Ex-speaker hails ‘brilliantly astute’ vice-president as slew of other prominent Democrats push for Harris as nominee
Kamala Harris was closing in on the Democratic party’s presidential nomination on Monday after the former House speaker Nancy Pelosi joined a slew of Democratic heavyweights endorsing her run for the White House.next month, Pelosi’s endorsement, which she said was “official, personal and political”, effectively clears the way for the vice-president to become the nominee after Joe Biden announced on Sunday he would not seek re-election.
Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, and Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, are both expected to follow Pelosi’s lead later on Monday. “The vice-president is smart and strong, which will make her a good president,” Beshear told MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Beshear is thought to be a leading candidate for Harris’s running mate if she wins the nomination, a shortlist that includes the Pennsylvania governor, Josh Shapiro; Arizona senator Mark Kelly; and North Carolina governor, Roy Cooper.
“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.”on Sunday night, the New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also pledged her “full support” to ensure Harris’s victory in November, saying she “will be the next President of the United States”.
She won endorsements from the leadership of several influential caucuses and political organizations, including the chairs of the Congressional Progressive caucus and the Congressional Hispanic caucus and the entire Congressional Black caucus.
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