Support of California delegation puts vice-president over threshold needed when party meets at Chicago convention
Kamala Harris has said she is looking forward to “formally accepting the nomination” of the Democratic party after she earned enough support from delegates including hundreds from her native California.
Speaker emerita Nancy Pelosi made the motion to endorse Harris for president at a virtual meeting of California’s DNC delegation on Monday evening, a spokesperson confirmed.for President. Our delegates have put the VP over the required number she needs to be our nominee going into convention!Pelosi, who represents San Francisco in Congress, announced that with the endorsement of California’s delegation, Harris had earned enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination for president in August.
Biden, who is recovering from Covid-19 at his house in Rehoboth, spoke by phone to the staff first, saying he would be out on the campaign trail for Harris and adding: “I’ll be doing whatever Kamala Harris wants me or needs me to do.” Pelosi said: “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.”HARRIS has enough endorsements to get the nomination, per Speaker Emerita Pelosi's office.
Ohio lawmakers subsequently pushed back the deadline to 1 September, but party officials said they hoped to beat the 7 August deadline to avoid any legal risk in the state.
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