Majority of pledged Democratic delegates endorse Harris after massive fundraising day

Harris
began
prosecuting
her
case
against
Trump
in
her
first
speech
as
the
Democratic
presidential
front-runner.

“I
took
on
perpetrators
of
all
kinds,”
Harris
told
staffers
at
the
Wilmington
HQ
of
what
is
now
her
campaign.

“Predators
who
abused
women.
Fraudsters
who
ripped
off
consumers.
Cheaters
who
broke
the
rules
for
their
own
gain,”
she
continued.
“So
hear
me
when
I
say:
I
know
Donald
Trump’s
type.”

Harris’
well-timed
delivery
had
staffers
whooping
and
cheering
in
support.

She
pledged
to
take
on
big
corporate
interests,
and
drew
on
her
experience
as
a
career
prosecutor.

“During
the
foreclosure
crisis,
I
took
on
the
big
Wall
Street
banks
and
won
$20
billion
for
California
families,
holding
those
banks
accountable
for
fraud,”
Harris
said.

“Donald
Trump
was
just
found
guilty
of
34
counts
of
fraud.”

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

Harris
announced
a
few
minutes
ago
that
Jen
O’Malley
Dillon,
the
chair
of
what
was
formerly
the
Biden
campaign,
will
keep
her
job
as
the
vice
president
moves
to
the
top
of
the
ticket.

“J.O.D.
has
been
such
an
incredible
leader
of
this
team
and
that
is
why
I’ve
just
asked
her
to
work
my
campaign
and
she
has
accepted
it,”
Harris
said.

O’Malley
Dillon
has
been
at
the
helm
of
the
Biden
campaign
the
entire
election
cycle.
She
also
served
as
campaign
manager
during
Biden’s
winning
2020
presidential
campaign.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

A
Republican
Ohio
state
senator
said
he
regretted
saying
that
“it’s
going
to
take
a
civil
war
to
save
the
country”
if
Trump
loses
the
presidential
election.

Sen.
George
Lang
had
made
that
incendiary
comment
at
a
rally
in
Middletown,
Ohio,
for
U.S.
Sen.
JD
Vance
of
Ohio,
who
is
Trump’s
running
mate.

“Remarks
I
made
earlier
today
at
a
rally
in
Middletown
do
not
accurately
reflect
my
views,”
Lang
wrote
in
a
post
on
the
social
media
site
X.
“I
regret
the
divisive
remarks
I
made
in
the
excitement
of
the
moment
on
stage.”

Lang
added,
“Especially
in
light
of
the
assassination
attempt
on
President
Trump
last
week,
we
all
should
be
mindful
of
what
is
said
at
political
events,
myself
included.”

A
spokesman
for
Harris’
campaign
earlier
blasted
Trump
and
Vance
over
Lang’s
original
comment.

“Trump
and Vance pay
lip
service
to
unity,
but
their
actions
are
more
focused
on
dividing
Americans
than
bringing
us
together.
It’s
the
polar
opposite
of
everything
Vice
President Harris stands
for,”
said
Harris
campaign
spokesperson
Ammar
Moussa.

 “Donald
Trump
and JD Vance should
denounce
George Lang’s
calls
for
violence
and
apologize
for
platforming
this
kind
of
violence.”

—
Dan
Mangan

Vice
President
Harris
and
President
Biden
just
exchanged
sincere
words
of
support
as
she
opened
her
remarks
to
campaign
staff
at
the
Delaware
HQ.

“I’m
watching
ya
kid,
I
love
ya,”
Biden
said
to
Harris
over
the
phone
as
he
isolated
in
Delaware,
recovering
from
Covid.
“You’re
the
best,
kid.”

It
was
Harris’
first
visit
to
the
Wilmington
campaign
headquarters
as
the
Democratic
front-runner
to
win
the
party’s
nomination.

“I
know
it’s
been
a
rollercoaster
and
we’re
all
filled
with
so
many
mixed
emotions
about
this,”
Harris
said,
underscoring
the
emotional
tenor
of
Biden’s
decision
to
bow
out
of
the
race.
“We
love
Joe
and
Jill.
We
really
do.
They
truly
are
like
family.”

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

President
Biden
just
called
into
a
campaign
meeting
to
thank
his
staff
for
their
hard
work
and
to
double
down
on
his
endorsement
for
Harris’
presidential
campaign.

“I
know
it’s
hard,
because
you’ve
poured
your
heart
and
soul
into
me,
to
help
us
win
this
thing,”
Biden
said.
“The
name
changed
at
the
top
of
the
ticket.
The
mission
hasn’t
changed
at
all.”

As
Biden
recovers
from
Covid
in
Delaware,
he
acknowledged
to
his
staff
that
his
Sunday
announcement
may
have
been
“surprising
to
hear,”
but
that
“It
was
the
right
thing
to
do.”

“By
the
way,
I’m
not
going
anywhere,”
the
president
said,
noting
that
he
would
continue
to
push
for
his
legislative
agenda
in
his
last
five
months
in
office.

Biden
is
expected
to
address
the
nation
publicly
later
this
week,
to
further
explain
his
decision
to
drop
out
of
the
presidential
race
against
Trump.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

The
American
Federation
of
State,
County
and
Municipal
Employees
and
the
International
Brotherhood
of
Electrical
Workers
are
backing
Harris
at
the
top
of
the
Democratic
ticket.

The
two
major
unions
are
both
the
largest
of
their
kind,
and
they
each
voted
unanimously
to
endorse
Harris.

“Vice
President
Harris
is
seasoned,
tough
and
tenacious,”
AFSCME
President
Lee
Saunders
said.
“She
is
a
dynamic
leader
who
has
been
a
pro-worker
champion
throughout
her
years
in
elected
office.
She
understands
that
unions
and
the
working
class
are
the
engines
of
our
economy.
And
she
has
a
deep
respect
and
appreciation
for
the
work
AFSCME
members
do
to
strengthen
our
communities.”

“IBEW
members
know
Vice
President
Harris
and
have
engaged
with
her
over
the
last
four
years
as
she’s
visited
our
job
sites,
union
halls
and
training
facilities,”
the
union’s
International
President
Kenneth
W.
Cooper
said.
“She
has
listened
to
us,
and
we
stand
confident
that
she
will
continue
this
administration’s
extraordinary
record
on
behalf
of
working
people
when
she
is
sworn
into
office
next
January.”

—
Josephine
Rozzelle

During
her
2020
presidential
bid,
Harris
backed
a
“Medicare
for
All”
plan
to
expand
health-care
access
and
lower
consumer
costs.
She
described
health
care
as
a
“right,”
not
a
“privilege.”

Harris
would
be

unlikely
to
push
that
plan
in
the
current
presidential
contest,
said
Drew
Altman,
president
and
CEO
of
KFF,
a
nonprofit
health
policy
research
organization.

She
would
more
likely
seek
additional

expansions
of
health
coverage
under
the
Affordable
Care
Act
and
Medicaid,
Altman
said.
She
would
likely
try
to
expand
Biden
administration

negotiations
over
prescription
drug
prices,
which
currently
apply
only
to
Medicare
beneficiaries
and

some
medications,
he
said.

Harris
is
also
among
Democrats’
“strongest,
most
effective
voices”
relative
to
protecting
abortion
access,
according
to
Fatima
Goss
Graves,
president
of
the
National
Women’s
Law
Center
Action
Fund.

Abortion
is
an
economic
issue,
said
Altman.
Women
must
generally
weigh
affordability
and
career
advancement
when
choosing
to
have
children,
and
have
paid
and
missed
work
to

travel
out
of
state
for
the
procedure
following
the
Supreme
Court’s
2022
decision
to
overturn
Roe
v.
Wade.

—
Greg
Iacurci

Harris’
campaign
announced
on
Monday
that
its
political
operation
raised
$81
million
over
the
past
24
hours
since
she
officially
started
her
run
for
president.

The
massive
haul
reflects
money
raised
through
the
campaign,
Democratic
National
Committee
and
Harris’
joint
fundraising
committees,
which
also
benefit
more
than
a
dozen
state
parties.

The
Harris
campaign
called
the
$81
million
the
“largest
24-hour
raise
in
presidential
history.”
The
campaign
also
said
“over
888,000
grassroots
donors
made
donations
in
the
past
24
hours,
60%
of
whom
made
their
first
contribution
of
the
2024
cycle.”

It
also
said
it
has
“added
43,000
new
recurring
donors,
with
over
half
of
these
recurring
donors
signing
up
for
weekly
donations.”

“The
historic
outpouring
of
support
for
Vice
President
Harris
represents
exactly
the
kind
of grassroots
energy
and
enthusiasm
that
wins
elections,”
said
Harris
campaign
spokesman
Kevin
Munoz
in
a
statement.

—
Brian
Schwartz

Arizona
Gov.
Katie
Hobbs
has
endorsed
Harris,
joining
the
chorus
of
Democratic
governors
in
key
battleground
states
backing
the
vice
president’s
presidential
bid.

“As
the
last
few
weeks
have
made
clear,
Americans
are
looking
for
a
new
generation
of
leadership
that
will
move
past
the
divisiveness
and
unite
us
around
our
shared
American
values,”
Hobbs
wrote
in
a

post
on
social
media
site
X.
“I
believe
that
leader
is
Vice
President
Harris.”

Hobbs’
endorsement
came
roughly
a
full
day
after
President
Biden
dropped
out
of
the
race
and
endorsed
Harris
to
replace
him.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

New
Jersey
Sen.
Cory
Booker
just
posted
his
Harris
endorsement
on
social
media
site
X.

— Isabel
Engel

A
political
action
committee
that
was
supporting
Biden’s
campaign
before
he
dropped
out
of
the
race
for
president
has
received
$150
million
in
new
commitments
since
his
departure
from
the
campaign
and
endorsement
of
Harris.

Future
Forward,
the
super
PAC,
confirmed
to
NBC
News
that
it
has
secured
a
staggering
$150
million
in
new
commitments
from
donors
in
just
the
past
24
hours.

This
is
from
donors
who
were
previously
stalled,
uncertain
or
uncommitted,
per
a
senior
aide
at
Future
Forward,
according
to
NBC
News.

Read
more
at
NBC
News

—
Brian
Schwartz

Former
U.S.
Attorney
General
Eric
Holder
and
his
law
firm,
Covington
&
Burling,
will
vet
potential
running
mates
for
Harris’
presidential
campaign,
Reuters
reported.

Holder
was
AG
under
then-President
Barack
Obama
from
2009
through
2015.

CNBC
has
requested
comment
on
the
report
from
Covington
&
Burling.

—
Dan
Mangan

Massachusetts
Gov.
Maura
Healey
has
endorsed
Harris,
calling
her
“a
proven
leader
who
has
delivered
for
the
American
people
again
and
again.”

“Kamala
Harris
is
the
best
person
to
make
the
case
against
Donald
Trump,”
Healey
says.
“Trump
is
coming
after
our
rights
and
our
freedoms.
And
he
will
jack
up
costs
on
the
middle
class
by
gutting
Social
Security,
Medicare,
and
the
Affordable
Care
Act.”

“The
future
of
our
country
as
we
know
it
is
on
the
line,”
the
Democrat
says.

—
Dan
Mangan

The
Democrats’
digital
fundraising
website
ActBlue
has
raised
more
than
$100
million
since
Sunday,
the
day
Biden
withdrew
from
the
campaign
for
president
and
backed
Harris,
according
to
a
website
that
tracks
the
company’s
live fundraising ticker.

The
gargantuan
amount
is
historic,
and
it
solidifies
a
massive
amount
of
resources
for
Democrats
to
take
on
Donald
Trump
and
the
Republican
Party
with
months
to
go
until
the
November
Election
Day.

It
also
suggests
that
most
party
donors
are
increasingly
enthusiastic
about
Harris’
candidacy
almost
a
month
after
Biden’s
disastrous
debate
performance
against
Trump.

—
Brian
Schwartz

Trump
issued
an
all-caps
tirade
against
Harris
in
a

Truth
Social
post,
one
of
the
first
times
today
that
he
has
gone
after
the
new
Democratic
front-runner.

“Joe
Biden
will
go
down
as
the
Worst
President
in
the
history
of
the
United
States.
KAMALA,
OUR
HORRIBLE
&
INCOMPETENT
BORDER
CZAR,
WILL
BE
WORSE!”
Trump
wrote.

Trump’s
Truth
Social
account
has
spent
much
of
the
day
spewing
posts
against
President
Biden,
who
is
no
longer
in
the
presidential
race.
He
has
attacked
Biden
in
roughly
a
dozen
Truth
Social
posts
in
the
hours
since
the
president
dropped
out
of
the
race.

Meanwhile,
Trump
has
so
far
written
far
fewer
diatribes
against
Harris,
who
has
racked
up
party
endorsements
as
Democrats
coalesce
behind
her
new
presidential
run.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

House
Minority
Leader
Hakeem
Jeffries
is
not
yet
endorsing
Harris,
saying
that
he
and
Senate
Majority
Leader
Chuck
Schumer
will
meet
with
the
vice
president
in
person
soon.

“Leader
Schumer
and
I
are
scheduled
to
meet
with
Vice
President
Harris
shortly,”
Jeffries
told
reporters
Monday
afternoon.
“I’m
excited
for
that
meeting.”

The
two
top
Democrats
are
part
of
a
shrinking
list
of
lawmakers
that
have
yet
to
endorse
Harris.

“Vice
President
Kamala
Harris
has
excited
the
community,
she’s
excited
the
House
Democratic
Caucus
and
she’s
exciting
the
country,”
he
said.
“And
so
I’m
looking
forward
to
sitting
down
with
her
in
short
order
with
Leader
Schumer,
and
we’ll
have
more
to
say
about
the
path
forward
as
soon
as
that
meeting
concludes.”

Jeffries
said
the
meeting
will
take
place
when
Schumer
returns
to
Washington,
D.C.
—
the
Senate
is
back
in
session
on
Tuesday
—
and
when
they
get
confirmation
from
Harris.

—
Josephine
Rozzelle

Hawaii
Gov.
Josh
Green
endorsed
Harris’
candidacy,
saying
the
vice
president
“has
the
experience,
the
energy
and
the
vision
to
carry
the
Democratic
Party
to
victory
in
November.”

“We
have
an
incredible
vice
president
who
is
ready
to
lead
the
country
forward,”
the
Democrat
Green
said.

Hawaii
is
one
of
the
most
reliable
states
for
the
Democratic
Party
in
presidential
elections.
In
the
16
presidential
elections
held
since
Hawaii
became
a
state
in
1959,
Democratic
nominees
have
won
all
but
two,
in
1972
and
1984.

—
Dan
Mangan

An
Ohio
state
senator
warned
at
a
Trump
campaign
rally
headlined
by
Sen.
JD
Vance
that,
if
Trump
and
Vance
lose
the
presidential
race,
“it’s
going
to
take
a
civil
war
to
save
the
country.”

State
Sen.
George
Lang
yelled,
“Fight,
fight,
fight!”
as
he
took
the
stage
before
the
GOP
vice
presidential
nominee
Vance
spoke
in
his
hometown
of
Middletown,
Ohio.

“We’ve
got
time,”
Lang
told
the
crowd.
“Hey,
we
are
in
the
fight
for
the
soul
of
our
nation.
We
are
in
a
fight
for
our
kids
and
our
grandkids,
a
fight
that
we
can
never
imagine.”

“I
believe
wholeheartedly
Donald
Trump
and
Butler
County’s
JD
Vance
are
the
last
chance
to
save
our
country
politically,”
Lang
said.

“I’m
afraid
if
we
lose
this
one,
it’s
going
to
take
a
civil
war
to
save
the
country,”
Lang
said.
“And
it
will
be
saved.”

—
Dan
Mangan

Former
House
Speaker

Nancy
Pelosi,
D-Calif.,
has
officially
endorsed

Harris
to
helm
the
Democratic
ticket
in
the
race
against

Trump.

“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,”
Pelosi
said
in
a
statement.
“My
enthusiastic
support
for
Kamala
Harris
for
President
is
official,
personal
and
political.”

One
of
Biden’s
closest
allies,
Pelosi’s
backing
is
a
key
vote
of
confidence
for
Harris
as
the
Democratic
Party
rallies
around
her
after
several
weeks
of
infighting
as
pressure
mounted
on
Biden
to
drop
out
of
the
race.

Pelosi’s
statement
comes
as
eyes
watch
several
other
top
Democrats
have
so
far
held
out
on
their
endorsements
including
former
President
Barack
Obama,
Senate
Majority
Leader
Chuck
Schumer
and
House
Minority
Leader
Hakeem
Jeffries.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

Oregon
Sen.
Jeff
Merkley
and
Illinois
Sen.
Tammy
Duckworth
are
both
supporting
Harris
for
the
Democratic
nomination.

“Kamala
Harris
shares
my
mission
of
taking
on
the
powerful
to
deliver
for
the
people.
She
will
fight
for
reproductive
rights,
American
jobs,
and
security
abroad,”

Merkley
said.
“She
will
champion
housing,
education,
healthcare
and
equal
rights.
I
will
do
all
I
can
to
help
her
win.”

“I
am
proud
to
endorse
[Harris]
and
will
do
everything
I
can
to
ensure
she
has
the
support
needed
to
win,”

Duckworth
said.
“Right
now,
Democrats
must
be
fully
united
and
put
ALL
of
our
energy
into
preventing
Trump
and
his
MAGA
allies
from
rolling
back
all
the
freedoms
and
progress
we’ve
made.”

—
Josephine
Rozzelle

Pennsylvania
Sen.
John
Fetterman
is
backing
Harris
as
the
Democratic
nominee,
saying
he
is
“Proud
to
support
and
be
all
in
for
the
next
president.”

The
notable
endorsement
comes
from
one
of
Biden’s
most
vocal
defenders
who
criticized
Democrats
for
calling
on
the
president
to
drop
out
of
the
race.

“Democrats,
stop
worrying
about
Joe
Biden’s
legacy
and
think
about
yours,”
Fetterman
posted
on
July
13.
“Abandon
a
great
president
after
a
rough
debate
or
stand
with
the
only
person
who
ever
beat
Trump’s
a–
into
dust.
All
must
choose,
but
we’re
headed
for
assured
mutual
destruction
if
we
don’t
cut
the
s—.”

—
Josephine
Rozzelle

Michigan
Gov.

Gretchen
Whitmer
took
her
name
off
the
list
of
potential
vice
president
contenders.
Instead,
she
will
serve
as
the
co-chair
of
the
Harris
campaign,
she
said
in
a

post
on
social
media
platform
X.

“Today,
not
only
am
I
fired
up
to
endorse

@KamalaHarris
for
President
of
the
United
States,
I’m
proud
to
serve
as
a
co-chair
of
her
campaign,”
she
said
in
the
post.

When
asked
if
she
would
accept
a
job
as

Kamala
Harris‘
running
mate,
she
reaffirmed
her
commitment
to
Michigan.

“I
am
proud
to
be
the
Governor
of
Michigan,”
she

said.
“I
am
not
going
anywhere.”

Gov.
Whitmer
joins
several
Democratic
governors
offering
wholehearted
support
of
the
Harris
campaign,
including
Maryland
Gov.
Wes
Moore,
North
Carolina
Gov.
Roy
Cooper
and
Wisconsin
Gov.
Tony
Evers.

—

Isabel
Engel

The
Democrats’
digital
fundraising
website
ActBlue
has
raised
more
than
$90
million
since
Sunday,
the
day
Biden
dropped
out
of
the
race
and
endorsed
Harris,
according
to
a
website
that
tracks
the
company’s
live

fundraising
ticker.

The
site
shows
that
on
Sunday,
ActBlue
processed
more
than
$66
million
in
campaign
donations
to
Democrats.
It
helped
raise
an
additional
$24
million
on
Monday.
ActBlue
raised
more
than
$12
million
on
Sunday
during
the
8:00
p.m.
ET
hour
alone.

ActBlue
boasted
on
Sunday
that
the

Harris
campaign
launch
was
the
company’s
“biggest
fundraising
day
of
the
2024
cycle.”

The
Harris
campaign
has
said
it
alone
has
raised
upward
of
$50
million
since
the
Biden
endorsement.

—
Brian
Schwartz

Mark
Pincus,
the
billionaire
founder
of
video
game
company
Zynga,
is
unsure
where
he
stands
on
Harris
as
President
Biden’s
replacement
in
the
race
against
Trump.

“At
this
point,
I’m
undecided,”
Pincus
told
CNBC
on
Sunday.

In
a
follow-up
on
Monday,
Pincus
told
CNBC
that
he
feels
“confused”
about
the
election
and
will
most
likely
“sit
this
all
out.”

He
added
that
while
he
is
open
to
Harris
taking
the
top
of
the
ticket,
he
is
“waiting
to
hear
her
platform”
and
would
prefer
the
new
nominee
get
selected
via
an
open
convention.

As
the
pressure
campaign
built
on
Biden
to
bow
out
of
the
race,
Pincus,
who
has
a
net
worth
of
$1.4
billion
according
to
Forbes’
Monday
estimate,
was
one
of
the
voices
in
the
Democratic
megadonor
class
who
went
on
the
record
and
called
on
Biden
to
step
aside.

Pincus
said
he
wants
to
see
a
Democratic
candidate
with
an
“Obama-like,
inspiring
platform
that
speaks
to
innovation
and
growth
and
a
level
playing
field
that
invests
in
education
and
health
care
along
with
secure
borders,
talent-focused
immigration
and
defending
U.S.
interests
abroad.”

—

Brian
Schwartz,
Rebecca
Picciotto

Billionaire
Democratic
megadonor
Mike
Bloomberg
stopped
short
of
endorsing
Harris
on
Monday
in
a
social
media
post,
a
day
after
Biden
dropped
out
of
the
race.

Bloomberg,
who
has
given
millions
of
dollars
in
support
of
Biden
and
Democrats
this
election
cycle,
said
he
believes
the
party
should
take
the
time
to
engage
with
voters
on
what
they
want
weeks
before
the
convention
in
Chicago.

“Democrats
now
have
a
chance
for
a
fresh
new
start,
and
while
some
elected
leaders
and
party
officials
make
their
endorsements,
there
are
still
four
weeks
before
the
party’s
more
than
4,000
delegates
convene
in
Chicago,”
Bloomberg

wrote.
“That
is
more
than
enough
time
for
the
party
to
take
the
pulse
of
voters,
especially
in
battleground
states,
to
determine
who
is
best
positioned
to
win
in
November
and
lead
the
country
over
the
next
four
years.”

Bloomberg
has
a
net
worth
of
just
more
than
$104
billion,
according
to

Forbes.

—
Brian
Schwartz

With
Harris
now
the
Democratic
front-runner
for
president,
social
media
is
reviving
one
of
the
vice
president’s
most
viral
moments.

The
meme
was
born
in
May
2023
when
Harris,
speaking
about
the
important
role
parents
and
grandparents
play
in
the
lives
of
young
people,
recalled
a
quote
from
her
mother.

“She
would
give
us
a
hard
time
sometimes,
and
she
would
say
to
us,
‘I
don’t
know
what’s
wrong
with
you
young
people,'”

Harris
said.

“‘You
think
you
just
fell
out
of
a
coconut
tree?
You
exist
in
the
context
of
all
in
which
you
live
and
what
came
before
you,'”
she
quoted
her
mother
saying.

The
quote,
and
Harris’
unique
delivery
of
the
line,
became
an
instant
meme.
Now,
her
supporters
are
using

coconut
and
palm
tree
emojis
to
show
their
support.

Hawaii
Sen.
Brian
Schatz
posted
a
picture
of
himself
climbing
a
coconut
tree,
captioned
“Madam
Vice
President,
we
are
ready
to
help.”

After
endorsing
Harris
as
the
Democratic
nominee,
Illinois
Gov.
J.B.
Pritzker
similarly
posted,
“You
think
I
just
fell
out
of
a
coconut
tree?”

Even
Harris’
campaign
is
riffing
on
her
viral
moment.
The
bio
of
the
@KamalaHQ
account
on
social
media
site
X
states:
“Providing
context.”

—
Josephine
Rozzelle

Harris
praised

Biden
during
brief
remarks
at
an

NCAA
celebration
held
on
the
South
Lawn
of
the
White
House,
her
first
public
address
since
the
president
endorsed
her
to
replace
him
in
the
race
against
Trump.

“President
Joe
Biden’s
legacy
of
accomplishments
over
the
past
three
years
is
unmatched
in
modern
history,”
Harris
said.
“We
are
deeply,
deeply
grateful
for
his
service
to
our
nation.”

It
is
rare
for
a
vice
president
to
hold
events
on
the
South
Lawn
of
the
White
House.
Vice
presidents
often
host
events
at
the
Naval
Observatory,
the
official
vice
presidential
residence.

As
Harris
delivered
her
remarks,
Biden
was
still
isolating
with
Covid
at
his
beach
house
in
Delaware.
Harris
said
Biden
is
“feeling
much
better
and
recovering
fast.”

Biden
is
expected
to
address
the
nation
about
his
decision
to
drop
out
of
the
presidential
race
later
this
week.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

More
than
300
of
Harris’
allies,
including
dozens
of
her
past
bundlers
from
her
failed
2020
Democratic
primary
campaign
for
president,
huddled
on
a
private
Zoom
call
this
morning
to
plot
ways
they
can
raise
more
money
for
the
Harris
campaign
now
that
Biden
has
dropped
out
of
the
race.

The
call,
which
lasted
just
more
than
10
minutes,
was
organized
by
longtime
Harris
advisors
Stephanie
Daily
Smith
and
Katie
Prisco-Buxbaum.

Smith,
Prisco-Buxbaum
and
Sheila
Nix,
Harris’
campaign
chief
of
staff,
were
on
the
call.
CNBC
gained
access
to
the
call
after
receiving
an
invitation
from
a
source.

Eleni
Kounalakis,
California’s
lieutenant
governor
and
a
Harris
supporter,
was
also
on
the
call.
“The
invitation
to
join
this
call
spans
those
who
have
been
major,
major
bundlers
to
those
who
have
been
close
friends,”
said
Kounalakis
on
the
call.

Smith
made
it
clear
what
she
wants
the
group
of
more
than
300
attendees
to
do:
raise
more
money.

“Alright,
I
want
to
launch
right
into
the
purpose
of
the
call,”
said
Smith.
“A
lot
of
people
are
asking
right
now
‘what
can
I
do?’
‘What
do
I
need
to
do
in
order
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
whatever
it
takes
to
ensure
the
vice
president
is
solidifying
the
nomination
as
quickly
as
possible?'”

“What
I’m
going
to
ask
everybody
on
this
call
to
do
is
to
focus
on
giving
your
donations.
Using
the
current
[donation]
link
that
you
have,”
she
said.

“More
importantly,
we
need
every
single
person
on
this
call
to
email
elected
officials
and
friends
and
contacts
of
Democratic
organizations
to
ask
them
to
support
and
to
endorse
the
vice
president
for
president.
This
is
the
most
important
time
for
us
all
to
collaborate
together
and
to
unite
together.
The
quicker
we
can
unite,
the
quicker
we
can
move
forward,”
said
Smith.

The
Harris
campaign
has
said
it
has
raised
at
least
$50
million
since
Biden
dropped
out
yesterday
and
endorsed
Harris.

—
Brian
Schwartz

Kamala
Harris
is
planning
to
head
to
the
campaign’s
headquarters
in
Wilmington,
Delaware,
to
say
“hello”
to
staff,
one
day
after
Biden
dropped
out
of
the
race
and
endorsed
her
to
replace
him.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

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Harris
is
set
to
deliver
remarks
at
the

White
House
during
a
celebratory
event
for
the
NCAA
championship
teams
of
the
2023-24
season.

It
is
Harris’
first
public
appearance
addressing
the
nation
since
Biden
endorsed
her
to
replace
him
in
the
presidential
race
against
Trump,
minutes
after
his
announcement
that
he
would
drop
out.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

Movie
studio
heiress
Abigail
Disney
tells
CNBC
she
will
resume
donating
to
Democrats,
now
that
Biden
dropped
out
of
the
race
and
endorsed
Harris
for
president.

“Yes,
I
will
resume
supporting”
Democrats,
she
says
in
an
email
to
CNBC.
Disney
has
not
replied
to
follow-up
questions
about
how
much
she
plans
to
give.

Disney
is
the granddaughter
of
Roy
O.
Disney,
and
her
decision,
first
reported
by

CNBC,
to
close
her
checkbook
to
Democrats
until
Biden
withdrew
from
the
race
sent
shockwaves
through
the
campaign
finance
world
several
weeks
ago.

Disney
has
also
said
she
thinks
Harris
could
be
a
great
nominee
for
the
party.

“We
have
an
excellent
Vice
President.
If
Democrats
would
tolerate
any
of
her
perceived
shortcomings
even
one
tenth
as
much
as
they
have
tolerated
Biden’s
(and
let’s
not
kid
ourselves
about
where
race
and
gender
figure
in
that
inequity)
and
if
Democrats
can
find
a
way
to
stop
quibbling
and
rally
around
her,
we
can
win
this
election
by
a
lot,”
Disney
said
earlier
this
month.

Disney
has
been
a
longtime
supporter
of
Democrats.
She
gave
$50,000
to
the
Jane
Fonda
Climate
political
action
committee
in
April,
according
to
a
Federal
Election
Commission
filing.
The
PAC
has
given
$35,000
to
Democrats
running
for
congressional
seats,
according
to
data
from
OpenSecrets.

Disney
gave
$150,000
in
2014
to
Planned
Parenthood
Votes,
a
PAC
affiliated
with
the
health-care
nonprofit,
according
to
OpenSecrets.
That
PAC
this
election
cycle
has
spent
more
than
$400,000
supporting
Democrats,
including
$26,000
for
Biden.

—
Brian
Schwartz

Michigan
Gov.

Gretchen
Whitmer
has
backed

Harris,
quelling
any
rumblings
that
she
would
launch
a
challenger
presidential
bid.

“She’s
a
former
prosecutor,
a
champion
for
reproductive
freedom,
and
I
know
that
she’s
got
Michigan’s
back,”
Whitmer
wrote
in
a
statement.
“I
am
fired
up
to
endorse
Kamala
Harris
for
President
of
the
United
States.”

The
endorsement
from
Whitmer,
a
governor
in
a
key
battleground
state,
officially
puts
her
on
the
list
of
contenders
to
become
Harris’
running
mate.

Her
backing
came
alongside
several
endorsements
from
other
VP
hopefuls
such
as
Illinois
Gov.
J.B.
Pritzker,
Kentucky
Gov.
Andy
Beshear
and
North
Carolina
Gov.
Roy
Cooper.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

Tony
Evers
—
the
Democratic
governor
of
Wisconsin,
a
key
battleground
state
—
is
backing
Harris,
he
announced
in
a

post
on
social
media
site
X.

“Vice
President
Kamala
Harris
is
a
tenacious
leader
who
has
vigorously
defended
our
democracy,
fought
to
protect
the
freedoms
we
hold
dead,
and
worked
tirelessly
to
do
the
right
thing
and
deliver
for
us,”
Evers
wrote.

“I’m
excited
today
to
endorse
Vice
President
Harris
as
our
nominee
for
President
of
the
United
States.
She
can
beat
Donald
Trump,
and
I’m
going
to
do
everything
I
can
between
now
and
November
5th
to
help
make
sure
she
does,”
he
said.

—
Josephine
Rozzelle

Illinois
Gov.

J.B.
Pritzker
has
officially
endorsed

Harris
to
take
over
the
top
of
the
Democratic
ticket
from

President
Biden.

“Vice
President
Harris
has
proven,
at
every
point
in
her
career,
that
she
possesses
the
skills,
strength,
and
character
to
lead
this
country
and
the
vision
to
better
the
lives
of
all
Americans,”
Pritzker
said
in
a
statement.
“I
believe
that
she
is
the
most
qualified
and
capable
person
to
be
President.”

Pritzker
joins
Govs.
Andy
Beshear
and
Roy
Cooper
in
endorsing
Harris,
all
of
whom
had
previously
been
floated
as
potential
presidential
candidates
to
replace
Biden
as
pressure
mounted
on
the
president
to
drop
out
of
the
race.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

Secret
Service
director
Kimberly
Cheatle
told
a
House
panel
that
“we
failed”
to
maintain
the
agency’s
“solemn
mission
to
protect
our
nation’s
leaders”
during
the
attempted
assassination
of
Trump
on
July
13.

“We
must
learn
what
happened
and
I
will
move
heaven
and
earth
to
ensure
an
incident
like
July
13th
does
not
happen
again,”
said
Cheatle,
who
is
testifying
under
subpoena
before
the
House
Oversight
and
Accountability
Committee.

—
Dan
Mangan

That
sure
didn’t
take
long.

A
young
man
was
spotted
on
a
Washington,
D.C.,
metro
train
in
the
morning
wearing
a
“Harris
2024”
T-shirt
just
a
day
after
Biden
shocked
the
political
world
by
withdrawing
from
the
presidential
election
and
endorsing
his
vice
president,
Kamala
Harris,
as
the
Democrat
to
take
his
place
atop
the
party
ticket.

NBC
News
Supreme
Court
reporter
Lawrence
Hurley
snapped
the
photo
of
the
man
and
his
shirt
and
tweeted
it
out.

“I’m
about
to
order
mine,”
one
follower
of
Hurley’s
replied.

In
addition
to
the
apparently
very
quickly
printed
shirt,
the
“Biden
for
President”
campaign
committee
was

officially
renamed the
Harris
for
President
committee.
The
move
maintains
the
team’s
infrastructure,
staff
and
—
crucially
—
its
nearly
$100
million
in
cash
reserves
to
deploy
for
Harris’
candidacy.

—
Dan
Mangan

Secret
Service
director
Kimberly
Cheatle
is
testifying
to
the
House
Oversight
and
Accountability
Committee
about
the
attempted
assassination
of
former
President
Trump
on
July
13.

Cheatle
and
her
agency
have
faced
intense
criticism
for
failing
to
stop
the
shooting
of
Trump
and
others
at
a
campaign
rally
in
western
Pennsylvania.

She
has
refused
to
resign
in
the
face
of
calls
to
do
so
by
committee
chair
Rep.
James
Comer,
R-Ky.,
and
other
lawmakers.

—
Dan
Mangan

Maryland
Gov.
Wes
Moore
has
endorsed
Harris,
writing
in

a
post
on
social
media
site
X
that
the
vice
president
has
the
“experience,
record,
vision,
and
wisdom
to
unify
the
country.”

“The
American
people
deserve
a
champion
who
will
continue
the
progress
of
the
Biden-Harris
Administration,
and
that’s
why
I
am
proud
to
voice
my
full
support
and
off
my
full
endorsement
to
Vice
President
Kamala
Harris
to
be
the
Democratic
Nominee
for
President,”
he
wrote.

Moore,
a
rising
star
of
the
Democratic
Party,
said
Harris
was
one
of
the
first
people
to
call
him
after
the

Francis
Scott
Key
Bridge
collapsed
in
March.

—
Josephine
Rozzelle

Senate
Majority
Whip
Dick
Durbin,
D-Ill.,
the
No.
2
Senate
Democrat,
has
officially
endorsed
Harris
to
replace
President
Biden
at
the
top
of
the
ticket.

“Proud
to
endorse
my
former
Senate
colleague
&
good
friend,
Kamala
Harris,”

Durbin
wrote
in
a
post
on
social
media
site
X.
“VP
Harris
was
a
critical
partner
in
building
the
Biden
record
over
the
past
four
years.
Count
me
in
with
Kamala
Harris
for
President.”

He
is
the
next
high-ranking
Capitol
Hill
Democrat
to
back
Harris
as
the
party
rallies
around
her.
Several
Democratic
leaders,
including
Senate
Majority
Leader
Chuck
Schumer
and
House
Minority
Leader
Hakeem
Jeffries,
both
of
New
York,
have
yet
to
issue
endorsements.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

If
she
were
to
be
elected
president,
Vice
President
Harris
would
be
a
boon
for
American
businesses
and
the
stock
market,
CNBC’s
Jim
Cramer
said.

“There’s
no
doubt
about
it,”
Cramer
replied
when
CNBC’s
Carl
Quintanilla
asked
whether
Harris
would
be
a
“net
positive”
for
business.

“What
she
offers
is
a
level
of
understanding
about
the
greatness
of
the
megacaps
that
Biden
wanted
no
part
of,”
Cramer
added.

President
Biden’s
aggressive
approach
toward
corporate
America
has
been
a
cornerstone
of
his
economic
agenda,
pledging
to
fight
against
big
money
interests
to
protect
workers
and
consumers.
Cramer
sees
the
switch
to
Harris
as
the
Democratic
front-runner
for
president
as
an
opportunity
to
tone
down
that
rhetoric.

Cramer
also
drew
a
contrast
between
what
he
sees
as
the
increasingly
populist
message
of
Trump
and
his
running
mate,
Ohio
Sen.
JD
Vance.

“This
nativist
plan
from
Trump
is
so
bad
for
all
our
companies
to
do
business
overseas,”
he
said.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

Two
of
the
House’s
top
Democrats
have
formally
endorsed
U.S.
Vice
President

Kamala
Harris
to
replace

President
Joe
Biden
at
the
top
of
the
ticket
in
the
race
against

Donald
Trump.

House
Democratic
Caucus
Chairman
Pete
Aguilar,
D-Ca.,
and
House
Minority
Whip
Katherine
Clark,
D-Ma.,
came
out
in
support
of
Harris.
Their
endorsements
serve
as
the
next
signal
that
the
Democratic
Party
is
beginning
to
coalesce
around
their
new
frontrunner
candidate
after
several
weeks
of
infighting,
as
Biden
faced
pressure
to
step
down.

“I
know
Kamala
to
be
a
fierce
advocate
for
working
families
and
a
tough-minded
prosecutor
who
knows
right
from
wrong,”
Aguilar
said
in
his
Monday
statement.

Clark
echoed
Aguilar’s
ringing
endorsement:
“I’m
proud
to
stand
with
Kamala
and
excited
to
get
to
work
to
elect
her!”

The
number
one
Democrat
in
the
House,
Minority
Leader
Hakeem
Jeffries,
D-N.Y.,
has
yet
to
endorse
Harris
—
a
notable
silence
as
the
party
rallies
around
the
vice
president.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

North
Carolina
Gov.
Roy
Cooper,
67,
emphasized
that
Vice
President
Harris
is
“ready
to
run
this
race”
to
win
the
presidency,
while
holding
his
cards
close
on
whether
he
would
consider
becoming
her
running
mate.

“I
am
confident
that
she
can
win
this
election
because
she
has
to,”
he
said
Monday
on
MSNBC’s
“Morning
Joe.”

Asked
whether
he
would
consider
joining
her
ticket
as
running
mate,
he
said,
“I
appreciate
people
talking
about
me,
but
I
think
the
focus
right
now
needs
to
be
about
her
this
week,
and
she
needs
to
concentrate
on
making
sure
she
secures
this
nomination.”

Harris
has
received
the
endorsement
of
current
U.S.
President
Joe
Biden,
who
dropped
his
reelection
bid
on
Sunday,
but
must
still
formally
clinch
the
Democratic
ticket.

Cooper
stressed
“the
vice
presidential
conversation
needs
to
occur
later,”
while
pledging
that
he
will
work
to
support
her
campaign.

—

Ruxandra
Iordache

High-profile
independent
Sen. Joe
Manchin,
who
left
the
Democratic
Party
in
May
but
has
the
option
to
re-register
with
the
faction,
has
ruled
out
throwing
his
hat
in
the
ring
for
the
top
White
House
job
during
the
race
this
fall.

“No,
no.
I’m
not
intending
to
run
for
any
political
office,”
he
confirmed
during
MSNBC’s
“Morning
Joe,”
stressing
that
he
will
be
retiring
from
the
Senate.

He
expressed
disappointment
over
the
lack
of
a
primary
run-off
following
U.S.
President
Joe
Biden’s
decision
to
drop
his
re-election
bid,
which
he
said
would
have
been
an
opportunity
to
witness
the
“cream
of
the
crop
of
the
new
generation.”

“It
would
have
been
great
to
see
what
their
thoughts
were,”
he
noted.

Asked
whether
he
too
would
now
endorse
Harris,
he
said
he
wishes
to
“see
what
her
platform
is
and
her
position.”

—

Ruxandra
Iordache