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Kamala Harris, the first Indian-origin US Senator, has said she will soon decide on her 2020 presidential bid and she believes that the American people are ready for a woman of colour to hold the highest office in the country.
Harris, who published a new memoir this week ahead of likely 2020 presidential run, demurred on whether she will challenge President Donald Trump for the White House.
Harris, 54, is being seen as a potential strong contender to get Democratic presidential nomination to challenge Trump in the 2020 elections.
"I will make my decision soon, not at this very moment," Harris told CNN in an interview.
Her book 'The Truths We Hold: An American Journey' hit the book stores on Wednesday. In her book, she says that she thinks that the country is ready for a president who is a woman of colour. Her other book "Superheroes Are Everywhere" for children also hit the book stores simultaneously.
In an interview with ABC, Harris said she has yet to decide if she will run in 2020, but was definitely certain on one point that the US is absolutely ready for a woman of colour to be president.
When asked if the "likability" challenge that so many women in leadership positions face still exists, Harris recalled a powerful lesson her mother taught her when she was younger.
"Despite a woman's role in the world, there are still certain myths of what a woman can and cannot do, Harris said, citing her mother.
"There are so many myths that we still are challenged with," she said.
"But with each woman who gains success, I think there is a greater appreciation and understanding of the capacity and breadth and depth of who women are and what we can do," Harris said.
Harris is the first Indian-origin US Senator. She was the first woman attorney general of California and first African American to occupy that position. Former US President Barack Obama described her as trailblazer.
She said argued that the American people deserve better leadership than they are seeing under this President, stating that the shutdown over the issue of the border wall with Mexico has thrown lives into chaos.
"It is a false choice to suggest that we're going to hold 800,000 federal workers and all of the services that they provide hostage for this president's vanity project," Harris said.
Later Wednesday night, Harris turned up the heat on Trump by blasting his insistence on holding out for funding for his border wall before reopening the government -- comparing the President's behaviour to how her 11-year-old godson might have behaved with his toy train.
"Any good parenting would tell you that you don't listen to those kinds of tantrums, and you don't reward that behaviour," she said.Harris argued that Democrats should not cave to those sorts of tactics.
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