Kamala Harris has won a critical endorsement from within the Democratic Party after confirming her intention to run for president in the upcoming election.
Vice President Kamala Harris has won over the endorsement of a key democrat as party members fall in line to support her presidential bid.
Key congressional leaders including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi have backed Harris. "Today, it is with immense pride and limitless optimism for our country's future that I endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President of the United States. My enthusiastic support for Kamala Harris for President is official, personal and political," Pelosi said in a statement.
Picture: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP Just 24 hours after Biden endorsed Harris as his successor to lead the Democrats, she raised a further $81 million across more than 888,000 donors, in an astonishing presidential fundraising record.
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