The former vice president's campaign broke the news officially with a campaign text around 4:15 p.m. ET Tuesday. Not a single reporter 'scooped' the news that it was Sen. Kamala Harris who was selected.
TJ Ducklo, Biden's national press secretary, tweeted,"Slow day, @AndrewBatesNC want to catch a socially distant movie this afternoon?" at Biden's Director of Rapid Response.
Sanders was referring to campaign-text alerts sent out by the Biden campaign. The news came via one of these alerts.Author and activist Meena Harris, who is Kamala Harris' niece, tweeted,"Damn he really did text y’all first tho."
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