The former president has been silent on the question of Joe Biden’s replacement
According to The New York Times, Biden has never fully forgiven Obama for quietly backing Hillary Clinton in the 2016 campaign – so Obama wanted Sunday to be about Biden, rather than Harris Most Democrats in Congress and all the party’s governors announced their support for Harris to lead the ticket, along with the Clintons, former House speaker Nancy Pelosi and leftist figures such as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden at Douglas Galyon Depot during a rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, September 2008 Obama has a history of not rushing into endorsing candidates. Despite coming under pressure from aides to endorse Biden during his run against Bernie Sanders, he waited until the Senator from Vermont had stepped aside before endorsing his former vice president.
However, Shapiro has already backed Harris. It may come as little surprise that Democratic candidates are not queuing up to take on Harris with her seemingly endless endorsements, stacked with Biden’s campaign war chest, and risk standing in the way of a historic first female US president.
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