experts said Thursday.
Some in the black community had qualms about Harris as a vice presidential candidate, concerned about her "top cop" reputation as California's attorney general from 2011 to 2017. Those concerns have largely faded.
"Watching her take to that podium, surrounded by a flurry of American flags, was a moment that took generations to build thanks to the tireless efforts and sacrifice of Black women and women of color," Aimee Allison, founder and president of She The People, a national network for women of color, told The Sacramento Bee.
