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At DNC, Biden will seek to elevate Harris, burnish his legacy

Biden must show that the decision not to run for a second term was "reached on his own accord," said Jennifer Lawless, professor of politics at the University of Virginia. This is key to invalidate Republican talking points geared to undermine Harris and sow division among Democrats that he was "forced out" and that the nomination was "stolen" from him, she told VOA.
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Will Kamala Harris Answer These 3 Big Questions at the Democratic National Convention?

Barbara Perry, professor of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, said Harris should lean into her personal biography as the biracial child of immigrants from Jamaica and India; someone who was raised by a single mother and was a renter for much of her upbringing. Harris could also tell voters how as an adult, she became a stepmother to second gentleman Doug Emhoff’s two children.
Barbara Perry
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Harris tasked with keeping up Dem momentum at DNC

Barbara Perry, a presidential studies professor at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, said Harris is playing her part in being “completely gracious and graceful” toward the president after replacing him at the top of the ticket.
Barbara Perry