Congresswoman Maxine Waters said she is convinced Kamala Harris will be named the next president of the United States of America after November’s election. Waters, 86, spoke about her expectations leading up to the 2024 Presidential Election during an interview with TMZ on Monday.
The U.S. representative for California’s 43rd congressional district told the news outlet that though polling shows Harris and her main rival Donald Trump are tied, she explained that “the national poll” provides a better insight about which candidate is ahead.
“You can’t always count on [polls], but I think the campaign with the great get-out-the-vote [effort] is gonna win — and that’s gonna be Harris-Walz,” she stated.
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Asked if she was nervous about the election, Waters said that was not the case. She urged people who were feeling nervous to make sure they have a say in who leads the country.
“I don’t think you have to be nervous, you have to do something,” Waters said. “You have to be involved. If you are involved in any way that you can then you’re not nervous, you’re more confident.”
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Waters also touched on what she would be up to on election night, saying that she’d be awake and monitoring the results. If Vice President Harris, 59, defeats Trump in November, she would not only be the first woman to serve as president but also the first Black woman and first person of South Asian descent to be president thanks to her roots.
Harris has already achieved a lot of firsts in her more than two decades in public life. Her feats include being the first Black woman to serve as San Francisco’s district attorney, the first woman to be California’s attorney general, the first Indian American senator, and the first woman vice president of the U.S.
Following her confirmation as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, several celebrities and public figures have thrown their support behind her candidacy. They include Kerry Washington, Cardi B, Viola Davis, John Legend, Tina Knowles, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and a host of others.
