Vice President Kamala Harris said in a statement that she was “honored” to receive President Joe Biden’s endorsement and that she intends to “win and win” the Democratic presidential nomination in her first public statement since the US president’s surprise announcement. withdraw from his re-election bid.
“I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and I intend to win this nomination,” Kamala Harris said in your account on social network X.
On behalf of the American people, I thank Joe Biden for his extraordinary leadership as President of the United States and for his decades of service to our country.
I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 21, 2024
«Over the past year I have traveled around the country. Mostly speaking to Americans about the clear choice they will have to make in this momentous election. And “This is what I will continue to do in the coming days and weeks,” he said.
Kamala Harris has vowed to do “everything in my power” to “unite the Democratic Party and unite our nation to defeat Donald Trump and his extremist Project 2025.” “We have 107 days until the election. Together we will fight. And together we will win,” she concluded.
Few Democrats support Kamala Harris
However, Kamala Harris still has one more test to pass: the Democratic convention, scheduled for August 19-22 in Chicago, Illinois.
Democratic Party leaders reacted to Biden’s resignation on Sunday with a mix of respect and emotion. But only in a few cases did they explicitly second their support for him. Kamala Harris as successor.
Before reporting on the party’s process for a new nomination, Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison said he was “excited” to still support Biden’s candidacy. He also highlighted “his leadership over all these years,” NBC reported.
For his part, the Democratic Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, on his X account, praised Biden “not only as a great president and a great legislator. Also as a truly incredible human being.” He also assured that “his decision was not easy, but once again he put his country, his party, and our future first.”
