Kamala Harris has secured enough delegates from her party to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination, as she pledged to offer Americans a “brighter future” compared with the “chaos, fear and hate” proposed by Donald Trump.
The US vice-president passed the threshold on the first full day since President Joe Biden dropped his re-election bid and endorsed her for the Democratic presidential nomination, shaking up the 2024 race for the White House.
According to a tally by the Associated Press, as of early Tuesday morning, Harris had won the pledged support of 2,668 delegates at next month’s Democratic National Convention, far more than the 1,976 needed.