Kamala Harris launches first presidential campaign ad: We choose freedom [Video]

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Kamala Harris has launched her first official campaign video as she vies to officially secure the Democratic presidential nomination and defeat Donald Trump – just days after Joe Biden announced he was abandoning his reelection bid.

The 59-year-old vice president’s campaign team released the clip across her social media channels on Thursday morning, touching on key messages of abortion rights, tackling gun violence and LGBT+ rights – as well as preventing the “chaos” of a second Trump term.

Harris’ new video bookends a positive first five days on the campaign trail after she secured a record-breaking $81m fundraising haul in the first 24 hours of her run and garnered enough delegates to clinch the presumptive presidential nomination at the upcoming Democratic National Convention.

In the ad, the vice president’s grinning face explodes …

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