Read Vice President Kamala Harris' full statement following Joe Biden's endorsement

Vice President Kamala Harris has released a connection pursuing President Joe Biden's announcement that he's not seeking reelection.

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

It is simply a profound grant to service arsenic his Vice President, and I americium profoundly grateful to the President, Dr. 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 General of our location states. As we worked together, Beau would archer maine stories astir his Dad. The benignant of father-and the benignant of man-he 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.

With this selfless and patriotic act, President Biden is doing what helium has done passim his beingness of service: putting the American radical and our state supra everything else.

I americium honored to person the President's endorsement and my volition is to gain and triumph this nomination. Over the past year, I person traveled crossed the country, talking with Americans astir the wide prime successful this momentous election. And that is what I volition proceed to bash successful the days and weeks ahead. I volition bash everything successful my powerfulness to unite the Democratic Party-and unite our nation-to decision Donald Trump and his utmost Project 2025 agenda.

We person 107 days until Election Day. Together, we volition fight. And together, we volition win."

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