Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for president on Monday.
Pelosi’s endorsement of Kamala Harris is coming 24 hours after president Joe Biden unexpectedly announced his withdrawal from the 2024 race.
The former lawmaker said in a statement that she endorses her fellow Californian with “immense pride and limitless optimism for our country’s future,” adding that her “enthusiastic support … is official, personal and political.”
“America has been truly blessed by the wisdom and leadership of President Joe Biden. With love and gratitude, I salute President Biden for always believing in the possibilities of America and giving people the opportunity to reach their fulfillment. As one of our country’s most consequential presidents, President Biden has been not only on the right side of history, but on the right side of the future,” Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement.
“Today, it is with immense pride and limitless optimism for our country’s future that I endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President of the United States. My enthusiastic support for Kamala Harris for President is official, personal and political,” she continued.
“Officially, I have seen Kamala Harris’s strength and courage as a champion for working families, notably fighting for a woman’s right to choose. Personally, I have known Kamala Harris for decades as rooted in strong values, faith and a commitment to public service. Politically, make no mistake: Kamala Harris as a woman in politics is brilliantly astute – and I have full confidence that she will lead us to victory in November”, the statement added.
President Joe Biden made the historic decision to drop out of the presidential race on Sunday, just 107 days before he was set to face former President Donald Trump in the general election.
81 year old president Joe Biden in a statement on said it is his intention to seek reelection as president, but his decision to withdraw from the race is in the interest of his party and country.
“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” Biden said in a statement posted on social media.
“I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision.”
In a second post, Biden endorsed Harris to succeed him as the nominee.
“My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this,” Biden wrote, including a photo of him with the vice president.
