It has been made official: Kamala Harris has filed with the FEC to replace Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election. 

🚨MAJOR #BREAKING NEWS: Vice President Kamala Harris is officially running for President of the United States in place of Joe Biden, based on recent FEC filing.#Kamala #Biden #FEC https://t.co/pY4Rx6SJKM pic.twitter.com/06Q648eZcq

— The Breaking Report (@TheBreakingRprt) July 21, 2024

This comes quickly after Biden announced that he would not be seeking reelection, throwing the Democratic party into a frenzy. While leading Democrats like Obama and Pelosi left Harris out of their comments, many speculated whether the vice president would be the nominee. 

As RedState has recently reported, Biden has banked nearly $100 million dollars in his campaign war chest. Some opine that the rules indicate that it can now only go to Kamala and not other potential candidates, but there are varying interpretations of how this money could be allocated. It's one of a number of complicated questions the Democrats face going forward.

With Joe Biden saying he won't seek reelection, a significant legal question needs answering.@KatiePavlich: "There's a big question about whether Joe Biden can transfer all these campaign funds to Kamala Harris before he was actually nominated at the DNC convention in… pic.twitter.com/gNUKUu0R2h

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 21, 2024

The announcement and lack of clarity have caused the media, X platform users, and members of the Democratic party to scramble. It doesn't seem like this is a very well-executed handoff, if that's what it is. Of course, did we expect it to be well executed coming from the Biden administration? 

Twitter learned of Biden’s decision 1 minute after his most loyal staffers https://t.co/DRXIOF0yd3

— Sunny (@sunnyright) July 21, 2024

Harris' filing with the FEC doesn't necessarily mean that the delegates will cast their votes for her at the DNC, which will take place in the third week of August. It's not done until it's done. But it does mean that she intends to try to get that $100 million and fight for the spot. Most likely, the party will come behind her. If they don't, we should expect a bloodbath of a fight. It's already been said that failure to nominate her would be an offense on black women everywhere.

If she fails to be nominated, it will only reflect what a poor candidate she is. The Democratic party is desperate right now after Trump's popularity has been soaring and Biden's has declined after the debate. Most likely, in a fight to survive, they will unite behind her. But she has already been snubbed by being left out of Obama and Pelosi's comments. It's not a great start for our first black woman running for president of the United States of America.