Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to ‘unite’ Democrats after Joe Biden dramatically dropped out and endorsed her to be the party’s standard bearer against Donald Trump in November.
Harris said she is ‘honored’ to receive Biden’s backing and that she would ‘earn and win’ the Democratic presidential nomination.
The 59-year-old waited two hours after Biden stepped aside to make her first public comments, paying tribute to her boss.
She called his decision ‘selfless’ and ‘patriotic’ and an example of what Biden has done over his five-decade career in politics – ‘Putting the American people and our country above everything else.
KAMALA’S STATEMENT IN FULL
In a statement Harris said: ‘I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,’ she said.
‘Over the past year, I have traveled across the country, talking with Americans about the clear choice in this momentous election.
‘And that is what I will continue to do in the days and weeks ahead. I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party—and unite our nation—to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda.’
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Biden stunningly dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday in a political earthquake never seen this close to an election.
In ending his campaign, America’s oldest ever president admitted it was in the ‘best interests of the country’ for him not to seek re-election for a second term.
