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Can Harris beat Trump?

Kamala Harris gets backing from democrats after Joe Biden drops out of presidential race.

Nancy Pelosi has become the latest leading democrat to back Kamala Harris after Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. We ask how she could fare with voters against Donald Trump.

As the US considers electing its first Black woman as president, we get an insight into what Kamala Harris could bring to the job from the former Mayor of San Francisco who dated her when she was a young prosecutor 30 years ago.

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Mon 22 Jul 2024 22:00

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