Hillary Clinton endorses Joe Biden for the 2020 presidential election. "I'm thrilled to be part of your campaign," the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee said.
Clinton will support former Vice President Joe Biden, according to a report by NBC News.
“I am thrilled to be part of your campaign, to not only endorse you but to help highlight a lot of the issues that are at stake in this presidential election," Clinton said.
“Joe Biden has been preparing for this moment his entire life,” she added.
Clinton served as secretary of State under President Barack Obama. She was the first woman to get a major party’s presidential nomination. Today, she is the latest political ally to endorse Biden.
She gave a hint of this endorsement in a Tweet. She announced her attendance at Biden’s virtual town hall to discuss the impact of the coronavirus on women.
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Meanwhile, Biden, the emerging Democratic nominee, acknowledged her endorsement in a tweet as well.
“I’m with her,” he tweeted. This refers to the signature phrase that became popular during Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
Clinton was the Democratic candidate who competed with President Donald Trump. This will also be the situation of Biden in November.
Biden has already received support from other major political leaders. These include former President Barack Obama, with whom Biden served, and Senator Elizabeth Warren. The latter quit her presidential bid after reaching near front-runner status at one point.
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign in March. It focused on a promise to wipe out corruption in the US government.
Warren said: “I wanted you all to hear it first, and I wanted you to hear it straight from me: Today, I’m suspending our campaign for president. I know that when we set out, this was not the call you ever wanted to hear.”
Meanwhile, Senator Bernie Sanders, who ran against Clinton in the 2016 presidential primary, expressed his support for Biden for president. He dropped out of the 2020 race on April 8.
Sanders, the last candidate to compete against Biden, encouraged his followers to support him in the remaining primaries. Sanders needs to attract enough delegates to influence the party platform at the Democratic National Convention, which will happen in August.
Earlier this year, Clinton criticized Sanders for supporting sexist attacks against his rivals.
“He was in Congress for years. He had one senator support him,” she told The Hollywood Reporter in advance of a docuseries featuring her.
“Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. He was a career politician.”
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The other Democratic candidates who stepped back were Pete Buttigieg. The former mayor of South Bend concluded his campaign, saying "today is a moment of truth… the truth is the path has narrowed to a close, for our candidacy, if not for our cause.”
Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is no longer running on the Democratic presidential race. She endorses Biden too.
“Although I may not agree with the vice-president on every issue, I know that he has a good heart,” Gabbard said.
