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A 2019 video from Kamala Harris' campaign has gone viral after resurfacing when Joe Biden stepped down from the 2024 presidential election, endorsing the vice president as the new Democratic nominee.
The video is widely recirculating on X, formerly Twitter. It slams Donald Trump, calling him a "world leader in temper tantrums" and goes on to say, "He's tearing us apart; she'll bring us together."
It was released as part of Harris' 2020 presidential election campaign, which was cut short on Dec. 3, 2019, when she withdrew her candidacy before votes had been cast, citing a lack of funds.
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The clip was posted on Harris' official X account in 2019, alongside the caption, "I am ready to defeat Trump—but we need your help to get our video, 'The Antidote to Trump,' on TV in Iowa so caucusgoers can hear our message. Help us reach our goal of raising $500,000 online to make this video an ad in Iowa." The post received 1,600 likes, 723 re-posts, and 427 comments.
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Posts still visible today show X users encouraging donations, as well as some turning the video into a meme.
The clip is being widely circulated once more on X, where many users have shared it in the past day in support of Harris, including US Senator for Connecticut Chris Murphy, who re-posted it twice.
Harris and Trump have been contacted for comment.
Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential race on Sunday, with less than four months until the election. The president, who is 81, faced calls for weeks to step down over concerns surrounding his age and health, and, a few days after testing positive for COVID-19, announced his exit.
Biden has since publicly endorsed Harris on X, posting, "My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it's been the best decision I've made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it's time to come together and beat Trump. Let's do this."
Harris responded in a statement, "On behalf of the American people, I thank Joe Biden for his extraordinary leadership as President of the United States and for his decades of service to our country."
While Harris' video has gone viral, Trump's allies have also immediately launched an attack on the vice president. The Republican National Committee released a video on YouTube, branded as "the truth about Kamala Harris." The video was centered around Harris' immigration policies, which Trump has made a focus of his own campaign. These views were spotlighted during the RNC in his speech on July 18 where he accepted the GOP nomination. The former president said, "We become a dumping ground for the rest of the world, which is laughing at us."
The video referred to Harris as Biden's "border czar," and said, "10 million and counting" illegal immigrants were "flooding over the border."
Harris was never given this title, although in 2021 Biden tasked her with collaborating with other countries with the goal of "stemming the movement of so many folks, stemming the migration to our southern border."
Democratic support for Harris is mixed, according to YouGov data, which shows that, in a survey conducted on July 22 of 2,665 US adult citizens, 32% strongly agreed with Biden's endorsement of Harris, while 24% strongly opposed it.
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