Kamala Harris speaks today at her first campaign event as head of the ticket

Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris completes her campaign schedule in the important state of Wisconsin, this Tuesday (23), for the first time as a pre-candidate for President, after a sufficient number of Democratic delegates pledged to endorse her. there, paving the way for his nomination in the race for President of the United States.

Kamala became the party’s presumptive nominee after US President Joe Biden withdrew from his re-election campaign on Sunday following weeks of party wrangling and internal polls that showed his support was crumbling in a battle with his rival. Republican Donald Trump.

Less than 36 hours after Biden expressed support for Kamala Harris, she secured the nomination on Monday night (22) by winning the support of the majority of party delegates who will determine the nomination, the campaign said.

“Tonight, I am proud to have secured the broad support needed to become our party’s nominee,” said Kamala. “I look forward to formally accepting the nomination soon.”

An unofficial delegate poll by the Associated Press showed Kamala with more than 2,500 delegates, well above the 1,976 needed to win a vote in the coming weeks. Technically, delegates can still change their minds, but no one else received votes in the AP poll; 54 delegates said they were undecided.

The trip to Wisconsin offers another opportunity for the 59-year-old former California prosecutor to reboot the Democrats’ campaign and make the case that she is better positioned to defeat Trump.

She gave an idea of ​​how she plans to attack Trump on Monday, referring to her past pursuing “predators” and “fraudsters” as San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general.

“So hear me when I say I know Donald Trump’s type,” she said of her rival, who was found responsible for sexual assault in civil court. Other courts considered that there was tax fraud in her business.

Wisconsin is part of the Rust Belt, which includes Michigan and Pennsylvania, states widely seen as must-win states for any candidate, and where Biden was lagging behind Trump.

“There are independents and young people who didn’t like the choices, and Kamala Harris has a chance to win them over,” said Paul Kendrick, executive director of the Democratic group Rust Belt Rising, which routinely polls swing states where party preferences vote can swing either way.