Hakeem Jeffries (l) and Chuck Schumer (r)
Workplaces of Senator Charles “Chuck” Schumer and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries
The 2 strongest Democrats in america Congress final Tuesday threw their full assist behind Caribbean-American Vice President Kamala Harris because the Democratic Get together nominee for President of america.
US Senate Majority Chief Charles “Chuck” Schumer and US Home of Representatives Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, each New York Democrats, endorsed Harris, the daughter of retired Jamaican-born economist Dr. Donald Harris.
“Vice President Harris has completed a really spectacular job securing nearly all of delegates wanted to win the Democratic nomination,” mentioned Schumer at a joint, nationally-televised information convention with Jeffries in Washington. “So now that the method has performed out, from the grass roots, backside up, we’re right here right now to throw our assist behind Vice President Kamala Harris.”
Schumer mentioned that when he spoke with Harris, she mentioned “she wished the chance to win the nomination on her personal, and to take action from the grassroots up, not prime down.”
Jeffries, whose 8th Congressional District in New York encompasses giant focus of Caribbean nationals in Brooklyn and Queens, mentioned Harris’s candidacy has “excited and energized the Home Democratic Caucus, the Democratic Get together and the nation.
“She is prepared, she is keen, she is ready to energetically and emphatically lead America into the long run,” he mentioned.
After President Joe Biden introduced that he is not going to search re-election, Jeffries described him as “one of the vital achieved and consequential leaders in American historical past.
“In lower than one time period, he rescued the nation from a once-in-a-century pandemic, introduced the financial system roaring again from the brink of recession, enacted consequential laws for on a regular basis Individuals and saved our democracy by defeating the Insurrectionist-in-Chief,” he mentioned.
“America is a greater place right now as a result of President Joe Biden has led us with mind, grace and dignity,” Jeffries added. “We’re eternally grateful.”
An growing variety of main Democrats, together with former Speaker of the Home of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, have additionally thrown their full assist behind Harris.
Pelosi expressed her “enthusiastic assist” for Harris’s marketing campaign, including that Harris has “immense pleasure and limitless optimism for our nation’s future.”
Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Caribbean-American Steven Horsford has lauded Biden and endorsed Harris.
Horsford, the son a Trinidadian immigrant mom, who represents Nevada’s 4th Congressional District, mentioned Biden “has served our nation with integrity, a way of character, and a way of at all times placing nation above self, and right now was no exception.
“I do know right now’s determination needed to be troublesome, however I be a part of him in endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris,” he mentioned.
After asserting that he is not going to search the presidential re-election, Biden mentioned he’ll totally assist Harris for the Democratic nomination.
“My very first determination because the social gathering nominee in 2020 was to select Kamala Harris as my Vice President,” he mentioned. “And it’s been one of the best determination I’ve made. Immediately, I wish to supply my full assist and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our social gathering this 12 months.”
In the meantime, Harris mentioned she was “honored” to obtain Biden’s endorsement, describing the president’s determination to not search re-election as “selfless and patriotic act”.
Stressing Biden’s patriotism, Harris famous that Biden was “placing the American individuals and our nation above every little thing else.”
“I’ll do every little thing in my energy to unite the Democratic Get together — and unite our nation — to defeat Donald Trump and his excessive Challenge 2025 agenda,” she pledged in an announcement.
