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

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

“I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,” Harris said in a statement. “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party—and unite our nation—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.”

In her statement, the vice president paid tribute to Biden’s “extraordinary leadership,” saying he had achieved more in one term than many presidents do in two.

      • Flying Squid
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        442 months ago

        Apparently not for voters. But we did keep hearing about how Biden was too old to be president.

        • @samus12345
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          132 months ago

          You can be too old to be president, but never too fascist!

        • @[email protected]
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          -102 months ago

          Biden wasn’t just “too old,” he was showing clear signs of dementia… Trump just shows clear signs of narcissistic personality disorder and low IQ, but that’s not new.

      • @ours
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        162 months ago

        He’s all kumbaya, unity, defender of democracy, and holding hands now.

        What do you mean you don’t trust a duplicitous billionaire politician?

        • @[email protected]
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          142 months ago

          He said that in-between getting shot and his acceptance speech, then went right back to the same old bullshit.