Sen. Charles E. Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrats on Capitol Hill, threw their support behind Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the presidency, becoming two of the highest-profile Democrats to back her.
Schumer and Jeffries announced their endorsements together in a townhouse near the Capitol on Tuesday that’s home to the Senate’s main campaign operation. Both had initially held out on endorsing Harris after President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he wouldn’t seek a second term, but said she had rallied grassroots supporters to her campaign and built up her support.
“She said she would work to earn the support of our party and boy, has she done so in quick order,” Schumer said. “The vast majority of my senators quickly and enthusiastically endorsed her. So now the process has played out from the grassroots bottom up, we are here today to throw our support behind Vice President Kamala Harris.”
