The United States Senator Kamala Harris formally accepted the nomination as Democratic Vice Presidential candidate for US Elections 2020 on August 20, at the Democratic National Convention. It was a major political event, held virtually amid the pandemic. The senator from California, Harris made history when selected as Biden슬롯사이트s running mate last week, making her the first black woman on a majority party슬롯사이트s White House ticket. In her Democratic National Convention Speech, she accused President Donald Trump of turning 슬롯사이트our tragedies into political weapons.슬롯사이트� But there is something else in her speech that stood out슬롯사이트especially among her Indian-American voters. Harris used the Tamil word, 슬롯사이트Chithi,슬롯사이트� and hearing it, the internet cannot keep calm. So, what does it mean?

In her speech, Harris said she was 슬롯사이트committed to the values,슬롯사이트� that her mother, an immigrant from India, had taught her. 슬롯사이트She raised us to be proud, strong Black women,슬롯사이트� the senator said about her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, who died of cancer in 2009. During her extraordinary speech, Harris used the word 슬롯사이트Chithis,슬롯사이트� which send extra enthusiasm among her Indian-Americana and Tamilians watching from around the world. It was probably the first time someone spoke Tamil during US democratic speech. And her followers just went crazy tweeting about how proud they feel hearing the Tamil word in an address.

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So, what does the word, 슬롯사이트Chithi슬롯사이트� mean? For non-Tamilians, 슬롯사이트Chithi슬롯사이트� means mother슬롯사이트s younger sister or father슬롯사이트s younger brother슬롯사이트s wife or father슬롯사이트s second wife in Tamil슬롯사이트an aunt.

Kamala Harris Accepts the Nomination for Vice President Candidate in the US

55-year-old, Harris is the second Black woman ever to serve in the US Senate and is the first Black and first Asian American nominee for Vice President by a major political party. If elected, she will also be the first female Vice President in US history.

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