Denver Newsroom, Aug 13, 2020 / 13:43 pm
An official at the U.S. bishops' conference said Thursday that the selection of Senator Kamala Harris as Joe Biden's presidential running mate is good news that will offer policies favorable to marginalized people.
"I was so elated. We, the community, need good news, and this was just wonderful," Donna Toliver Grimes, associate director of African American affairs in the U.S. bishops' Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church, told Catholic News Service, the official news service of the U.S. bishops' conference, on Wednesday.
Grimes told CNS that Harris "wasn't my top candidate in the primaries, and she wasn't my top pick for vice president," adding "she's really deserving and brings a lot to the table."
Mentioning her belief that Biden and Harris will offer "policy that is favorable to people on the margins," Grimes said she expects Biden "would put good people in his Cabinet, who would not damage the agencies, or ignore the mission."
Grimes, who was identified in the report by her USCCB position, also mentioned to CNS her hope that, if elected, Biden would address health care reform and voting-rights issues.