Progressives in Congress Back Harris as Small Donations Mount Common Dreams
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SeveralprogressivemembersofCongressandorganizationshaveendorsedU.S.VicePresidentKamalaHarrissincePresidentJoeBidenonSundayexitedthecontestandexpressedhissupportforherbecomingtheDemocraticpresidentialnominee.
Threeofthefouroriginal“Squad”members—DemocraticReps.AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez(N.Y.),IlhanOmar(Minn.),andAyannaPressley(Mass.)swiftlybackedthevicepresidenttofaceformerRepublicanPresidentDonaldTrumpandhisnewlyannouncedrunningmate,Sen.JDVance(R-Ohio),inNovember.
“KamalaHarriswillbethenextpresidentoftheUnitedStates.IpledgemyfullsupporttoensurehervictoryinNovember,”saidOcasio-Cortez,whohadsoundedthealarmaboutsomeDemocrats’callsforBidentostepasideafterhisdisastrousdebate.
“Nowmorethanever,itiscrucialthatourpartyandcountryswiftlyunitetodefeatDonaldTrumpandthethreattoAmericandemocracy,”thecongresswomanadded.“Let’sgettowork.”
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