Nia-Malika Henderson, Columnist

Harris Just Showed Why Trump Is So Afraid of Her

The Democrats’ candidate not only has the confidence and experience to be president, but she also understands the power of image.

July 24, 2024 at 11:00 AM UTC

By Nia-Malika Henderson

Nia-Malika Henderson is a politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A former senior political reporter for CNN and the Washington Post, she has covered politics and campaigns for almost two decades.

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There is a reason former President Donald Trump is still pining for President Joe Biden, even to the point of asking for a refund — and it was on brilliant display Tuesday afternoon in a high school gymnasium in a Milwaukee suburb.

In her first official appearance as the presumptive Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris electrified a crowd of 3,000 with a rousing speech. Biden couldn’t get that kind of crowd, nor could he provide the vision of youth, energy and optimism that Harris is giving a part of the country that is desperate to move past the era of old men.