Kamala Harris Headlines Georgia Gala Praising Black Women Candidates – Capital B News – Atlanta

Kamala Harris Headlines Georgia Gala Praising Black Women Candidates  Capital B News – Atlanta

The first Black Woman Vice President called on Georgians to make Keisha Lance Bottoms America’s first Black woman governor. Get Black Atlanta’s biggest stories of the week delivered to your inbox every Saturday for free! The power and prominence of Black women in the Georgia Democratic Party was on full display Friday night as former Vice President Kamala Harris made the case to make Keisha Lance Bottoms the first African-American governor in U.S. history. One of the 2028 presidential frontrunners delivered her address to roughly 700 Democratic party officials, staffers and volunteers during the annual “Fulton Forward” banquet and fundraiser inside the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Harris echoed the accusations of corruption and broken campaign promises leveled against President Donald Trump by former President Barack Obama during his Wednesday visit to nearby Morrow, Georgia.

Harris said Americans she’s spoken to throughout the country have told her they’re fed up with Trump’s indifference to their economic suffering. “When it comes to this president and this party, people are done,” Harris said. They are done with the Republican party’s broken promises to bring down costs on day one, especially when the cost of gas and groceries keeps going up. They’re done with growing unemployment, which for Black workers has gone twice as high since he took office.” Harris also voiced support for Democratic