California Sen. Kamala Harris announced Monday she is running for president, joining a fast-growing crowd of Democrats jumping into the 2020 race. "That’s why I’m running for president of the United States." The former California attorney general was elected to the Senate in 2016. Still, her record as a prosecutor and state attorney general has attracted new scrutiny from liberals as she has inched closer to a presidential run. Harris’ announcement comes as a slew of Democrats have begun making plans to run for the White House in 2020.

Source: Fox News January 21, 2019 12:37 UTC