U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has praised President Joe Biden for stepping down and endorsing her as the Democratic presidential candidate. She has committed to defeating former President Donald Trump in the upcoming November election.
“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,” Harris wrote on X shortly after Biden’s endorsement on Sunday. “If you’re with me, add a donation right now.”
She continued, “On behalf of the American people, I thank Joe Biden for his extraordinary leadership as President of the United States and for his decades of service to our country. I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination.”
Biden, 81, announced on Sunday that he was exiting the race, yielding to pressure from his party. Calls for Biden’s resignation had intensified following a lackluster performance in a June debate against Trump, during which Biden appeared disoriented and made incoherent statements.
A week later, at the NATO summit, Biden made further embarrassing gaffes, mistakenly referring to Harris as Trump and confusing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Meanwhile, Trump secured the Republican Party’s presidential nomination at their National Convention last week. He has chosen Ohio Senator David James Vance as his running mate for the November 5 election.