Running mate Kamala Harris of Tamil origin becomes US Vice President Elect
“I am a true Democrat, but I will govern as an American President. There will be no red states and blue states when we win. Just the United States of America.”– Joe Biden
By Siva Sivapragasam
After a historic fierce and belligerent election campaign, Joe Biden the Democratic Party candidate has emerged as the new President Elect of the United States of America with his running mate Kamala Harris of Tamil origin as the new future Vice-President. Joe Biden received over 74 million votes, the highest on record any Presidential candidate received in American history.
After four years of turmoil and controversy surrounding the Trump regime, Joe Biden is becoming the President of a torn nation struggling against the backdrop of a pandemic, economic uncertainty, civil unrest, and divided people.
Joe Biden’s main task will be to unite the United States of America which has been made a Divided States of America during the Trump regime.
Biden’s running mate Kamala Harris of Tamil origin will become the new American Vice-President. There was jubilation and lighting of crackers in the distant village of Thulasendrapuram in Tamilnadu, the ancestral abode of Gopalan, the maternal grandfather of Kamala Harris who had a great impact on her as a mentor. Prayers were also offered at the Hindu Temple for her victory while some of Kamala’s favourite Indian dishes were served for those present at the Temple.
Joe Biden along with Kamala Harris have an enormous responsibility to get America back on track by uniting a divided nation, uplifting a sagging economy, and controlling a rising pandemic. To achieve this Biden has always repeatedly remarked at election rallies “While I am a true Democrat, I will govern as an American President”.