Kamala Harris to transform US politics by leading record number of elected women

Amid US election chaos, while Kamala Harris is poised to become first female vice president of nation, it was ted that a record number of women are also elected to Congress, including more Republicans than ever. Born of a mor from India and far from Jamaica, Harris will become first woman, first Indian American, first Black, first South Asian American and first Asian ever elected as vice president. While taking to Twitter, 56-year-old echoed a speech which Hillary Clinton delivered in 2016 in recognising her defeat by Donald Trump and said, “We showed girls what’s possible”. 

Back in 2016, Clinton said, “I kw we have still t shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling, but someday someone will, and hopefully sooner than we might think”. She n also directed words of encourment to country’s “little girls” and said, “Never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in world to pursue and achieve your own dreams”. 

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Over years, women have transformed face of American politics, both in Congress and in White House. w, several US media outlets have reported that analyst expects President-elect Biden to appoint eir progressive Senator Elizabeth Warren or Federal Reserve official Lael Brainard, who is a former Treasury undersecretary, to he Treasury, which is a position never filled by a woman. United States might also see its first woman secretary of defence under Biden ministration. 

Meanwhile, currently, re are only two women in Trump cabinet - Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and education secretary Betsy DeVos. However, several women have served Trump as senior visors or as White House spokesperson. 

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Record-breaking 2020 US election 

Back in 2018, US h elected a record number of women, but on vember 3, country broke that record. While some results of election are t yet final, at least 140 women will be taking seats in Congress when it returns on January 3. According to Rutgers University's Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), re are currently 127 women in Congress or 23.7 per cent of 435 seats in House of Representatives and 100 in Senate. 

As per reports, Democratic women will claim 105 seats in Congress and Republican, for ir part, will occupy 35 seats, which is considerably fewer than ir Democratic counterparts but still big increase from current 22. When asked about record number of Republican women elected, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday h said that she would congratulate and welcome each and every one of m. She, however, also ded that her party was doing better by women. 

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