Skip to main content

Error message

An error occurred while searching, try again later.
Kamala Harris is a contender: where now for US politics?
Taking into account the powerful role of Black Lives Matter, women’s rights, and anti-racist sentiment in recent US elections, the Republicans now face a serious challenge, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP

DONALD TRUMP was facing an easy ride to the White House when he was matched against Joe Biden. Now he has to face off against Kamala Harris things look very different. Trump has good reason to be scared.

He might even lose, again, although it is quite likely he will claim he won, against all the evidence. But he knows now he is in a race.

US presidential elections are usually consequential, even if those consequences are often surprising. After all, it was not the non-WASP US golden boy JFK who ended the Vietnam war. That was forced on Tricky Dickie Nixon, who was later forced to resign from office in disgrace.

Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
Features / 8 March 2025
8 March 2025
As European leaders compete to increase military spending while threatening welfare cuts, the burden will fall disproportionately on working people and minority communities, warns DIANE ABBOTT MP
Features / 22 February 2025
22 February 2025
Dangerous and delusional military posturing on the world stage does not serve the interests of the public among the European powers, nor the people of Ukraine, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Features / 8 February 2025
8 February 2025
You only have to look at the dire polling of Labour’s sister parties in Europe to see that aping the hard right on migration leads to spectacularly bad results, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
Features / 25 January 2025
25 January 2025
This ceasefire is clearly not enough, and we must be allowed to continue our protests, argues DIANE ABBOTT