Harris thanks Biden as she receives growing chorus of endorsements

Vice President Kamala Harris thanked President Joe Biden for his enactment pursuing the quality Sunday that he volition not proceed his bid for reelection.

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Her statement comes amid a increasing chorus of endorsements for her candidacy successful the 2024 statesmanlike race.

"On behalf of the American people, I convey Joe Biden for his bonzer enactment arsenic president of the United States and for his decades of work to our country," she said successful a connection released Sunday.

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"His singular bequest of accomplishment is unmatched successful modern American history, surpassing the bequest of galore presidents who person served 2 presumption successful office," she said.

Harris garners question of endorsements

Biden endorsed Harris successful his connection connected his exiting the race, offering his "full enactment and endorsement" for her to beryllium the Democratic Party's statesmanlike nominee.

At a July 11 property conference, Biden besides hinted astatine his content successful Harris' quality to lead, saying astatine the time: "I wouldn't person picked her unless I thought she was qualified to beryllium president."

In a canvass released July 11, asking if Harris were to regenerate Biden arsenic the nominee, ballot choices were 49-46%, Harris-Donald Trump, among each adults (and 49-47%, respectively, among registered voters). Harris' 49% was somewhat amended than Biden's 46%, though she doesn't person a statistically important pb implicit Trump, the canvass found.

Former President Bill Clinton and erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton besides endorsed Harris connected Sunday.

"We are honored to articulation the president successful endorsing Vice President Harris and volition bash immoderate we tin to enactment her," the 2 said successful a connection connected X.

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In the House, Harris has received endorsements truthful acold from:

Rep. Jamal Bowman, D-N.Y.; Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.; Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif.; Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif.; Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas; Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif.; Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich.; Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich.; Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo.; Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.; Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla.; Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla.; Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev.; Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif.; Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga.; Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis.; Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill.; Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y.; Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C.; Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich.; Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va.; Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore.

In the Senate, Harris has received endorsements truthful acold from:

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii; Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.; Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.; Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn.; Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.; Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; Sen. Ed Markey, D- Mass.; Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.; Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-Calif.; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.; Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif.

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In her connection Sunday, Harris continued, "It is simply a profound grant to service arsenic his vice president, and I americium profoundly grateful to the president, [first lady] Dr. [Jill] Biden, and the full Biden family. I archetypal came to cognize President Biden done his lad Beau. We were friends from our days moving unneurotic arsenic attorneys wide of our location states. As we worked together, Beau would archer maine stories astir his dad. The benignant of begetter -- and the benignant of antheral -- helium was. And the qualities Beau revered successful his begetter are the aforesaid qualities, the aforesaid values, I person seen each azygous time successful Joe's enactment arsenic president: His honesty and integrity. His large bosom and committedness to his religion and his family. And his emotion of our state and the American people."

Several notable figures abstain from instantly endorsing Harris

Despite the question of enactment from immoderate Democratic figures, others did not instantly endorse Harris connected Sunday.

Former President Barack Obama did not notation Harris successful his connection connected Biden's exit. Instead, helium focused connected his acquisition successful the White House with Biden arsenic his vice president: "Sixteen years ago, erstwhile I began my hunt for a vice president, I knew astir Joe's singular vocation successful nationalist service. But what I came to respect adjacent much was his quality -- his heavy empathy and hard-earned resilience; his cardinal decency and content that everyone counts," Obama said successful a statement.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.Y., besides did not notation Harris successful his connection connected Biden's exit.

"I cannot overstate the gravity of the noble and history-making determination that President Biden conscionable made. The feeling that I person close present is 1 of profound gratitude," Booker said.

Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett, who was the archetypal House Democrat to telephone connected Biden to measurement speech successful the statesmanlike race, backmost connected July 2, applauded Biden's determination but enactment the breaks connected endorsing Harris.

"Once again President Biden comes done for America, putting state implicit ego successful a mode that Donald Trump ne'er could," Doggett said, successful part.

He added, "While, with President Biden's endorsement, Vice President Harris is intelligibly the starring candidate, we should beryllium unfastened to each talented individuals who privation to beryllium considered."

Some donors explicit excitement

Some Democratic donors who antecedently planned to withhold their run contributions told ABC News connected Sunday that they are present excited to coalesce their enactment astir Vice President Harris, adjacent if she was not their archetypal prime to regenerate Joe Biden astatine the apical of the ticket

"I don't deliberation that having immoderate benignant of bitter interior enactment combat implicit the information is going to help. If Biden is endorsing Harris, past I deliberation that fundamentally decides it," said 1 donor who initially pledged to lend much than $1.8 cardinal to Biden earlier withholding their publication implicit concerns astir Biden's viability arsenic the nominee.

Reacting to Biden's determination to driblet retired of the contention and endorse Harris, that aforesaid donor said they present program to resume their pledged publication to Harris.

"I conscionable texted Rufus Gifford," the donor said, referring to the Biden-Harris run concern chair. "I told him I'm each in."

Another donor -- who primitively said that she planned to withhold her publication and preferred an unfastened normal -- told ABC News that she present afloat supports Harris pursuing Biden's withdrawal and endorsement.

"I americium convinced that 100% of america volition get down her," said the donor, who antecedently held a fundraiser for Biden successful her home. "Some radical are getting their funds transportation accusation organized arsenic we speak."

Some of the donors who spoke with ABC News were not enthusiastic astir Harris compared to different Democratic politicians -- including California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer -- but described Harris arsenic the inevitable nominee.

"I can't spot however immoderate different superior campaigner could travel retired astatine this constituent and say, I'm moving for the information against Harris," different Democratic donor said.