Harris sends a message to the old guard: every era has an end

ATLANTA – Californian Senator Kamala Harris has sent a subtle signal to the old guard of Democratic politics: each era is coming to an end.

At a religious ceremony celebrated Sunday in Atlanta, the presidential candidate compared leadership to a relay race in which every generation must ask "what do we do during this time when we carry this stick"?

Then she added with a smile that "for older leaders, it also becomes a question of knowing when to pass the witness".

The 54-year-old Senator – one of the youngest female White House candidates in 2020 – has not mentioned any other presidential candidate and has not linked her remarks to the rush. Democratic presidential election. Her spokeswoman said that she only wanted to encourage young people from the Ebenezer Baptist Church.

His comment to the congregation, once led by Martin Luther King Jr. comes as former 76-year-old Vice President Joe Biden examines the possibility of joining an estate that already includes Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, 77 years old. fell short.

"Biden and Sanders are considered powerful contenders for the Democratic nomination, although other candidates and some voters have pointed to the need for a younger approach to trying to beat President Donald Trump to the polls. general elections. Several other running candidates, including two governors, also reached the end of their sixties.

Harris noted Sunday that King was 26 when he led the bus boycott of Montgomery, which placed him at the forefront of the civil rights movement.

Later Sunday, Harris said at a rally at Morehouse College in Atlanta that Attorney General William Barr would have to swear to Capitol Hill, rather than simply submitting the written summary of the Special Advocate's report. Robert Mueller on the investigation conducted in Russia.

The Justice Ministry said Sunday that the Mueller team had not found evidence that the Trump campaign "had plotted or coordinated" with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. Mueller also inquired as to whether Trump obstructed justice but gave no definitive answer.

Other highlights of the Sunday campaign:

KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND

Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand described President Donald Trump as cowardly and "tearing the moral fabric of vulnerable people" as she officially entered the campaign for the presidency.

The senator spoke Sunday in New York, just steps from one of Trump's flagship properties, the Trump International Hotel and the Tower.

She said that instead of building walls as Trump wishes along the US-Mexico border, Americans build bridges, create a community and give hope.

Gillibrand also called for the full publication of Mueller's report as part of the investigation into Russia. Attorney General William Barr released a summary Sunday afternoon, but Democrats want to have all the details.

Gillibrand tries to position himself among the Democrats in search of party nomination. Although some candidates refrained from talking about Trump, Gillibrand did not hesitate to do so.

ELIZABETH WARREN

Senator Elizabeth Warren said Sunday that the National Rifle Association was organizing a "Congress hostage" when it came to ending gun violence.

The Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential candidate said at a campaign rally that if seven children were dying of a mysterious virus, "we would do everything in our power up to that point. that we find out what's wrong. " But with regard to gun violence, she said the NRA "continues to fire Washington."

Warren completed a two-day campaign trip to New Hampshire with an event at a Conway Middle School on Sunday afternoon.

Warren focused much of his speech on his approach to the economy, but paid close attention to the unions on Sunday. She said that we needed to give more power to the workers.

BETO O ROURKE

The Democratic presidential candidate, Beto O. Rourke, told voters Sunday in Las Vegas that President Donald Trump could be held responsible for separating families on the US-Mexican border, but that he it was incumbent on everyone in the country to remedy the situation.

O 'Rourke spoke Sunday to more than 200 people crammed into a taco shop north of the city. He added that immigrant families leave their home country and travel on foot because they have no other choice.

The former Texas congressman said that desperate families were scattered in the United States when they were in their most vulnerable and desperate moment, and that what happened to them "applies to everyone in the United States. we".

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Woodall reported to Conway, New Hampshire. Authors Juana Summers in New York and Michelle Price in Las Vegas contributed to this report.