One-time presidential hopeful is to campaign with Biden in Detroit, which has a large black population
Jackson — US senator Kamala Harris, the one-time Democratic presidential rival who took Joe Biden to task over his civil rights record, endorsed the former vice-president on Sunday in his bid to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November.
Harris, a former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, announced she was backing Biden’s bid for the White House and would campaign with him on Monday in Detroit, which has a large African-American population. Still, black voters have backed Biden overwhelmingly, pushing him into huge gains in South Carolina’s presidential primary and on Super Tuesday last week. They will be crucial in Michigan, where they comprise almost 14% of the population and make up as much as 80% of some areas of Detroit.
Biden has received a number of high-profile endorsements from establishment Democrats and from his former rivals in the 2020 Democratic race, former mayor Pete Buttigieg and senator Amy Klobuchar. Like Harris, both are moderate Democrats.Sanders garnered his own endorsement on Sunday from Rev Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader who is well known, especially among older African Americans. Sanders lags Biden in support among black Americans.
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