Since Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, Kamala Harris has been riding a Democratic wave, raising over $200 million in a week with 66% of the donations coming from first-time donors. Vote.org said there was a massive increase in voter registration, with people under 35 making up nearly 85% of the new voters registering. And at a recent Zoom call for Harris supporters, over 100,000 people attempted to log on, which broke Zoom. All of this is welcome news for Democrats, as are the memes, the coconut trees, the social media presence and the Beyonce soundtrack.
But who exactly is Kamala Harris?
Alex Cohen is a Spectrum News political anchor in southern California and has been covering Harris for decades, including Harris' time as a state senator and as state attorney general of California. She joined NY1's Errol Louis to discuss Harris' momentum and her record.
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