Rain or shine, democracy waits for no one: Kamala Harris

Rain or shine, democracy waits for one, says Kamala Harris, US Democratic Party's vice-presidential candidate for vember 3 election, as she is seen lightly dancing in rain addressing voters in Florida in a video which has gone viral on social media.

Harris, whose mor was from India and far from Jamaica, scripted history in August when she was picked by Democratic Party as its vice presidential minee. She is first Black woman and first Asian-American woman to be selected as vice-presidential minee of a major political party in US.

"Rain or shine, democracy waits for one," Harris, 55, said in a tweet along with a picture of herself dancing in rain with an umbrella over her as supporters cheer her along in Jacksonville, Florida.

On Monday, Harris resumed her election campaign, which she had paused for a few days after two of her staffers tested positive with COVID-19. On Monday, she campaigned in Orlando and Jacksonville.

"Kamala Harris is dancing in Florida rain," tweeted news portal Recount with a 15-second video. By midnight, it had received nearly a million impressions.

“Twitter Can't Get Eugh of Kamala Harris Dancing in Rain,” said news site InStyle.Com.

“Harris wore her go-to campaign footwear, Converse Chuck Taylors, and seemed unbored by shower,” it said.

“When we vote, we win,” Harris told carloads of people who covered a rain-soaked parking area behind a University of rth Florida conference centre.

In her remarks, Harris stressed Florida's importance for national presidential race and said state's voters “are very likely going to decide" contest.

Earlier she stopped at Jacksonville Public Library's Highlands branch to greet people casting early ballots re.

“I’m so excited to be back in Florida for early voting,” she told reports, as she headed towards people leaving library.

“It is so important,” she told people who had just cast ballots.

“Thank you for voting early,” she said. “Sometimes you just got to dance! And with that, thank you Jacksonville!” her spokesperson Sabrina Singh said on Twitter. 

(Im: AP)