{"id":207322,"date":"2024-07-21T19:39:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T23:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=207322"},"modified":"2024-07-21T19:39:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T23:39:30","slug":"kamala-harris-wins-2024-backing-of-many-democrats-but-pelosi-others-are-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/kamala-harris-wins-2024-backing-of-many-democrats-but-pelosi-others-are-silent\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris wins 2024 backing of many Democrats, but Pelosi, others are silent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2997271931\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>(Reuters) &#8211; Many Democrats on Sunday quickly backed Vice President Kamala Harris to run as the party&#8217;s presidential nominee against&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/topic\/person\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;after President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/topic\/person\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a>&#8216;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-81-pulls-out-presidential-race-2024-07-21\/\">abrupt departure<\/a>&nbsp;from the race, but some powerful party members, including former House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, stayed quiet.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1838190615\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After weeks of fighting among Democrats on whether Biden, 81, should stay in the race, a rush of support coalescing behind Harris, if she is to be the nominee, is crucial with just over 100 days before the November election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advertisement \u00b7 Scroll to continueReport this ad<\/p><div id=\"antig-3414710790\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/16cceddb-da5a-439f-8675-6fcc68a7421e.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1600\" height=\"800\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>But there are plenty of doubts&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/with-kamala-harris-democrats-would-bet-against-us-history-sexism-racism-2024-07-21\/\">inside the Democratic Party<\/a>&nbsp;about whether Harris can beat Trump, the Republican nominee and former president.<\/p><div id=\"antig-477345325\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  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He was quickly followed by the powerful Congressional Black Caucus, several key donors, lawmakers including U.S. Senator Patty Murray, and super PACs including Priorities USA and Unite the Country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advertisement \u00b7 Scroll to continueReport this ad<\/p><div id=\"antig-175182721\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year,&#8221; Biden said on social media platform X. &#8220;Democrats \u2014 it&#8217;s time to come together and beat Trump. Let\u2019s do this.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dmitri Mehlhorn, an adviser to Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn founder and a major Democratic donor, called Harris &#8220;the American dream personified,&#8221; noting she is the daughter of immigrants. &#8220;She is also toughness personified, rising from my home town of Oakland California to become the top prosecutor of the state. With Scranton Joe stepping back, I cannot wait to help elect President Harris.<\/p><div id=\"antig-321706930\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"CM key_WEB 1300x300_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:69\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:237\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:178\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1301\" height=\"301\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, both Democrats, also endorsed Harris in a statement.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1512774573\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, others, including Pelosi and former President Barack Obama, under whom Biden served as vice president for eight years, thanked Biden for his patriotism but did not yet throw their support behind Harris or any other candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will be navigating uncharted waters in the days ahead,&#8221; Obama said in a statement. &#8220;But I have extraordinary confidence that the leaders of our party will be able to create a process from which an outstanding nominee emerges.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just as he did in 2020 once Biden earned the Democratic nomination, Obama believes he will be uniquely positioned to help unite the party once it has a nominee, said a source familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Senator Peter Welch, the first Democratic senator to call on Biden to drop his reelection run, called for an open nomination process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Democrats should have &#8220;an open process so that whoever our nominee is, including Kamala, has the strength of having a process that shows the consensus position of the party,&#8221; Welch said. &#8220;The debate in the Democratic Party is who can carry on the legacy of President Biden and defeat Trump.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One Democratic donor told Reuters they would support a ticket for Harris as the presidential candidate and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro as her vice president, as a way to gain votes in Pennsylvania. It is not known yet whom Harris would&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/kamala-harris-vice-president-top-names-include-beshear-buttigieg-2024-07-21\/\">pick as her vice president<\/a>&nbsp;if she does become the nominee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shapiro endorsed Harris on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get weekly news and analysis on the U.S. elections and how it matters to the world with the newsletter On the Campaign Trail.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporting by Stephanie Kelly, Nandita Bose, Bianca Flowers, Jarrett Renshaw, Andrea Shalal, Jonathan Landay, Kanishka Singh and Jeff Mason; Editing by Heather Timmons, Matthew Lewis, Chris Reese and Leslie Adler<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-2071759985\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) &#8211; Many Democrats on Sunday quickly backed Vice President Kamala Harris to run as the party&#8217;s presidential nominee against&nbsp;Donald Trump&nbsp;after President&nbsp;Joe Biden&#8216;s&nbsp;abrupt departure&nbsp;from the race, but some powerful party members, including former House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, stayed quiet. 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