Democratic Party donors have poured a record amount into US Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign in the 24 hours since Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed her, her campaign said on Monday. “Team Harris raised $81 million in its first 24 hours, adding to the existing near quarter-of-a-billion dollar war chest already amassed this election cycle,” the statement said, calling it the “largest 24-hour raise in presidential history”. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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Influential former US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Monday that she was giving her “enthusiastic support” to Harris in her bid to become the Democrats’ nominee for president. “With immense pride and limitless optimism for our country’s future, I endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President of the United States. I have full confidence that she will lead us to victory in November,” Pelosi said in a message on X.
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Five heavyweight Democratic state governors had announced their support for Harris for their party's nomination as of Monday, including Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the governors of Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Harris on Monday made her first public appearance since entering the presidential race at the White House. “Joe Biden’s legacy over the last three years is unmatched in modern history,” Harris said, before delivering remarks at an event to honor college athletes.
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After his shock pullout from the US presidential race on Sunday, US President Joe Biden said he was endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for the 2024 election, saying he was offering Harris his "full support".
- Biden said he would "speak to the nation later this week in more detail" about his decision.
