{"id":246346,"date":"2024-07-22T16:56:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T16:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/22\/kamala-harris-gives-first-speech-since-joe-biden-exits-election-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:14:14","slug":"kamala-harris-gives-first-speech-since-joe-biden-exits-election-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/22\/kamala-harris-gives-first-speech-since-joe-biden-exits-election-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Gives First Speech Since Joe Biden Exits Election \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-gallery\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"lead-gallery-link-featured\" class=\"entry-media__image entry-media__image-0\" href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/kamala-harris-photos\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"lead-gallery-link\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2162425806_5e4f70-e1721666914852.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 22: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an NCAA championship teams celebration on the South Lawn of the White House on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. 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The visit of the US vice president is a demonstration of the United States' support for NATO's eastern flank allies in the face of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.&#10;US Vice Psocieresident Kamala Harris visits Poland, Warsaw - 11 Mar 2022\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"image-wrapper__icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 26 27\">\n\t<path fill=\"#fff\" fill-opacity=\".5\" d=\"M0 .694h25.744v25.95H0z\"\/>\n\t<path fill=\"#252525\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M10.803 15.84a.5.5 0 0 0-.707 0L6 19.937V17.17a.5.5 0 0 0-1 0v3.974a.5.5 0 0 0 .5.5h3.975a.5.5 0 1 0 0-1H6.707l4.096-4.096a.5.5 0 0 0 0-.707Zm4.344-4.344a.5.5 0 0 0 .707 0l4.096-4.095v2.768a.5.5 0 0 0 1 0V6.194a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5h-3.975a.5.5 0 0 0 0 1h2.768l-4.096 4.096a.5.5 0 0 0 0 .707Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\">Vice President<a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">\u00a0<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">Kamala Harris<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>gave her first speech after President\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/joe-biden\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>announced that he would end his campaign for re-election at the White House on Monday, July 22. Harris began her speech by showing support to Biden and praising his accomplishments throughout his four years in office. She mostly focused on celebrating student-athletes, as that was the purpose of the event.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">Given that it was her first event since Biden announced that he was bowing out of the election, Harris started by saying that he was feeling \u201cmuch better\u201d after testing positive for COVID. She said that he wanted to be at the event, but he was still recovering. She then pivoted to speaking about his accomplishments. \u201cI wanted to say a few words about our president. Joe Biden\u2019s legacy of accomplishment over the past three years is unmatched in modern history,\u201d she said. \u201cIn one term, he has already surpassed the legacy of most presidents who have served two terms in office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"LIVE: Kamala Harris speaks at event celebrating 2023-2024 NCAA championship teams\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bK6q7ef__Js?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Harris then spoke about getting to know the president by working with his late son <strong>Beau<\/strong>. \u201cThe qualities that Beau revered in his father are the same qualities that I have seen every day in our president, his honesty, his integrity, his commitment to his faith and his family, his big heart and his love, deep love of our country. And I am first-hand witness that every day our president, Joe Biden, fights for the American people, and we are deeply, deeply grateful for his service to our nation,\u201d she said, via\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2024\/jul\/22\/biden-drops-out-endorses-kamala-harris-election-updates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">The Guardian.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">After speaking about the president, Harris turned to the NCAA athletes who were attending the event, honoring student-athletes. With six attendees going to the Olympics, Harris showed support for them ahead of the games in Paris. \u201cAs members of\u00a0 Team USA, you are ambassadors for our nation, and with pride, we will cheer you on, and we look forward to congratulating you when you bring home the gold,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">The speech comes one day after Biden announced that he would withdraw from the election, and <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/07\/21\/vice-president-kamala-harris-responds-to-joe-bidens-withdrawal-from-race\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">he endorsed his VP.<\/a> \u201cI am honored to have the President\u2019s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,\u201d Harris said in her acceptance.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/07\/22\/kamala-harris-gives-first-speech-since-joe-biden-exits-election\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images Vice President\u00a0Kamala Harris\u00a0gave her first speech after President\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0announced that he would end his campaign for re-election at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":246347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}