Harris holds 1st fundraiser as Democratic nominee, attracts donors' support

Vice President Kamala Harris used her first fundraiser since becoming the Democrats' likely White House nominee to excoriate the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as determined to roll back Americans' freedoms.

Harris travelled to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday where she was expected to raise more than USD 1.4 million, her campaign announced, from an expected audience of about 800 people at the Colonial Theatre. That would be USD 1 million-plus more than the original goal set for the event before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.

She told an excited group of supporters that she entered the race as an underdog, while expressing confidence that her surging campaign could defeat Trump.

I will fight to move our nation forward, Harris said. Donald Trump intends to take our country backwards.

Harris also poked at Trump, and his running mate Sen. JD Vance, for lobbing peculiar attacks at her and other Democrats. The vice president appeared to be alluding to a