Democratic leaders in Congress support Harris' candidacy for the presidency
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Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer have endorsed Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate. Voting for her official nomination will take place in early August before the Democratic convention.
The leaders of the Democratic caucuses in the US House of Representatives and Senate, Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, support the nomination of Kamala Harris as their party's presidential candidate. They stated this at a joint press conference, writes NBC News, reports UNN.
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In particular, Jeffries said that the US vice president is "ready, willing and able to lead us into the future.
When I spoke to her (Harris - Ed.) on Sunday, she said she wanted to have the opportunity to win the nomination herself and do it from the bottom up, not the top down. Hakeem and I deeply respected that. Now that the process is bottom-up, we are here today to support Vice President Kamala Harris
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The vote to make Harris the party's official presidential nominee will take place early next month, before the Democratic convention in Chicago on August 19-22.
Recall
CNN reported that the US Democratic Party plans to vote on the confirmation of Vice President Kamala Harris as its presidential candidate by August 7.
