NE NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON, AUG 17
Senator Kamala Harris has roped in Indian-American Sabrina Singh, who previously was the spokeswoman of two Democratic presidential candidates, as press secretary for her Democratic vice presidential campaign.
I'm so excited to join the #BidenHarris ticket as Press Secretary for @KamalaHarris! Can't wait to get to work and win in November! https://t.co/m4wWayUzbH
— Sabrina Singh (@sabrinasingh24) August 16, 2020
Singh, 32, previously headed the press shop of two Democratic presidential candidates – New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg.
Last week, Democratic presumptive Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden, 77, picked 55-year-old Indian-origin Kamala Harris as his running mate.
.@KamalaHarris first interview as the VP nominee with @emarvelous tune in! https://t.co/uV895jLV8V
— Sabrina Singh (@sabrinasingh24) August 14, 2020
“I’m so excited to join the #BidenHarris ticket as Press Secretary for @KamalaHarris! Can’t wait to get to work and win in November!,” said Singh, the first-ever Indian-American Press Secretary to a vice presidential nominee of a major political party.
A resident of Los Angeles, Singh was earlier spokesperson of the Democratic National Committee.
She is the grand daughter of Sardar J J Singh of the India League of America, a non-profit organisation which champions the interests of Indian-American community in the US.
In the 1940s, J J Singh along with a small group of fellow Indians mounted a nationwide campaign against racial discriminatory policies of the US.
This culminated in the then president Harry Truman signing the Luce-Celler Act on July 2, 1946. The signing of the Act allowed a quota of 100 Indians to immigrate to the United States per annum.
Meanwhile, Sri Lankan-American Rohini Kosoglu has been appointed in a senior role to advise Harris.
She has earlier served as a senior advisor to Harris in her Senate office and Presidential campaign.
Harris was a Presidential aspirant until last year before she dropped out of the race because of lack of popular support.
