Nancy Pelos' Kamala Harris marks historic moment during the president's speech

President Joe Biden delivered his first speech before a joint session of Congress Wednesday evening. Next to him on the platform were Pélos and Harris, two Democrats from California.

It'll be very exciting. And the fact that a historical moment is marked is wonderful. Of course, the time has come,” said Pelosi several hours before the speech during an interview on the television channel M SNBC.

Pelosi is already familiar with the moment the American president presented before Congress. She has been in this role during George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

Women's rights operations said that the opportunity to see Harris and Pelosi seated together, near President Beden, was a beautiful “ ” But they noted that the intention to elect a woman president remains unfulfilled, as well as adopting a Constitutional amendment to sanction equal rights between genders.

Joe Biden helped since he pledged to choose a woman as a candidate for vice president and with the statement that he had chosen Democrat Senator Harris for that role.

This is an excellent start and we must keep moving forward to grant women equal rights,” said Christian Nunes, president of the National Women's Organisation.

Pelosi has entered history as the first woman to take over the chairmanship of the House of Representatives during George W Bush's presidency. Former President Bush cited this fact in his address to the country, when he indicated he had the privilege of being the first president to open the speech with the words “chairmanial x1>.

Nancy Pelos, 81, recovered this powerful post during Trump's presidency and sat behind him on the podium during his last two speeches in Congress. At a moment that made a big fuss, she tore the sheets of Trump's speech after the president finished his word to Congress in 2020.

Harris, 56, went into history as the first woman vice president and first person of color and origin from Asia chosen to post number two in the country. As a president, she is also president of the Senate, so she will sit down with Pelosi on the podium during the joint session of Congress.

Debbye Wales, director of the Center for American Women and Policy at Rutgers University, said the April 28th speech will show men, women, boys and girls that women can be elected and held high-level positions and that they have rights like men.

Walsh also noted Beden's promise to elect a woman as a candidate for vice president and cited the variety of his cabinet. She said President Biden was likely to start the speech by turning face-to-face from Pelos and Harris in a gesture of pride, not just in personal terms, “but I think proud of the country and proud of his party. I think he will clearly see the historical implications of this moment and the role he played in its realisation “.

All of us who work for women's engagement in leading roles still look forward to the day when the person who stands before Congress to give the speech to be a woman,” added zWalsh. “But for now, this is a moment to mark”.

Harris' office refused to comment Wednesday on its historic role when the president appears before Congress to deliver the speech, preferring to let the image of its presence convey the message.

In addition to Wednesday's speech, Harris and Pelosi have another historic role -- they are the first and second in line respectively to take the country's leadership if the current president is no longer able to fulfill the task.