Kamala Harris has launched her marketing campaign for the White Home, after President Joe Biden stepped apart Sunday beneath stress from occasion leaders.
The vice chairman has Biden’s endorsement, and is unchallenged as but for the Democratic nomination, which will likely be formally determined on the Aug. 19 conference in Chicago.
“I’m honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,” Harris mentioned in an announcement. “I’ll do the whole lot in my energy to unite the Democratic Celebration—and unite our nation—to defeat Donald Trump and his excessive Venture 2025 agenda. We have now 107 days till Election Day. Collectively, we are going to struggle. And collectively, we are going to win.”
In her assertion, the vice chairman paid tribute to Biden’s “extraordinary management,” saying he had achieved extra in a single time period than many presidents do in two.
“With this selfless and patriotic act, President Biden is doing what he has carried out all through his lifetime of service: placing the American individuals and our nation above the whole lot else,” Harris mentioned.
Harris, a former California legal professional normal and senator, has deep ties to the leisure trade. Her husband, Doug Emhoff, is a former leisure lawyer. Her pals within the music enterprise embody Troy Carter and Daniel Glass.
And through her short-lived run for president in 2019, she led all Democratic contenders in donations from Hollywood, with help from Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, Donna Langley and Nicole Avant.
Biden endorsed Harris shortly after bowing out of the presidential race.
“At present I wish to supply my full help and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our occasion this yr,” he mentioned. “Democrats — it’s time to return collectively and beat Trump.”
Former President Invoice Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton additionally endorsed Harris.
Biden’s shut aides additionally signaled they are going to work to shortly unite the occasion behind Harris, with only a few weeks left earlier than the conference and fewer than 4 months remaining within the 2024 marketing campaign.
“Now that the donors and electeds have pushed out the one candidate who has ever crushed Trump, it’s time to finish the political fantasy video games and unite behind the one veteran of a nationwide marketing campaign — our excellent VP, Kamala Harris!!,” mentioned Ron Klain, Biden’s former chief of employees, on X.
