Democratic lawmakers react to Biden dropping out of 2024 election
Democratic representatives shared their thoughts on the next steps in the presidential nomination process ahead of the Democratic National Convention.
WILMINGTON, Del −President Joe Biden dropped in by conference call as Vice President Kamala Harris met with her full campaign staff Monday evening for the first time since taking the torch from Biden as the likely Democratic presidential nominee
“I watching you, kid. I’m watching you, kid,” 81-year-year-old Biden told Harris, 59, before she delivered remarks to her campaign staff – which was previously Biden’s campaign staff – at the campaign’s headquarters in Wilmington. Del. “I love ya.”
In remarks that lasted about 20 minutes, Harris praised Biden’s accomplishments as “unmatched in modern history.”
“I know it’s been a rollercoaster, and we’re all filled with so many mixed emotions about this,” Harris said. “I just have to say: I love Joe Biden. I love Joe Biden.”
Harris announced that she retained Jen O’Malley Dillon, who served as chair of the Biden campaign, to lead her presidential campaign. She said Biden’s campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, will remain in her role as well.
Highlighting her differences with Trump
“To make her case against former President Donald Trump, Harris sought to highlight their sharp biographical differences.
As a young prosecutor, when I was in the Alameda County District Attorney’s office in California, I specialized in cases involving sexual abuse,” said Harris, a former prosecutor. “Donald Trump was found liable by a jury for committing sexual abuse.”
Harris continued: “As attorney General of California, I took on one of our country’s largest for-profit colleges and put it out of business. Donald Trump ran a for-profit college, Trump University, that was forced to pay $25 million to the students it scammed.”
Similar to Biden’s agenda, Harris vowed to fight for “reproductive freedom” if elected, take action to ban assault weapons and work to pass the John Lewis voting rights bill, among other policies.
“Building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency. We here know when our middle class is strong, America is strong. And we know that’s not the future Donald Trump is fighting for,” Harris said.
She ended her remarks saying, “God bless you all and God bless the United States of America — and Joe Biden.”
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Publish date : 2024-07-22 19:35:26
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