Asian American super PAC endorses fmr. VP Biden. - NBCAsianAmerica
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden picked up an endorsement on Friday from a super PAC focused on mobilizing Asian American and Pacific Islander voters.
“We believe that Joe Biden is the best candidate to defeat Trump and lead our country,” Shekar Narasimhan, chairman of the AAPI Victory Fund, said in a statement. “Out of all the presidential candidates, he has the most experience and cares deeply about AAPI issues.” The group says it will spend $2 million on Asian American and Pacific Islander outreach this election season., like the AAPI Victory Fund, can accept unlimited contributions from corporations, labor unions and individuals, but are independent and prohibited from coordinating most communications with a candidate committee.
The fund’s endorsement of the former vice president comes less than two months before California’s early primary on March 3. Asian Americans could play an important role in that contest, as they account for roughly one of every six registered voters in the state,
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