Kamala Harris secures enough support to become party nominee
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00:00In just one day, support for Kamala Harris snowballed.
00:04After endorsements from Democratic heavyweights,
00:07Harris now has the backing of enough delegates to clinch her party's presidential nomination.
00:12The US Vice President celebrated the news on social media,
00:16saying,
00:17I'm proud to have earned the support needed to become our party's nominee,
00:21adding,
00:22I fully intend to unite our party and our nation and defeat Donald Trump.
00:26The news came after Harris addressed campaign workers in Delaware,
00:33the former prosecutor offering them a sense of how she plans to take on her Republican opponent.
00:39I took on perpetrators of all kinds.
00:42Predators who abused women.
00:46Fraudsters who ripped off consumers.
00:49Cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain.
00:54So hear me when I say,
00:56I know Donald Trump's type.
00:59There'd been speculation on whether anyone would challenge Harris for the presidential nomination,
01:04but on her first full day of campaigning, no one stepped forward.
01:08Her major potential rivals instead rallying around her,
01:11including governors Gavin Newsom, Josh Shapiro and Gretchen Whitmer.
01:17And Harris isn't just earning endorsements, but also money.
01:21With large and small donations,
01:23her campaign raised a staggering $81 million in 24 hours,
01:27a record-breaking sum.
01:29Another sign of the reinvigoration of a Democratic presidential campaign
01:34that until now was in crisis.