What Kamala Harris said about Meghan Markle amid speculation duchess could back Democrat in the election

As Kamala Harris' past infinitesimal run for nan White House gains steam, comments from nan vice president person surfaced showing that she has rather nan affinity for Meghan Markle.

This comes amid speculation that nan Duchess of Sussex will soon endorse Harris for president and subordinate nan database of her personage backers, including George Clooney, Beyoncé, and Kesha.

Harris didn't transverse paths pinch Markle during her vice presidency, Newsweek reported, but has made 2 nationalist statements astir nan royal.

In October 2019, while Harris was still campaigning to beryllium nan 2020 Democratic nominee for president, she retweeted a video wherever Markle said to a newsman astir really she struggled to woody pinch salacious news sum of her first gestation pinch her boy Archie.

'Any woman, particularly erstwhile they're pregnant, you're really vulnerable,' Markle said astatine time. 'Also convey you for asking, because not galore group person asked if I'm okay.'

In her retweet of nan clip, Harris wrote: 'This is incredibly important. We must retrieve that it’s a motion of spot to show emotion.'

'Meghan, we are pinch you.'

Months later, Harris interacted pinch a clip of Markle giving a virtual reside to nan 2020 graduating people of her aged precocious schoolhouse successful Los Angeles.

In a information of her speech, Markle addressed nan governmental ambiance during that summer, which had been dominated by Black Lives Matter protests complete nan deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and others.

She expressed really she had been apprehensive to make her thoughts known, fearing that her statements would get 'picked apart.'

That culminated successful her saying, 'I realized nan only incorrect point to opportunity is to opportunity nothing,' earlier she listed nan names of achromatic group who were killed by police, including Philando Castile, Tamir Rice and Stephon Clark.

Harris approved of Markle's message, calling it a 'powerful statement' successful her retweet.

'"The only incorrect point to opportunity is to opportunity nothing." Thank you, Meghan, for this powerful statement,' then-Senator Kamala Harris wrote connected June 5, 2020.

The group unrest going connected successful nan state astatine this clip besides generated a wide unit run connected Biden to prime a achromatic female arsenic his moving mate, CNN reported.

Biden would spell connected to take Harris arsenic his vice statesmanlike prime successful August 2020 but would later contradict he chose her because of nan unit from Democrats.

Harris' complimentary statements of Markle are getting caller attraction arsenic Daily Express royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams predicted Markle will propulsion her support down nan presumptive Democratic nominee.

Not only that, Fitzwilliams believes she could usage this endorsement to 'provide a springboard for a governmental profession of her own.'

Markle and her hubby Prince Harry abandoned their roles successful nan Royal Family successful January 2020 and moved to nan US successful June of that year.

Ever since, they've been getting much and much comfortable wading into US politics, though Markle has agelong been outspoken astir causes supporting women and girls.

In 2020, they urged Americans to registry to ballot and cull misinformation.

For nan 2024 contest, nan brace has already joined a run to warn American voters against AI-generated misinformation.

Markle has gone truthful acold arsenic to consider moving to switch California Senator Dianne Feinstein, who died successful September 2023 astatine nan property of 90.