US Senator Kamala Harris announced Monday her candidacy for the 2020 presidential election, joining the growing group of Democratic contenders wishing to prevent Donald Trump from reaching a second term. "The future of our country depends on you and millions of others raising our voices to defend American values," she said in a video posted on Twitter. "That's why I'm running to become president of the United States."

I'm running for president. Let's do this together. Join us: https://t.co/9KwgFlgZHApic.twitter.com/otf2ez7t1p

- Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 21, 2019

First woman and first black president of the United States? The 54-year-old Senator chose a holiday in the United States, celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther King, to make this announcement - a symbol for this girl of immigrants whose parents participated in the rights movement civic. If she gets her way, after winning the Democratic primaries before, she would be the first woman president of the United States, but also the first Black.

A pioneer. And it would not be the first time she won a pioneering title: after two terms as San Francisco attorney (2004-2011), she was twice elected California Attorney (2011-2017), becoming the first woman, but also the first black person, to direct the judicial services of this great state. Then in January 2017, she was sworn in the Senate in Washington, registering as the first woman from South Asia, because of the Tamil origins of her mother, and only the second black senator in American history. Kamala Harris is particularly known for her tight interrogations during high tension auditions, such as that of the controversial Conservative candidate at the Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.