After becoming the first-ever woman vice president-elect of the United States, Kamala Harris said, “…but while I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last.” 

Born to a Jamaican father and Indian mother, Harris is all set to become the first Black and first Indian-American vice president of the United States. President-elect Joe Biden and Harris would be sworn in as the President and the Vice President of the US on January 20. 

Harris, who already has many firsts to her credit, from being the first-ever women attorney general of California to the first-ever Black woman as the vice president, said, “I will strive to be a vice president like Joe (Biden) was to president (Barack) Obama, loyal, honest, and prepared.”

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“Now is when the real work begins, the essential work to save lives and beat this epidemic, to rebuild our economy so it works for working people, to root systematic racism in our justice system and society, to combat the climate crisis and to unite the country and to heal the soul of our nation,” the 56-year-old said, in her first address after she along with Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Joe Biden were declared the winner.

Termed trailblazer by Obama, Harris said, “The road ahead will not be easy, but America is ready and so our Joe and I.”

Harris as the vice president of the United States would be the most powerful politician ever of the Indian-origin. Earlier, Indian-origin politicians have been elected as heads of the state in various parts of the world in the last several decades, from Mauritius to Fiji, but no one was elected to this post in any office.