The 2 highest-ranking Democrats in Congress, Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer and Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris because the occasion’s new nominee for president on Tuesday.
At a press convention with the 2 New York lawmakers in attendance, Schumer stated he and Jeffries had been respecting Harris’ needs to earn assist for the nomination “from the grassroots up, not top down” and had been ready on publicly endorsing her.
“Now that the process has played out … we are here today to throw our support behind Vice President Kamala Harris,” Schumer stated, noting that Harris had earned assist from a majority of Democratic delegates.
“She said she would work to earn the support of our party, and boy, has she done so in quick order,” he continued.
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Harris raised a record-breaking $81 million within the first 24 hours of her marketing campaign, largely from small donors and first-time contributors within the 2024 election cycle. She’s additionally raked in endorsements from a majority of her occasion in Congress and each Democratic governor.
“Kamala Harris and her candidacy has excited and energized the House Democratic Caucus, the Democratic Party and the nation,” Jeffries stated, including, “She is ready, she is willing, she is able to energetically and emphatically lead America into the future.”
Schumer stated he and Jeffries would “soon” be assembly with Harris.
He additionally declined to say whether or not the 2 of them performed a job in encouraging President Joe Biden to withdraw from the race in gentle of his ailing polling numbers in opposition to GOP nominee Donald Trump. Nevertheless, Schumer reportedly pushed senators and donors to privately relay their issues to Biden and his employees following his disastrous debate in opposition to Trump, and he reportedly suggested Biden to drop out of the race earlier this month. Comparable stories have emerged about Jeffries.
