it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.” He then went on to endorse Harris as his future running mate on the Democratic ticket.
Within twenty-four hours, Harris was able to amass more than one hundred million dollars in donations in a short period of time.
She was polling well ahead of Trump when she officially accepted the party nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago the following month.
The convention was a star-studded affair that included Oprah, Eva Longoria, and Kerry Washington, among other notable figures.
Trump was defeated by Harris in the first and last television debate between the two candidates, which took place on September 10.
His outrageous claim that Haitian migrants were “eating the dogs […] eating the cats” of American residents became an immediate trend on the internet a short time after it was made.
