Many Democrats on Sunday (Jul 21) quickly backed Vice President Kamala Harris to run as the party's presidential nominee against Donald Trump after incumbent President Joe B
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she attends an Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote presidential town hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024.
"Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year," Biden said on social media platform X."Democrats — it's time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this." All 50 Democratic party state chairs will support Harris as the party's new presidential nominee, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing multiple sources.
"We will be navigating uncharted waters in the days ahead," Obama said in a statement."But I have extraordinary confidence that the leaders of our party will be able to create a process from which an outstanding nominee emerges." US Senator Peter Welch, the first Democratic senator to call on Biden to drop his re-election run, called for an open nomination process.
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