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    Indian-Americans Celebrate Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris

    by Lauren Frayer Nov 08, 2020 1 minute
    Vice President-elect Kamala Harris delivers an address to the nation from Wilmington, Del., on Saturday. Harris will not only be the first Black, and first female, vice president. She's also the first Indian American and the first Asian American elected to the office.

    After Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris paid tribute to her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, an Indian immigrant, in her victory speech Saturday night, Twitter erupted in celebration of Indian moms.

    One Twitter user posted of his own mother, dancing

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