USA: The sublime, sudden new normal of watching women run for President
Source: Glamour
By Mattie Kahn,
Earlier this week Kamala Harris entered the 2020 presidential race. Her announcement was the expected conclusion to the will-she-won't-she conversation that has surrounded her since she was elected to the Senate in 2016, announced her well-timed memoir in 2018, and raised millions to support progressive candidates in the midterm elections in November. As was true for Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand, who also formalized their candidacies in recent weeks, the fact that Harris has decided to join this raucous, crowded campaign season had started to feel inevitable. Of course she would run.
Kamala Harris is qualified, popular, and charismatic. Sure, she has her flaws, but she polls well. Her sharp critiques of the Trump administration have raised her national profile. Even her facial expressions have gone viral.
Warren had a similar reception. When she announced in late December, news outlets blared that she'd done what we all knew she would and made it "official." The noted wonk was a committed populist before some Bernie Bros were born. She's an ardent progressive, a vanquisher of corporate influence! Of course she would run.
Click here to read the full article published by Glamour on 23 January 2019.
By Mattie Kahn,
Earlier this week Kamala Harris entered the 2020 presidential race. Her announcement was the expected conclusion to the will-she-won't-she conversation that has surrounded her since she was elected to the Senate in 2016, announced her well-timed memoir in 2018, and raised millions to support progressive candidates in the midterm elections in November. As was true for Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand, who also formalized their candidacies in recent weeks, the fact that Harris has decided to join this raucous, crowded campaign season had started to feel inevitable. Of course she would run.
Kamala Harris is qualified, popular, and charismatic. Sure, she has her flaws, but she polls well. Her sharp critiques of the Trump administration have raised her national profile. Even her facial expressions have gone viral.
Warren had a similar reception. When she announced in late December, news outlets blared that she'd done what we all knew she would and made it "official." The noted wonk was a committed populist before some Bernie Bros were born. She's an ardent progressive, a vanquisher of corporate influence! Of course she would run.
Click here to read the full article published by Glamour on 23 January 2019.
