"Hug her. She's the best.": Biden calls campaign headquarters before Harris' appearance

ntv.de "Hug her. She's the best.": Biden calls campaign headquarters before Harris' appearance 1 hour • 2 minutes reading time Vice President Kamala Harris is warming up for the election campaign with a speech to Joe Biden's previous campaign team. Biden himself calls from Covid isolation - and moves some of his previous employees to tears. "Hug her. She's the best.": Biden calls campaign headquarters before Harris' appearance The 81-year-old emphasized that he was aware that the news of his withdrawal from the presidential candidacy was "surprising and difficult to cope with" for the campaign team. But he thinks he made the right decision. Some members of his campaign office had tears in their eyes when he called. The name at the top may have changed, but not the mission, Biden emphasized. Looking ahead to the coming weeks, he announced that he would be "completely involved." "I'll be out there campaigning with Kamala," he said. "I'll work like a madman, both as incumbent president to get laws passed and during the election campaign." He is determined to "achieve as much as possible in his remaining term, both in foreign and domestic policy." Climbing stairs and speaking - expert sarcastically analyzes what Harris has ahead of both Trump and Biden It was the first time since his withdrawal from the presidential race that the president's voice was heard publicly. He had announced his decision in writing. According to his doctor, the president is on the mend after his corona infection. It is unclear when he will return to the White House in Washington. Harris focuses on abortion rights Kamala Harris spoke after Biden's call and outlined the key points of her political agenda. In addition to strengthening the middle class and stricter gun laws, she wants to focus her campaign on abortion rights. "We will fight for reproductive freedom, knowing that if Trump gets the chance, he will sign an abortion ban to ban abortion in every single (federal) state," she said in her first campaign speech. Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, compared Harris to "predators" and "con artists." Referring to her time as a prosecutor in California, she said: "In that role, I have taken on all kinds of offenders. Predators who abused women. (...) Con artists who broke the rules for their own benefit." She knows what kind of guy Trump is, Harris said. The last few weeks have been a rollercoaster ride, Harris said to the campaign team that had previously worked for Biden and that she wants to stick with. "I just have to say, I love Joe Biden," Harris continued, saying: "We will win."