Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday endorsed Vice President Harris to be the Democratic nominee for president, further consolidating the party behind her bid for the White House.
Schumer and Jeffries made their support official during a press conference steps from the Capitol.
“Today is a great, great day for the Democratic Party and the country,” Schumer said to open the press conference. “We are brimming with excitement, enthusiasm, unity.”
“Has given the party an opportunity to unite behind a new nominee and boy oh boy are we enthusiastic,” Schumer said. “Now that the process has played out … we are here today to throw our support behind Vice President Kamala Harris.”
President Biden on Sunday stepped aside from the ticket and endorsed Harris as his replacement. In the days since, Democrats have quickly lined up behind her operation and have handed her enough delegates to become the party's presumptive nominee for president.
Dozens of Senate Democrats have endorsed her campaign, as have party heavy hitters such as former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), former President Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.).
The announcement by the pair of Democratic leaders also brings the entirety of Senate and House leadership behind her bid.
Harris has also seen a fundraising boom in the last 48 hours. According to her campaign, it raised more than $100 million between Sunday afternoon and Monday evening. More than 1.1 million individual donors have contributed in that time.
She is also headlining her first campaign in Wisconsin later Tuesday, and will be joined by top Democrats from the Badger State.
