Salman Rushdie
New York: Mumbai-born author Salman Rushdie has supported Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in the US presidential election. Rushdie has said that Vice President Harris is the only person who can stop former President Donald Trump from taking the country towards authoritarianism. Rushdie expressed his support for US Vice President Harris during a digital event ‘South Asian Men for Harris’ on Sunday. Many prominent personalities of the Indian-American community, including lawmakers, writers, policy experts, entrepreneurs and diaspora organizations, attended the event. Rushdie said, “This is an important moment. I am a boy from Bombay (now Mumbai) and it is great to see an Indian woman contesting for the ‘White House’ (official residence and office of the President of the United States). My wife is African-American, so we like the fact that a black and Indian woman is contesting for the ‘White House’.
Harris is a potential candidate for the Democratic Party
Harris (59) is a potential candidate of the Democratic Party in the US presidential election proposed in November. She officially announced her candidacy for the presidency last week after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race. However, the Democratic Party has not yet declared her as its official candidate.
A lot has changed since Harris came
British-American novelist Rushdie (77) also said that the base of his support is not just ethnic. Referring to the Indian-American wife of Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance and former Indian-American governor of South Carolina, he said, “We do not gather like this for Usha Vance or Nikki Haley.” Rushdie said that this enthusiasm is because within a week something “extraordinary, transformative” has happened in American politics. He said, “With the arrival of Kamala Harris as a candidate, the direction of the conversation has completely changed and it has changed with optimism and positive, forward-thinking.
‘Harris must be made a success’
Rushdie stressed that the community must make Harris successful because “we cannot let the alternative win”. Referring to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (78), he said: “He is a hollow man who has not a single good quality and he is trying to lead this country towards authoritarianism. This cannot happen.” Rushdie said Harris was “the only person who can stop him (Trump).” (Language)
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