Kamala Harris has launched her campaign for the White House, after PresidentĀ Joe Biden stepped aside Sunday under pressure from party leaders.

The vice president has Bidenā€™s endorsement, and is unchallenged as yet for the Democratic nomination, which will be formally decided at the Aug. 19 convention in Chicago.

ā€œI am honored to have the Presidentā€™s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,ā€ Harris said in a statement. ā€œI will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Partyā€”and unite our nationā€”to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda. We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will win.ā€

In her statement, the vice president paid tribute to Bidenā€™s ā€œextraordinary leadership,ā€ saying he had achieved more in one term than many presidents do in two.

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    5 months ago

    She was always my first choice in 2016. She is not afraid of confronting trump or any other authoritarians around the world.

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      5 months ago

      She was always my first choice in 2016

      Statistically there had to be someā€¦

      But Kamala was the weakest in the 2020 primary.

      Sheā€™s better than Joe, but sheā€™s not popular. And her numbers reflect that

      Hell, unless you had a typo I legit donā€™t even remember her running in 2016